Album of the Day

The last album of David Bowie's famed “Berlin Trilogy,” LODGER may be the most accessible of the three with its stronger emphasis on vocal tracks. Though the bulk of the recording was done in Montreux, Switzerland rather than Germany, most of the key collaborators on LOW and HEROES were back, including producer Tony Visconti and Brian Eno (whose Oblique Strategies cards provided inspiration during the sessions). Among the new faces was guitarist Adrian Belew, who called the 1979 collection “more of a world record – urban and eastern at the same time,” likely referring to such songs as “African Night Flight” and “Yassassin.” Despite the set's experimentation, it includes more conventional singles to lead off Side Two: “D.J.,” “Look Back In Anger” and U.K. Top 10 hit “Boys Keep Swinging.” The underrated LODGER brought Bowie's greatest decade to a glorious close.