On January 8, 2016, “ISO”, “RCA”, “Columbia”, and “Sony” labels released “Black Star”, the twenty-fifth and final David Bowie studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Magic Shop” and “Human Worldwide Studios”, in New York City, and was produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti. The album was voted Best album of 2016, in the annual choices by many medias including The A.V. Club, Mojo, Newsweek, Paste, Q, Rolling Stone (Readers Poll), Uncut and The Wire Magazine. “Black Star” became Bowie’s only album to top the “Billboard 200” in the United States, and it remained at the number one position in the UK charts for three weeks. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; in Austria by “IFPI”; in Belgium by “BEA”; in Canada by “Music Canada”; in France by “SNEP”; in Italy by “FIMI”, and in UK by “BPI”.
Personnel:
- David Bowie– vocals, acoustic guitar, “Fender Guitar”, harmonica, string arrangements, mixing
- Ben Monder– guitar
- Jason Lindner– piano, organ, keyboards
- Tim Lefebvre– bass
- Mark Guiliana– drums, percussion
- James Murphy– percussion
- Donny McCaslin– flute, saxophone, woodwinds
- Tony Visconti– strings, engineer, mixing
- Kevin Killen– engineer
- Erin Tonkon – backing vocals, engineer assistant
- Kabir Hermon – engineer assistant
- Tom Elmhirst– mixing
- Joe Visciano – mixing assistant
- Joe LaPorta– mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.
- Blackstar
- Tis a Pity She Was a Whore
- Lazarus
- Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) – David Bowie, Maria Schneider, Paul Bateman, Bob Bharma
- Girl Loves Me
- Dollar Days
- I Can’t Give Everything Away
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