In this episode, Aaron, Andrew and John listen to the sound of the devil breaking parole as David Bowie turns superstar with 1983's Let's Dance.

04:55 Where Are We Now?

• album context and recording history
  

27:19 Let’s Face The Music and Dance

• track-by-track review and overall appreciation of the album
  

1:19:17 Your Record Sleeves Are Better Than Your Songs

• analysis of album artwork and album-related visuals
  

1:30:55 VideoTime

• comments on the album's music videos (Let's Dance, China Girl and Modern Love)

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If you want to listen along, here's a YouTube playlist featuring all the songs/videos discussed: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyjkFh0YAk7sRHnWKjHEiSN2JxoMfSwI9&si=IHMVf9vrhOuz-hvI

On that note, music in the podcast is not owned by Battlecries + Champagne and is, rather, the work of David Bowie. Music is used under the fair dealing provision in Canadian copyright law to the best of our understanding. We encourage listeners interested in hearing the full versions of songs to purchase them at their local record stores, through online digital music stores or heck, provide the Bowie Estate with some streaming revenue!

Research for the show was culled from:

Bohn, Chris. "The Music I'm Writing Now is Probably Going to Reach a Newer Audience for me." NME. April 1983.

Buckley, David. Strange Fascination: David Bowie: The Definitive Biography (Virgin Books, 2001).

Cann, Kevin. David Bowie: Any Day Now: The London Years 1947-1974 (Adelita, 2010).

Chapman, Ian. Experiencing David Bowie: A Listener's Companion (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).

Doggett, Peter. The Man Who Sold The World: David Bowie and the 1970s (Harper, 2012).

Library and Archives Canada. RPM.

Loder, Kurt. "The Man Who Owned The World". Rolling Stone. May 1983.

O'Leary, Chris. Ashes to Ashes (Repeater Books, 2018).

Pegg, Nicholas. The Complete David Bowie (Titan Books, 2016).

Rodgers, Nile. Le Freak (Sphere, 2011).

Rodgers, Nile. "On Producing Let's Dance" (Loving The Alien boxset, 2018).

Soligny, Jérôme. David Bowie: Rainbowman 1967-1980 (Monoray, 2023).

Soligny, Jérôme. David Bowie: Rainbowman 1983-2016 (Gallimard, 2020).

Trynka, Paul. David Bowie: Starman (Little, Brown and Company, 2011).

Visconti, Tony. The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy (HarperCollins, 2007)

Wikipedia.

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