Monday, November 1, 1993

David Bowie Buddha of Suburbia released

Buddha of Suburbia

David Bowie

Released: November 1, 1993

Peak: -- US, 87 UK, -- CN, -- AU

Sales (in millions): --

Genre: glam rock/classic rock veteran

Tracks:

Song Title (Writers) [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.

The Buddha of Suburbia [4:29] (11/22/93, 35 UK)
Sex and the Church [6:23]
South Horizon [5:24]
The Mysteries [7:11]
Bleed Like a Craze, Dad [5:23]
Strangers When We Meet [4:58]
Dead Against It [5:47]
Untitled No. 1 [5:02]
Ian Fish, U.K. Heir [6:29]
Buddha of Suburbia (Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Erdal Kizilcay) [4:20]

Songs written by David Bowie and Erdal Kizilcay unless indicated otherwise.

Total Running Time: 55:26

The Players:

David Bowie (vocals, saxophone, guitar, keyboards)
Erdal Kızılçay (keyboards, trumpet, bass, guitar, drums, percussion)
Rob Clydesdale, Gary Talor, Isaac Daniel Prevost (drums, bass, guitar on “Bleed Like a Craze, Dad”)
Mike Garson (piano on “Bleed Like a Craze, Dad” and “South Horizon”)
Lenny Kravitz (guitar on “Buddha of Suburbia”)

Rating:

2.602 out of 5.00 (average of 18 ratings)

About the Album:

David Bowie quickly followed his first solo album in six years with this overlooked project which he recorded in just six days. ^WK Ostensbily recorded as a soundtrack to the four-part British TV miniseries, the title cut was the only song actually featured on the program.

“Record-company affiliation difficulties…kept…Buddha of Suburbia…from being released in the U.S. until 1995, when it was slipped out in the wake of his new album, Outside. That's too bad, because The Buddha of Suburbia is an often engaging collection of songs and instrumental passages that recalls many previous Bowie albums, including such disparate efforts as The Man Who Sold the World, Aladdin Sane, and Low. It's not a major effort by any means, but in another context songs like Strangers When We Meet easily could become Bowie favorites.” ^AMG

Notes: There is an alternate album cover featuring Bowie sitting on a cot.

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