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Heathen is an album by David Bowie. It marked the return of producer Tony Visconti who co-produced with Bowie several of Bowie's classic albums. The last album he co-produced was Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
from 1980. Musically, Heathen is an interesting mix of nostalgia with the cutting edge. "Slip Away" is very similar in mood and style to classic Bowie songs like "Life on Mars?", while "Slow Burn" certainly is reminiscent of the songs ""Heroes"" and "Teenage Wildlife". On the other hand, "Sunday", "I Would Be Your Slave" and "Heathen (The Rays)" sound all very contemporary and fresh. It seems this mixture of old and new was a success as the album got both good reviews and sold quite well.

The working title for the album was Toy, first mentioned in 2000. This album was meant to feature some new songs and remakes of some his lesser-known songs from the 60's. "Afraid" and "Slip Away" (then titled "Uncle Floyd") was two of the new songs intended for this album. Some of the remakes made it as B-side to the singles of Heathen.

The song "Cactus" is a cover of a Pixies song on their album, Surfer Rosa.

The album features guest appearances from Who guitarist Pete Townshend and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl.

'Heathen' has also been released on a SACD in a limited number of copies with slightly longer versions of five of the songs.

Track listing

# "Sunday" - (4:45) (Bowie) # "Cactus" - (2:54) (Black Francis) # "Slip Away" - (6:05) (Bowie) (A tribute to Uncle Floyd) # "Slow Burn" - (4:41) (Bowie) # "Afraid" - (3:28) (Bowie) # "I've Been Waiting for You" - (3:00) (Neil Young) # "I Would Be Your Slave" - (5:14) (Bowie) # "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship" - (4:04) (Norman Carl Odom) # "5:15 The Angels Have Gone" - (5:00) (Bowie) # "Everyone Says 'Hi'" - (3:59) (Bowie) # "A Better Future" - (4:11) (Bowie) # "Heathen (The Rays)" - (4:16) (Bowie)

The Japanese release had the song "Wood Jackson" as a bonus track.

Limited edition bonus disc

# "Sunday (Moby Remix)" - (5:09) # "A Better Future (Remix by Air)" - (4:56) # "Conversation Piece (Written in 1969 - Recorded 1970 - Re-recorded 2000)" - (3:51) # "Panic in Detroit (Outtake from a 1979 Recording)" - (2:57)

Production credits

Producers:
* David Bowie
* Tony Visconti

Musicians:
*David Bowie: Vocals, Keyboard, Synths, Guitars, Sax, Stylophone, Drums
*Tony Visconti: Bass guitar, Guitars, Recorders, string arrangements, backing vocals
*Matt Chamberlain: Drums, loop programming, percussion
*David Torn: guitars, guitar loops, Omnichord
*Jordan Rudess: keyboard
*The Scorchio Quartet
**Greg Kitzis: 1st violin
**Meg Okura: 2nd violin
**Martha Mooke: Viola
**Mary Wooten: Cello

Additional musicians:
* Carlos Alomar: Guitar
* Sterling Campbell: Drums and percussion
* Lisa Germano: Violin
* Gerry Leonard: Guitar
* Tony Levin: Bass
* Mark Plati
: Guitar and bass
* Jordan Ruddess: Keyboards
* The Borneo Horns: Lenny Pickett, Stan Harrison, Steve Elson
* Kirsteen Young: Vocals and piano
* Pete Townshend: Guitar (on "Slow Burn")
* Dave Grohl: Guitar (on "I've Been Waiting for You")

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Actors - Heathen

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Limited edition bonus disc

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