Lodger often gets overshadowed by its Berlin Trilogy predecessors, Low and “Heroes”, but the restlessness here is the point. Bowie and Eno pushed the disorientation further than ever, turning travelogue anxiety and found-sound collage into something genuinely strange and populist at once. Tracks like “Boys Keep Swinging” and “D.J.” showed a songwriter refusing to settle, already eyeing the next horizon before the trilogy had even cooled.

Vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition. Lodger is the thirteenth studio album by David Bowie, originally released in May, 1979 by RCA Records. The last of the Berlin Trilogy, it was recorded in Switzerland and New York City with collaborator Brian Eno and producer Tony Visconti. Unlike Bowie’s previous two albums, Lodger contained no instrumentals and a somewhat more pop-oriented style while experimenting with elements of world music and recording techniques inspired by Eno’s Oblique Strategies cards. Experiments on the album included using old tunes played backwards, employing identical chord sequences for different songs and having the musicians play unfamiliar instruments.

Tracklist

Side A

1.Fantastic Voyage2.African Night Flight3.Move On4.Yassassin (Turkish For: Long Live)5.Red Sails

Side B

1.D.J.2.Look Back In Anger3.Boys Keep Swinging4.Repetition5.Red Money

UPC: 190295842673
Label: Rhino / Parlophone
Release Date: 2.23.18
Format: LP Vinyl