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David Bowie - Let's Dance - David Bowie - Stevie Ray Vaughan. Let's Dance is the 15th studio album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on 14 April 1983 by EMI America Records. After the release of Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980), Bowie began a period of numerous musical collaborations and film appearances. During this time he also departed with RCA Records due to dissatisfaction. After signing with EMI America in late 1982, Bowie decided he wanted to start fresh and chose Nile Rodgers of the rock band Chic to co-produce his next record. The album was recorded in December 1982 at the Power Station in New York City. The sessions featured entirely new personnel, including the then-unknown Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead guitar. For the first time ever, Bowie played no instruments on the album, solely contributing vocals. Musically, Let's Dance has been described as a post-disco record, with elements of dance-rock, dance-pop, and new wave. It contains three cover songs, including Iggy Pop's ”China Girl”, which Bowie and Pop recorded together for Pop's The Idiot (1977), the Metros' ”Criminal World”, and a reworking of ”Cat People (Putting Out Fire)”, originally recorded Bowie and Giorgio Moroder in 1982 for the film of the same name. Let's Dance was released to massive commercial success, reaching number one in numerous countries, and turned Bowie into a major superstar; it remains Bowie's best-selling album. Played and no issues.