Earthling is the twenty-first studio album by the English musician David Bowie,released on 3 February 1997 through RCA Records in the United Kingdom,Virgin Records in the United States,and Arista Records/BMG in other territories. Mostly self-produced by Bowie,it was primarily recorded from August to October 1996 at New York City's Looking Glass Studios. Bowie composed the tracks with Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati,who are credited as co-producers,with Mike Garson,Gail Ann Dorsey and Zack Alford providing overdubs later.
Reeves Gabrels is an American guitarist,songwriter and producer. Currently a member of The Cure since 2012,Gabrels is also known for his work with David Bowie and Tin Machine from 1987 to 1999. He also fronts the band Reeves Gabrels &His Imaginary Friends,which is based in Nashville.
Tin Machine were a British–American rock band formed in 1988. The band consisted of English singer-songwriter David Bowie on lead vocals,saxophone and guitar;Reeves Gabrels on guitar and vocals;Tony Fox Sales on bass and vocals;and Hunt Sales on drums and vocals. The Sales brothers had previously performed with Bowie and Iggy Pop during the 1977 tour for The Idiot. Kevin Armstrong played additional guitar and keyboards on the band's first and second studio albums and first tour,and American guitarist Eric Schermerhorn played on the second tour and live album Tin Machine Live:Oy Vey,Baby (1992).
Tin Machine is the debut studio album by the Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine,released on 22 May 1989 through EMI America Records. The band consisted of the English singer-songwriter David Bowie,the American guitarist Reeves Gabrels and brothers Tony Fox and Hunt Sales on bass and drums,respectively,while Englishman Kevin Armstrong acted as an additional guitarist. The project was spearheaded by Bowie,who felt disconnected in his career by 1987 and looked to reinvent himself. After meeting Gabrels through his Glass Spider Tour,the two agreed to work together and would collaborate frequently for the next decade. Bowie hired the Sales brothers,neither of whom he had worked with since the 1970s,after a meeting in Los Angeles,while English producer Tim Palmer was hired to co-produce.
"The Hearts Filthy Lesson" is a song by English musician David Bowie from his 20th studio album,Outside (1995),and issued as a single ahead of the album. Released in September 1995 by Arista,BMG and RCA,it showcased Bowie's new,industrial-influenced sound. Lyrically,the single connects with the rest of the album,with Bowie offering a lament to "tyrannical futurist" Ramona A. Stone,a theme continued in subsequent songs. The song is also meant to confront Bowie's own perceptions about the ritual creation and degradation of art. Its music video was directed by Samuel Bayer and was so controversial that it required a re-edit for MTV. The song appears in the end credits of the 1995 film Seven.
Tin Machine Live:Oy Vey,Baby is a live album by Anglo-American rock band Tin Machine,originally released through London Records on 2 July 1992. The album includes songs,all from the band's two albums,recorded between 20 November 1991 and 11 February 1992 from five different venues on the North American and Asian legs of Tin Machine's It's My Life Tour. The maligned album title was intended as a pun on U2's 1991 album Achtung Baby. Oy Vey,Baby has received negative reviews,with many criticising the performances. It failed to chart in both the UK and the US. It was accompanied by a concert video of the same title,which was filmed at The Docks,Hamburg on 24 October 1991. Following its release,Tin Machine disbanded and Bowie quickly resumed his solo career with Black Tie White Noise (1993).
"Under the God" is the first official single released by Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine,taken from their eponymous debut album in June 1989.
"Tin Machine" is a song by Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine,and the song from which they took their name,a track from their debut album,also of the same name. It was released as a single in September 1989,as a double A-side with a live cover of Bob Dylan’s “Maggie's Farm”.
"Prisoner of Love" is a song by Tin Machine taken from their eponymous debut album,issued as their third single in October 1989.
"You Belong in Rock n' Roll" is a song by Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine,released ahead of their second album in August 1991. The song was the band’s first release on Victory Records,which was distributed by London Records in the UK.
"Baby Universal" is a song by Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine,released as the second single from their Tin Machine II album in October 1991.
"Strangers When We Meet" is a song by English musician David Bowie,originally recorded for his 1993 album The Buddha of Suburbia. In 1995,Bowie re-recorded the song for his 20th studio album,Outside (1995),and this version was edited and released in November 1995 by RCA as the second single from the album,paired with a reworked version of Bowie's 1970 song "The Man Who Sold the World". The double A-side reached number 39 on the UK Singles Chart. In Sweden,"Strangers When We Meet" peaked at number 56 in 1996.
"Little Wonder" is a song by English musician David Bowie,released as the second single from his 21st album,Earthling (1997). "Little Wonder" backed by three remixes,was issued on 27 January 1997. The single was a success,peaking at number 14 in the UK and topping the chart in Japan. The accompanying music video was directed by Floria Sigismondi and depicts Bowie at three different ages. Biographer David Buckley considers it a dance-oriented video rather than a rock one,reminiscent of Orbital's "The Box" (1996).
"Seven Years in Tibet" is a song written by English musician David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels from the 1997 album,Earthling. It was released as the album's fourth single. In some territories,a version of the song sung by Bowie in Mandarin Chinese was released as "A Fleeting Moment".
"Dead Man Walking" is a song by English musician David Bowie,released as the third single from his 21st studio album,Earthling (1997). Written by Bowie and Reeves Gabrels,it was a top 40 hit in the UK,peaking at number 32. Bowie described "Dead Man Walking" as his homage "to rock and roll that is still young while we are all growing old". As such,the lyrics reflect his thoughts on aging at this point in his career.
"Telling Lies" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie,written and released for downloading and as a single in 1996 and later included on his 21st studio album,Earthling (1997). The song was initially an Internet-only release,and was the first-ever downloadable single by a major artist. No music video was produced for the song.
The Earthling Tour was a 1997 concert tour by English musician David Bowie,in promotion of his album Earthling. The tour started on 7 June 1997 at Flughafen Blankensee in Lübeck,Germany,continuing through Europe and the Americas before concluding in Buenos Aires,Argentina on 7 November 1997.
"Heaven's in Here" is the lead track from the eponymous debut album by the Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine. Written by David Bowie,it was released as a promotional lead single from the album in 1989.
Is it Any Wonder? is a six-track extended play by David Bowie that was released in early 2020. It is composed of older Bowie and Tin Machine songs that the artist mostly re-recorded during his Earthling (1997) sessions and Earthling Tour rehearsals in early 1997,plus a few new tracks originated in the same era of this recording.
Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001) is a box set by English singer-songwriter David Bowie,released on 26 November 2021. A follow-up to the compilations Five Years (1969–1973),Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976),A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) and Loving the Alien (1983–1988),the set covers the period of Bowie's career from 1992 to 2001,commonly regarded by analysts as an artistic renaissance following his commercially successful but critically maligned work in the 1980s. However,Bowie's 1988–1992 tenure with the hard rock group Tin Machine is excluded. The set comprises eleven compact discs or 18 LPs.
