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David Bowie FAQ:Music:Albums:
Lodger (1979)
Bowie's next album, Lodger, was recorded in various cities: New York, London,
Zurich, and Berlin. This was the last of the so-called Berlin trilogy he
recorded with Eno and Visconti.
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Bowie's next album, Lodger, was recorded in various cities: New York, London,
Zurich, and Berlin. This was the last of the so-called Berlin trilogy he
recorded with Eno and Visconti.
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Although eschewing the "side one pop - side two electronic instrumental" format
used on Low and Heroes, Lodger continued the experimental approach Bowie had
used on the other Berlin trilogy albums. On one track, Boys Keep Swinging,
guitarist Carlos Alomar played drums and Dennis Davis, Bowie's drummer, played
bass (Tony Visconti also added some bass unknown to Bowie to clean up Davis'
mistakes). Furthermore, two tracks on the album used exactly the same chord
progression, and the main riff of another track (Move On) is the riff from All
The Young Dudes played backwards. Another track (Red Money) uses the same music
that Bowie (and Carlos Alomar) wrote for Iggy Pop's "Sister Midnight", with new
lyrics.
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In the US, Lodger represented a slight improvement in Bowie's commercial
fortunes, reaching #20 (15 places higher than Heroes) and spending 15 weeks on
the charts. In the UK, it did slightly worse than Low and Heroes, reaching #4
(one place lower than Heroes, and two lower than Low) and spending 17 weeks on
the chart (one week less than both Heroes and Low). However, Lodger has not
achieved the same amount of consistent sales over the years as the other two
Berlin trilogy albums (and indeed most of Bowie's other albums from the 70s),
and never re-entered the charts once it had left. EMI and Ryko reissued the
album on CD in 1991 with two bonus tracks (the previously unreleased "I Pray
Ole" and a re-recorded version of "Look Back In Anger") which didn't make the
charts.
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