WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON '78)

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Live, released in 2018

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1:

1. Warszawa (6:27)
2. Heroes (7:34)
3. What in the World (4:07)
4. Be My Wife (2:53)
5. The Jean Genie (6:34)
6. Blackout (3:43)
7. Sense of Doubt (3:40)
8. Speed of Life (2:37)
9. Sound and Vision (3:12)
10. Breaking Glass (3:31)
11. Fame (3:52)
12. Beauty and the Beast (4:58)

Total Time CD1: 54:17

CD 2:

1. Five Years (6:09)
2. Soul Love (2:52)
3. Star (2:30)
4. Hang on to Yourself (2:40)
5. Ziggy Stardust (3:25)
6. Suffragette City (4:02)
7. Art Decade (3:08)
8. Alabama Song (3:59)
9. Station to Station (11:10)
10. TVC 15 (4:18)
11. Stay (6:59)
12. Rebel Rebel (3:53)

Total Time CD2: 55:07

Line-up / Musicians

- David Bowie / vocals, chamberlin
- Adrian Belew / lead guitar, backing vocals
- Carlos Alomar / rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Simon House / electric violin
- Sean Mayes / piano, strings, backing vocals
- Roger Powell / keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
- George Murray / bass, backing vocals
- Dennis Davis / drums, percussion

Releases information

Parlophone (CDDB 7782, 0190295730260)
2x CD
Released June 29, 2018
Recorded live at Earls Court, London, June 30 and July 1, 1978

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DAVID BOWIE Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78) ratings distribution

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Review by Warthur
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Recorded only a couple of months after the material on David Bowie's Stage, Welcome To the Blackout catches a London set from the Isolar II tour. With recent remastered and expanded versions of Stage largely restoring the original running order and setlist, you might think that this release would be redundant - however, the extra time on the road has really helped the band bed in and the rendition of the repertoire here is much more self-assured, with all the songs sounding like they fit together in the same set list (despite the wide span of Bowie's career they are drawn from) more so than on Stage itself.

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5 stars Bowie's best live album. It's superior to Stage (which covers the same tour, Isolar II, from 1978) because it captures an entire live performance (without fade-outs or changes in the setlist order, like the original LP version of Stage), the band plays tightly, the sound quality is slightly superior ... (read more)

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