David BowieScary Monsters

Label:

RCA – PL-13647

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

Netherlands

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Glam

Tracklist

A1 It's No Game (No. 1)
GuitarRobert Fripp
Music By, Lyrics ByBowie*
Translated By [Japanese Translation]Hisahi Miura
VoiceMichi Hirota
Written-ByDavid Bowie
4:15
A2 Up The Hill Backwards
Acoustic GuitarTony Visconti
GuitarRobert Fripp
Music By, Lyrics ByBowie*
PianoRoy Bittan
Written-ByDavid Bowie
3:13
A3 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Acoustic GuitarTony Visconti
GuitarRobert Fripp
Music By, Lyrics ByBowie*
Written-ByDavid Bowie
5:10
A4 Ashes To Ashes
GuitarChuck Hammer
Music By, Lyrics ByBowie*
PianoRoy Bittan
SynthesizerAndy Clark
Written-ByDavid Bowie
4:21
A5 Fashion
GuitarRobert Fripp
Music By, Lyrics ByBowie*
SynthesizerAndy Clark
Written-ByDavid Bowie
4:45
B1 Teenage Wildlife
GuitarRobert Fripp
Music By, Lyrics ByBowie*
PianoRoy Bittan
Written-ByDavid Bowie
6:53
B2 Scream Like A Baby
Music By, Lyrics ByBowie*
SynthesizerAndy Clark
Written-ByDavid Bowie
3:33
B3 Kingdom Come
GuitarRobert Fripp
Music By, Lyrics By, Written-ByTom Verlaine
3:42
B4 Because You're Young
GuitarPete Townshend
Music By, Lyrics ByBowie*
SynthesizerAndy Clark
Written-ByDavid Bowie
4:57
B5 It's No Game (No. 2)
GuitarRobert Fripp
Music By, Lyrics ByBowie*
Written-ByDavid Bowie
4:20

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyRCA Corporation
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗RCA Records
  • Copyright ©Bewlay Bros. Music
  • Copyright ©Fleur Music Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
  • Published ByBewlay Bros. Music
  • Published ByFleur Music Ltd.
  • Published ByDouble Exposure Music, Inc.
  • Recorded AtPower Station
  • Lacquer Cut AtBovema / EMI Studios – 45109
  • Lacquer Cut AtBovema / EMI Studios – 45110
  • Made ByRCA B.V.
  • Manufactured ByRCA B.V.

Credits

  • Backing VocalsTony Visconti
  • BassGeorge Murray
  • Costume Designer [Clown Costume]Natasha Kornilof*
  • CoverEdward Bell
  • Design Concept [Cover Concept]David Bowie
  • GuitarCarlos Alomar
  • Make-UpRichard Sharah
  • PercussionDennis Davis
  • ProducerTony Visconti
  • Recorded ByTony Visconti
  • Recorded By [Assistants Powerstation]Larry Alexander
  • Vocals, KeyboardsDavid Bowie

Notes

Issued on black RCA labels with silver print, white RCA logo.

For an otherwise identical release with "RCA INTERNATIONAL" logos on the centre labels, see Scary Monsters.

Issued in a glossy picture sleeve with printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.

Track publishers on inner sleeve:
A1 to B2, B4 and B5 Copyright ©1980 by Bewlay Bros. Music/Fleur Music Ltd.
B3 Copyright ©1979 by Warner Bros. Music Ltd.

Track publishers on labels:
A1 to B2, B4, B5: Bewlay Bros. Music/Fleur Music Ltd.
B3: Double Exposure Music, Inc.

Recorded: Power Station, New York.

Roy Bittan appears courtesy of the E Street Band
Robert Fripp appears courtesy of Polydor Records
Pete Townshend appears courtesy of WEA Records

Sleeve © 1980 RCA Records.
Labels: ℗ 1980 RCA Records.

Back cover: Made in The Netherlands by RCA bv, Amsterdam, from master recordings owned and controlled by RCA Records. ℗© 1980 - Printed in The Netherlands.
Label rimtext: Manufactured by RCA BV Holland From Master Recordings of RCA Records.

First catalog number (PL 13647) on sleeve.
Second catalog number (PL-13647) on labels.

Track titles on labels as:
A1: It's No Game (Part 1)
B5: It's No Game (Part 2)

Track A3 on back cover as: Scary monsters (and super-creeps)

Additional runout information: 'SSSS' is in Unicode (Italic, script: '𝓈𝓈𝓈𝓈').

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: STEMRA
  • Other (On spine):
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 1, side A, etched): PL 13647-A \\ 45 109 - I - Y SSSS
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 1, side B, etched): CR PL 13647-B \\ 45 110 - I - Y SSSS
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2, side A, etched): CR PL-13.647-A \\ 45.109-1-Y SSSS
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2, side B, etched): PL-13.647-B \\ 45.110-1-Y SSSS

Other Versions (5 of 182)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Scary Monsters (LP, Album) RCA RCA PL 13647 Denmark 1980
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Scary Monsters (LP, Album) RCA Victor APL1 3647, APLI 3647 New Zealand 1980
Scary Monsters (LP, Album, Stereo) RCA BOW LP 2 UK 1980
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Scary Monsters (LP, Album, Stereo) RCA Victor AQL1-3647 Canada 1980
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Scary Monsters (LP, Album) RCA RCA PL 13647, PL 13647, BOW LP2 Belgium 1980

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  • paulemotion's avatar
    paulemotion
    One of the great Bowie albums of the Berlin trio. Hugely under rated but a complete classic.

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