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| Studio album by David Bowie | ||||
| Released | 5 April 1993 | |||
| Recorded | June–September 1992 | |||
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Mountain Studios, Montreux 38 Fresh Recordings, Los Angeles the Hit Factory, NYC |
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| Length | 56:24 | |||
| Label | Savage | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |
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| Blender | |
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| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Entertainment Weekly | D |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Robert Christgau | B– |
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| Uncut | 3/5 |
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Original VHS Video Cover
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| Directed by | David Mallet Matthew Rolston ("Miracle Goodnight") Mark Romanek ("Jump They Say" & "Black Tie White Noise") |
| Produced by | Lana Topham & Paul Flattery |
| Starring | David Bowie |
| Music by | David Bowie |
| Edited by | Lauren Harris |
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BMG Video
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Release date
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1993 |
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Running time
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63 minutes |
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Screenshot
Cover of the Jump Interactive CD-ROM for Windows, released in North America
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| Developer(s) | ION |
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| Initial release | 1994 |
| Operating system | Windows, Macintosh |
Black Tie White Noise is the eighteenth studio album by David Bowie. Released in 1993, it was his first solo release in the 1990s after spending time with his hard rock band Tin Machine, retiring his old hits on his Sound+Vision Tour, and marrying supermodel Iman. This album was an attempt to make "a new kind of melodic form of house" music and featured his old guitarist from the Ziggy Stardust era, Mick Ronson, who died of cancer 24 days after the album's release. This album was inspired by his own wedding and includes tracks such as "The Wedding" and its reprise at the end of the album as a song reflecting the occasion.
The album is commonly viewed as the start of an artistic renaissance for Bowie, whose creative enthusiasm and career had suffered in the mid-to-late 1980s after a series of poorly received projects.
The album debuted at number one in the UK Albums Chart two weeks after its release, his last No. 1 UK album until The Next Day (2013).
Bowie reconnected with Nile Rodgers in New York after a 1991 concert with his band Tin Machine. Bowie had worked with Rodgers previously on the Let's Dance album in 1983. Bowie pointed out that he and Rodgers were not looking to do a rehash of their previous success. "If Nile and I wanted to do Let's Dance II, we would have done it years ago, when, perhaps, it would have made more sense. Working together again, we avoided falling into that trap at all costs." Nile Rodgers agreed, stating "Half the fun of working with David is that you never know what the fuck he's going to come up with." Of wanting to work together again, Bowie continued, "We both basically missed the same element, with what was happening with the new R&B, which is now hip-hop and house, and what we were missing was the strong melodic content that was apparent in the '60s. I wanted to see if we could establish a new kind of melodic form of house."
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