Loving the Alien (1983–1988)

Album by David Bowie

Loving the Alien (1983–1988) is a compilation box set by English musician David Bowie, released in 2018. The package compiles Bowie's mid-1980s output, highlighting a period dominated by pop-rock production, synthesiser textures and polished mainstream arrangements, and positions this material as his commercially oriented phase following the experimental work of the 1970s.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Modern Love
    4:48
  2. 2.
    China Girl
    5:33
  3. 3.
    Let’s Dance
    7:37
  4. 4.
    Without You
    3:09
  5. 5.
    Ricochet
    5:13
  6. 6.
    Criminal World
    4:25
  7. 7.
    Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
    5:09
  8. 8.
    Shake It
    3:52

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Look Back in Anger
    3:07
  2. 3.
    “Heroes”
    4:53
  3. 4.
    What in the World
    3:44
  4. 5.
    Golden Years
    3:31
  5. 6.
    Fashion
    2:43
  6. 7.
    Let’s Dance
    4:34
  7. 8.
    Breaking Glass
    3:00
  8. 9.
    Life on Mars?
    4:07
  9. 10.
    Sorrow
    2:49
  10. 11.
    Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
    4:20
  11. 12.
    China Girl
    5:27
  12. 13.
    Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
    3:42
  13. 14.
    Rebel Rebel
    2:24

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    White Light/White Heat
    5:36
  2. 4.
    Station to Station
    8:58
  3. 5.
    Cracked Actor
    3:58
  4. 6.
    Ashes to Ashes
    3:51
  5. 7.
    Space Oddity / Band Introduction
    6:32
  6. 8.
    Young Americans
    5:25
  7. 9.
    Fame
    5:36
  8. 10.
    Modern Love
    3:54

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Loving the Alien
    7:12
  2. 5.
    Don’t Look Down
    4:11
  3. 6.
    God Only Knows
    3:09
  4. 7.
    Tonight
    3:45
  5. 8.
    Neighborhood Threat
    3:12
  6. 9.
    Blue Jean
    3:11
  7. 10.
    Tumble and Twirl
    4:58
  8. 11.
    I Keep Forgettin’
    2:35
  9. 12.
    Dancing With the Big Boys
    3:34

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Day‐In Day‐Out
    5:39
  2. 6.
    Time Will Crawl
    4:20
  3. 7.
    Beat of Your Drum
    5:06
  4. 8.
    Never Let Me Down
    4:05
  5. 9.
    Zeroes
    5:47
  6. 10.
    Glass Spider
    5:34
  7. 11.
    Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)
    5:06
  8. 12.
    New York’s in Love
    4:34
  9. 13.
    ’87 and Cry
    4:21
  10. 14.
    Bang Bang
    4:30

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Day‐In Day‐Out
    5:26
  2. 7.
    Time Will Crawl
    4:26
  3. 8.
    Beat of Your Drum
    5:27
  4. 9.
    Never Let Me Down
    4:26
  5. 10.
    Zeroes
    5:06
  6. 11.
    Glass Spider
    6:53
  7. 12.
    Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)
    5:32
  8. 13.
    New York’s in Love
    4:33
  9. 14.
    ’87 and Cry
    4:25
  10. 15.
    Bang Bang
    4:42

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Up the Hill Backwards
    3:51
  2. 8.
    Glass Spider
    5:55
  3. 9.
    Day‐In Day‐Out
    4:34
  4. 10.
    Bang Bang
    4:02
  5. 11.
    Absolute Beginners
    7:08
  6. 12.
    Loving the Alien
    7:14
  7. 13.
    China Girl
    4:55
  8. 14.
    Rebel Rebel
    3:30
  9. 15.
    Fashion
    5:04
  10. 16.
    Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
    4:52
  11. 17.
    All the Mad Men
    6:39
  12. 18.
    Never Let Me Down
    3:56

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Big Brother
    4:47
  2. 9.
    ’87 and Cry
    4:07
  3. 10.
    “Heroes”
    5:10
  4. 11.
    Sons of the Silent Age
    3:10
  5. 12.
    Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction
    5:23
  6. 13.
    Young Americans
    5:06
  7. 14.
    Beat of Your Drum
    4:37
  8. 15.
    The Jean Genie
    5:23
  9. 16.
    Let’s Dance
    5:01
  10. 17.
    Fame
    7:05
  11. 18.
    Time
    5:11
  12. 19.
    Blue Jean
    3:26
  13. 20.
    Modern Love
    4:53

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Shake It (re‐mix AKA long version)
    5:21
  2. 10.
    Blue Jean (extended dance mix)
    5:20
  3. 11.
    Dancing With the Big Boys (extended dance mix)
    7:31
  4. 12.
    Tonight (vocal dance mix)
    4:31
  5. 13.
    Don’t Look Down (extended dance mix)
    4:55
  6. 14.
    Loving the Alien (extended dub mix)
    7:15
  7. 15.
    Tumble and Twirl (extended dance mix)
    5:05
  8. 16.
    Underground (extended dance mix)
    7:54
  9. 17.
    Day‐In Day‐Out (Groucho mix)
    6:28
  10. 18.
    Time Will Crawl (dance Crew mix)
    5:34
  11. 19.
    Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) (12″ mix)
    6:27
  12. 20.
    Never Let Me Down (dub / a capella)
    6:02

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    Let’s Dance (single version)
    4:09
  2. 11.
    China Girl (single version)
    4:17
  3. 12.
    Modern Love (single version)
    3:59
  4. 13.
    This Is Not America (the theme from ‘The Falcon and the Snowman’)
    3:51
  5. 14.
    Loving the Alien (re‐mixed version)
    4:43
  6. 15.
    Don’t Look Down (re‐mixed version)
    4:06
  7. 16.
    Dancing in the Street (Clearmountain mix)
    3:11
  8. 17.
    Absolute Beginners
    8:04
  9. 18.
    That’s Motivation
    4:19
  10. 19.
    Volare
    3:15
  11. 20.
    Labyrinth Opening Titles / Underground
    3:20
  12. 21.
    Magic Dance
    4:14
  13. 22.
    As the World Falls Down
    4:51
  14. 23.
    Within You
    3:29
  15. 24.
    Underground
    5:57

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    When the Wind Blows (single version)
    3:35
  2. 12.
    Day‐In Day‐Out (single version)
    4:14
  3. 13.
    Julie
    3:43
  4. 14.
    Beat of Your Drum (vinyl album edit)
    4:34
  5. 15.
    Glass Spider (vinyl album edit)
    4:56
  6. 16.
    Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) (vinyl album edit)
    4:06
  7. 17.
    New York’s in Love (vinyl album edit)
    3:59
  8. 18.
    ’87 and Cry (vinyl album edit)
    3:55
  9. 19.
    Bang Bang (vinyl album edit)
    4:02
  10. 20.
    Time Will Crawl (single version)
    4:03
  11. 21.
    Girls (extended edit)
    5:34
  12. 22.
    Never Let Me Down (7″ remix edit)
    3:59
  13. 23.
    Bang Bang (live – promotional mix)
    4:07
  14. 24.
    Tonight (live)
    4:19
  15. 25.
    Let’s Dance (live)
    3:25

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