David Bowie - Scary Monsters (US RCA 1st Pressing A1/B1) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/ 96 Khz + CD

David Bowie returned to relatively conventional rock & roll with Scary Monsters, an album that effectively acts as an encapsulation of all his '70s experiments. Reworking glam rock themes with avant-garde synth flourishes, and reversing the process as well, Bowie creates dense but accessible music throughout Scary Monsters. Though it doesn't have the vision of his other classic records, it wasn't designed to break new ground – it was created as the culmination of Bowie's experimental genre-shifting of the '70s. As a result, Scary Monsters is Bowie's last great album. While the music isn't far removed from the post-punk of the early '80s, it does sound fresh, hip, and contemporary, which is something Bowie lost over the course of the '80s. –Allmusic.

Track listing:

01. All songs written by David Bowie except where noted.
02. "It's No Game (Part 1)" – 4:15
03. "Up the Hill Backwards" – 3:13
04. "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" – 5:10
05. "Ashes to Ashes" – 4:23
06. "Fashion" – 4:46
07. "Teenage Wildlife" – 6:51
08. "Scream Like a Baby" – 3:35
09. "Kingdom Come" (Tom Verlaine) – 3:42
10. "Because You're Young" – 4:51
11. "It's No Game (Part 2)" – 4:22

Personnel:

David Bowie – vocals, keyboards, backing vocals, saxophone
Dennis Davis – percussion
George Murray – bass
Carlos Alomar – guitars

Additional musicians

Chuck Hammer – guitar/synthesizer on "Ashes to Ashes" and "Teenage Wildlife"
Robert Fripp – guitar on "Fashion", "It's No Game", "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)", "Kingdom Come", "Up the Hill Backwards" and "Teenage Wildlife"
Roy Bittan – piano on "Teenage Wildlife", "Ashes to Ashes" and "Up the Hill Backwards"
Andy Clark – synthesizer on "Fashion", "Scream Like a Baby", "Ashes to Ashes" and "Because You're Young"
Pete Townshend – guitar on "Because You're Young"
Tony Visconti – acoustic guitar on "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" and "Up the Hill Backwards", backing vocals
Lynn Maitland – backing vocals
Chris Porter – backing vocals
Michi Hirota – voice on "It's No Game (No. 1)"
David Bowie, Tony Visconti – production and engineering
Larry Alexander, Jeff Hendrickson – engineering assistance
Peter Mew, Nigel Reeve – mastering