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This section of Albums covers the albums Serious Moonlight (2019) to Toy (2022). For general information David Bowie albums, please see Album info. Please note that soundtracks and compilations are listed under Soundtracks and Compilations respectively.



Serious Moonlight Serious Moonlight (Live '83)
(Parlophone 0190295511180), February 2019 (EC)

Look Back In Anger/"Heroes"/What In The World/Golden Years/Fashion/Let's Dance/Breaking Glass/Life On Mars?/Sorrow/Cat People (Putting Out Fire)/China Girl/Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)/Rebel Rebel/White Light/White Heat/Station To Station/Cracked Actor/Ashes To Ashes/Space Oddity/Band Introduction/Young Americans/Fame/Modern Love.

Standalone release, originally released as part of the Loving The Alien box set.

Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87) Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87)
(Parlophone 0190295511135), February 2019 (EC)

Up The Hill Backwards/Glass Spider/Day-In Day-Out/Bang Bang/Absolute Beginners/Loving The Alien/China Girl/Rebel Rebel/Fashion/Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)/All The Madmen/Never Let Me Down/Big Brother/'87 And Cry/"Heroes"/Sons Of The Silent Age/Time Will Crawl/Band Introduction/Young Americans/Beat Of Your Drum/The Jean Genie/Let's Dance/Fame/Time/Blue Jean/Modern Love.

Standalone release. Note that, unlike Serious Moonlight, the Glass Spider DVD contains a different concert!

The 'Mercury' Demos The 'Mercury' Demos
(Parlophone DBMD 1969), June 2019 (EC)

Space Oddity/Janine/An Occasional Dream/Conversation Piece/Ching-A-Ling/I'm Not Quite (Letter To Hermione)/Lover To The Dawn/Love Song/When I'm Five/Life Is A Circus.

An official release of a demo tape recorded with John 'Hutch' Hutchinson, presumably in David's bedroom around April 1969. Basically, it's an official release of the 1987 bootleg LP The Beckenham Oddity and its countless reissues. That bootleg, however, was incomplete ('Lover To The Dawn' did not appear until 1991 on the bootleg CD Naked And Wired) and sounded much worse. Issued in a replica of the original reel to reel box with a print and two photo contact sheets. Included intergrally on Conversation Piece.

ChangesNowBowie ChangesNowBowie
(Parlophone CNBCD 2020), August 2020 (EC)

The Man Who Sold The World/Aladdin Sane/White Light-White Heat/Shopping For Girls/Lady Stardust/The Supermen/Repetition/Andy Warhol/Quicksand.

An official release of a the ChangesNowBowie BBC program, but without the interview segments. Originally scheduled for April as part of Record Store Day 2020, but postponed due to COVID. The album was released as a download then, so it's unlikely this will be a limited RSD release.

I'm Only Dancing I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)
(Parlophone DBRSDCD 2020), August 2020 (EC)

Introduction-Memory Of A Free Festival/Rebel Rebel/John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)/Sorrow/Changes/1984/Moonage Daydream/Rock 'N' Roll With Me/Love Me Do-The Jean Genie/Young Americans/Can You Hear Me/It’s Gonna Be Me/Somebody Up There Likes Me/Suffragette City/Rock 'N' Roll Suicide/Panic In Detroit/Knock On Wood/Foot Stompin'-I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate-Foot Stompin'/Diamond Dogs-It’s Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)-Diamond Dogs.

Together with David Live and Cracked Actor, this 2020 RSD exclusive now provides a complete picture of Bowie's 1974 US tour. Recorded in Detroit, Michigan Palace, 20-10-74, except for the last three tracks, which were recorded in Nashville, Municipal Auditorium, 30-11-74.

Ouvrez Le Chien Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
(Parlophone DBBLACD 95991), October 2020 (EC)

Look Back In Anger/The Hearts Filthy Lesson/The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)/I Have Not Been To Oxford Town/Outside/Andy Warhol/Breaking Glass/The Man Who Sold The World/We Prick You/I’m Deranged/Joe The Lion/Nite Flights/Under Pressure/Teenage Wildlife.

The first title in the series Brilliant Live Adventures [1995-1999], recorded in Dallas, Starplex Amphitheater, 13-10-95. Compared to the streaming edition (which preceeded the CD by four months), the CD drops the two bonus tracks.

No Trendy Rechauffée No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95)
(Parlophone DBBLACD 95992), November 2020 (EC)

Look Back In Anger/Scary Monsters/The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)/The Man Who Sold The World/Hallo Spaceboy/I Have Not Been To Oxford Town/Strangers When We Meet/Breaking Glass/The Motel/Jump They Say/Teenage Wildlife/Under Pressure/Moonage Daydream/We Prick You/Hallo Spaceboy (Version 2).

Recorded in Birmingham, National Exhibition Center, 13-12-95. This is the second in a series of six 1990s live albums. 'Under Pressure' and 'Moonage Daydream' had previously been released (in different mixes) on the 'Hallo Spaceboy' CD-single and the Ouvrez Le Chien streaming edition.

liveandwell.com liveandwell.com
(Parlophone DBBLACD 95993), January 2021 (EC)

I'm Afraid Of Americans/Hearts Filthy Lesson/I'm Deranged/Hallo Spaceboy/Telling Lies/The Motel/The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)/Battle For Britain (The Letter)/Seven Years In Tibet/Little Wonder/Pallas Athena/V-2 Schneider.

