Tonight
by David Bowie
- Type: Album
- Released: 24 September 1984
- Label: EMI
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 35:51
- Community rating: 2.41/5 from 10 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Hastily recorded to capitalize on the colossal commercial success of 'Let's Dance', 'Tonight' finds David Bowie leaning heavily into smooth, highly synthesized pop-rock and tropical pop-reggae. The album is largely comprised of collaborative covers and slick, radio-friendly R&B arrangements that lack the conceptual rigor of his classic output. Despite its critically polarizing reputation, it remains a highly melodic, playfully energetic snapshot of his mid-80s stadium era.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic
Tracklist
- Loving The Alien (7:12)
- Don't Look Down (4:11)
- God Only Knows (3:09)
- Tonight (3:45)
- Neighborhood Threat (3:12)
- Blue Jean (3:11)
- Tumble and Twirl (4:58)
- I Keep Forgettin' (2:35)
- Dancing with the Big Boys (3:34)
Credits
- David Bowie - primary artist, mixed by, producer, written-by, copyright
- Stan Harrison - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- The Borneo Horns - arranged by [horns]
- Arif Mardin - arranged by [strings & synthesizers], conductor [strings & synthesizers]
- Mick Haggerty - art direction, design
- Steve Elson - baritone saxophone
- Carmine Rojas - bass guitar
- Derek Bramble - bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals, producer
- Nick Webb - direct metal mastering by
- Omar Hakim - drums
- Hugh Padgham - engineer, mixed by, producer
- Carlos Alomar - guitar, written-by
- Guy St-Onge - marimba
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by
- Sammy Figueroa - percussion
- Lenny Pickett - tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Mark Pender - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Curtis King - vocals
- George Simms - vocals
- Robin Clark - vocals
- Iggy Pop - written-by, vocals [additional]
- James Williamson - written-by
- Brian Wilson - written-by
- Tony Asher - written-by
- Tina Turner - vocals [additional]
- Leiber & Stoller - written-by
- Greg Gorman - photography