Recorded at Chateau d'Herouville, France and Hansa By The Wall, Berlin, Germany.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, cello, strings, harmonica, saxophone, horns, piano, chamberlin, keyboards, ARP synthesizer, vibraphone, xylophone, percussion); David Bowie (various instruments); Iggy Pop (vocals, piano, organ, background vocals); Mary Hopkin (vocals); Eduard Meyer, Eduard Meyerm (cello); Roy Young (piano, organ, Farfisa); Peter Himmelman (piano, ARP synthesizer); Roy Young (piano); George Murray (bass guitar); Brian Eno (vocals, guitar, piano, chamberlin, keyboards, synthesizer, mini-Moog synthesizer, Moog synthesizer); Mary Visconti (vocals, background vocals); Ricky Gardiner, Carlos Alomar (guitar); Dennis Davis (percussion).

Audio Mixers: Brian Eno; David Bowie; David Richards .

Audio Remasterers: Nigel Reeve; Peter Mew.

Recording information: Château d'Herouville, France; Hansa; Hansa By The Wall, Berlin, Germ.

Photographers: Christian Simonpietri; Steve Shapiro; Clive Anderson.

The first (Heroes and Lodger would follow) of Bowie's three Berlin albums. Living there as a semi-recluse for three years, he worked with Svengali/producer Brian Eno and the results of their collaborations helped change the face of the European mainstream. Artists such as Gary Numan, Ultravox and OMD were indebted to the sound Bowie had created with the synthesizer to build a somewhat terse wall of sound. Critically acclaimed, but a relative commercial failure, apart from the surprise `Sound And Vision' hit single, it remains as a pertinent reminder of Bowie's ability to surprise and enlighten.