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Never Let Me Down

Alternative rock
Alternative rock

Never Let Me Down is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, Peter Frampton, Prince and Neil Young. Those roots explain a lot about how Never Let Me Down arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Policy of Truth and Enjoy the Silence, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tin Machine, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Never Let Me Down, reaching back through Mick Jagger and forward to Tin Machine. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Never Let Me Down is the seventeenth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 21 April 1987 through EMI America Records. Co-produced by Bowie and David Richards and featuring the guitarist Peter Frampton, the album was recorded in Switzerland and New York City from September to November 1986. Bowie's goal for the project was to record it differently following his disappointment with 1984's Tonight. Musically, Never Let Me Down has been characterised as pop rock, art rock and hard rock; Bowie himself considered the record a return to rock and roll music. The cover artwork features Bowie surrounded by numerous elements from the songs.

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Never Let Me DownMick JaggerIggy PopPeter FramptonPrinceNeil YoungJohn LennonGeorge HarrisonThe BeatlesTin MachinePolicy of TruthEnjoy the Silence

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Never Let Me Down connections

Never Let Me Down grew out of Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, Peter Frampton and Prince, shares an orbit with Policy of Truth and Enjoy the Silence, went on to shape Tin Machine. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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