A reissue of the BowieNet members 2CD from 2000, dropping the fan-made artwork and bonus CD. See the original for recording details. Compared to the BowieNet edition, 'The Hearts Filthy Lesson', is recorded at a different, as yet unknown date and location (at least not at the 1997 Phoenix Festival). The bonus CD has been replaced with the two additional tracks from Amsterdam, previously released on the 'Tao Jones Index' 12".

Look At The Moon! Look At The Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)
(Parlophone DBBLACD 95994), February 2021 (EC)

Quicksand/The Man Who Sold The World/Driftin' Blues-The Jean Genie/I'm Afraid Of Americans/Battle For Britain (The Letter)/Fashion/Seven Years In Tibet/Fame/Looking For Satellites/Under Pressure/The Hearts' Filthy Lesson/Scary Monsters/Hallo Spaceboy/Little Wonder/Dead Man Walking/White Light-White Heat/O Superman/Stay.

A fine live album recorded at the 1997 Phoenix Festival (Long Marston, 20-07-97).

Something In The Air Something In The Air (Live Paris 99)
(Parlophone DBBLACD 95995), March 2021 (EC)

Life On Mars?/Thursday’s Child/Something In The Air/Word On A Wing/Can’t Help Thinking About Me/China Girl/Always Crashing In The Same Car/Survive/Drive-In Saturday/Changes/Seven/Repetition/I Can’t Read/The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell/Rebel Rebel.

Recorded in Paris, Elysée Montmartre, 14-10-99. 'Survive', 'Thursday's Child' and 'Seven' were previously released on the 'Survive' CD-single. This fifth entry in the Brilliant Live Adventures [1995-1999] series had previously appeared as a streaming-only album in 2020.

At The Kit Kat Klub At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99)
(Parlophone DBBLACD 95996), April 2021 (EC)

Life On Mars?/Thursday's Child/Something In The Air/China Girl/Can't Help Thinking About Me/Always Crashing In The Same Car/Survive/Stay/Seven/Changes/The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell/I'm Afraid Of Americans.

The sixth and final album in the Brilliant Live Adventures [1995-1999] series was recorded at the Kit Kat Klub, New York, 19-11-99. For reasons unknown, opener 'Life On Mars?' was recorded in Paris (and so is identical to Something In The Air). This recording had already appeared as a Virgin promo CDR titled Live Compilation (Segued). 'Seven', 'Something In The Air' and 'The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell' are also found on the 'Seven' CD-single.

Heathen

Toy
(Parlophone CDTOYBOX 1), January 2022 (EC)

I Dig Everything/You've Got A Habit Of Leaving/The London Boys/Karma Man/Conversation Piece/Shadow Man/Let Me Sleep Beside You/Hole In The Ground/Baby Loves That Way/Can't Help Thinking About Me/Silly Boy Blue/Toy (Your Turn To Drive).

Alternatives & Extras: Liza Jane/You've Got A Habit Of Leaving/Baby Loves That Way/Can't Help Thinking About Me/I Dig Everything/The London Boys/Silly Boy Blue (Tibet Version)/Let Me Sleep Beside You/In The Heat Of The Morning/Conversation Piece/Hole In The Ground/Shadow Man/Toy (Your Turn To Drive).

Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric: In The Heat Of The Morning/I Dig Everything/You've Got A Habit Of Leaving/The London Boys/Karma Man/Conversation Piece/Shadow Man/Let Me Sleep Beside You/Hole In The Ground/Baby Loves That Way/Can't Help Thinking About Me/Silly Boy Blue/Toy (Your Turn To Drive).

Also available as a 3x10" LP set (Parlophone LPTOYBOX 1). Marketed in this format as Toy:Box. The album's official release was in November 2021, as part of the Brilliant Adventure box set.

Toy was scheduled to be appear in 2001, but delayed several times and ultimately shelved. An early mix of the album was leaked to a few fans in 2006 (when I published my review) and became more widely available in 2011. The leak featured 'Uncle Floyd' and 'Afraid', two tracks that would end up on the next album Heathen ('Uncle Floyd' being retitled to 'Slip Away'). They were either dropped from the definite Toy tracklist, or, more likely, replaced with 'Karma Man' and 'Can't Help Thinking About Me' for this official release—both were no part of the leak and are the only two tracks on the album with different mixing credits. Except for the track listing, the differences between the officially released album and the leak (including 'Liza Jane' and 'In The Heat Of The Morning', here delegated to CD2 as extras) are minor; roughly half of the album is identical except for the mastering.

CD2 consists mostly of remixes by Tony Visconti. The versions of You've Got A Habit Of Leaving/Baby Loves That Way/Let Me Sleep Beside You/Conversation Piece/Shadow Man/Your Turn To Drive were previous released as bonus tracks or B-sides of Heathen-era singles; 'The London Boys' appeared incomplete as two excerpts on the internet. CD3 features stripped down mixes, most of them overdubbed with acoustic guitars.

The Toy EP is complementary compilation of "B-sides".