LAST NIGHT
THEY LOVED YOU
OPENING DOORS
AND PULLING
SOME STRINGS, ANGEL
Station to Station
is the tenth
studio album
by the
English musician
released on
January 23rd 1976
through RCA Records.
Regarded as one
of his most
significant works,
the album was
the vehicle for
Bowie's performance
persona
The Thin White Duke.
Co-produced by
Bowie and Harry Maslin,
Station to Station
was mainly recorded at
Cherokee Studios
in Los Angeles, California,
in late 1975,
after Bowie
completed shooting the film
The Man Who Fell to Earth;
the cover art
featured a still
from the film.
During the sessions,
Bowie was suffering from
various drug addictions,
most prominently
Cocaine,
and subsequently
stated that he
recalled almost
nothing of
the production.
Bowie's 1975 single
"Fame",
a collaboration with
John Lennon,
was a massive
commercial success,
assistant
Coco Schwab
had recently
acquired a house
for him.
Partly because
of his drug addiction,
his marriage to his wife,
Angie,
began falling apart.
After recording
backing vocals for
Keith Moon's
"Real Emotion",
he was ready to
record his
next album
The commercial success
of his previous release,
Young Americans
(1975),
allowed Bowie
greater freedom
when he began recording
his next album.
The sessions
established the lineup
of guitarist
Carlos Alomar,
bassist
George Murray
and drummer
Dennis Davis
that Bowie would use
for the rest of the decade,
and also featured
contributions by
guitarist
Earl Slick
and pianist
Roy Bittan.
Musically,
Station to Station
was a transitional album
for Bowie,
developing the funk
and soul
of
Young Americans
while presenting
a new direction
influenced by
the German music genre
of krautrock,
particularly bands
such as Neu!
and Kraftwerk.
The lyrics reflected
Bowie's preoccupations
with
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Aleister Crowley,
mythology and religion.
Preceded by the single
"Golden Years",
Station to Station
was a commercial success,
reaching the top five
on the UK
and US charts.
After scrapping
a soundtrack for
The Man Who Fell to Earth,
Bowie supported the album
with the
Isolar Tour
in early 1976,
during which
he attracted controversy
with statements
suggesting support
for fascism.
At the end of the tour,
he moved to Europe
to remove himself
from
L.A.'s drug culture.
The styles explored on
Station to Station
culminated in some of
Bowie's most
acclaimed work
with the
Berlin Trilogy
over the next three years.
Positively received by
music critics
on its release,
Station to Station
has appeared on
several lists
of the
greatest albums
of all time
TRACKLIST
CD 1
(1976 MIX and More)
Station to Station
Golden Years
Word on a Wing
TVC 15
Stay
Wild Is the Wind
BONUS
Golden Years
(Single Version)
Station to Station
(Single Edit)
Word on a Wing
(Live)
Stay
(Live)
Golden Years
(Disco Purrfection Version)
Golden Years
[The Reflex Revision]
Golden Years
(Remix)
CD 2
(Harry Maslin 2010 Mix and More)
Station To Station
(Harry Maslin 2010 Mix)
Golden Years
(Harry Maslin 2010 Mix)
Word On A Wing
(Harry Maslin 2010 Mix)
TVC15
(Harry Maslin 2010 Mix)
Stay
(Harry Maslin 2010 Mix)
Wild Is The Wind
(Harry Maslin 2010 Mix)
BONUS
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
[Station To Station Outtake]
Golden Years
(Just Vocals Only)
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