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Release Date
1982
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Length
31 tracks
Portrait of a Star is a 3LP box set containing the albums of the “Berlin Trilogy”: Low, “Heroes” and Lodger.
Track listing:
Side One
01 – Speed Of Life
02 – Breaking Glass
03 – What In The World
04 – Sound And Vision
05 – Always Crashing In The Same Car
06 – Be My Wife
07 – A New Career In A New Town
Side Two
08 – Warszawa
09 – Art Decade
10 – Weeping Wall
11 – Subterraneans
Recorded at Strawberry Studios, Hérouville, France and Hansa By The Wall, Berlin, Germany.
Mixed at Hansa By The Wall, Berlin, Germany.
Mastered at Sterling Sound Studios, New York, NY and Dyam Studios, Paris, France
Musicians:
David Bowie – vocals, guitar, piano, saxophone, cello, harmonica, mellotron, vibraphone, xylophone, synthesizer
Brian Eno – synthesizer, guitar treatments, piano, backing vocals
Roy Young – piano, organ
Ricky Gardner – guitar
Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar
George Murray – bass
Dennis Davis – percussion
Iggy Pop – backing vocals
Mary Visconti – backing vocals
Eduard Meyer – cello
Side Three
12 – Beauty And The Beast
13 – Joe The Lion
14 – “Heroes”
15 – Sons Of The Silent Age
16 – Blackout
Side Four
17 – V-2 Schneider
18 – Sense Of Doubt
19 – Moss Garden
20 – Neuköln
21 – The Secret Life Of Arabia
Bonus Track
22 – “Heroes” (English version)
Recorded at Hansa by the Wall, Berlin.
Mixed at Mountain Studios, Montreux.
Mastered at Sterling Sound Studios, New York, NY
Musicians:
David Bowie – vocals, keyboards, guitar, saxophone, flute, background vocals
Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar
Dennis Davis – percussion
George Murray – electric bass
Brian Eno – synthesizers, keyboards, guitar treatments
Robert Fripp – lead guitar
Tony Visconti – background vocals
Antonia Maass – background vocals
Side Five
23 – Fantastic Voyage
24 – African Night Flight
25 – Move On
26 – Yassassin (Turkish For: Long Live)
27 – Red Sails
Side Six
28 – D.J.
29 – Look Back In Anger
30 – Boys Keep Swinging
31 – Repetition
32 – Red Money
Recorded at Mountain Studio, Montreux, Switzerland.
Mixed at Record Plant Studios, New York, NY
Mastered at Sterling Sound Studios, New York, NY
Musicians:
David Bowie – vocals, piano, Chamberlain, guitar, synthesizer
Brian Eno – bugle, French horn, ambient drone, guitar treatment, piano, prepared piano, cricket menace, synthesizer
Tony Visconti – bass, guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
Adrian Belew – guitar, mandolin
Carlos Alomar – guitar, drums, backing vocals
Dennis Davis – bass, drums, percussion, backing vocals
Simon House – violin, mandolin, backing vocals
George Murray – bass
Roger Powell – synthesizer
Sean Mayes – piano
Stan Harrison – saxophone
George Murray – backing vocals
The albums were pressed at Moulages et Plastiques de l’Ouest, Averton (Mayenne), France
RCA Victor Records | PL 37700 | Mastered by Andy Mellwig
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