Visconti Talks About The Next Day

Tony Visconti, David Bowie's long-term producer, has spokento Rolling Stone about his upcomingalbum, The Next Day. Visconti hasworked with Bowie since Space Oddityin 1969, and it was to him that Bowie turned when he decided to start recordingagain. The two remained in contact as friends during Bowie's ten-year breakfrom recording and, Visconti recounts, Bowie dropped his wish to returncasually into conversation.

'My dear old friend was looking really good. But musicdidn't interest him until two years ago; that's when he made the call. He said,"How would you like to make some demos?" And I was a little shocked,quite honestly; it was just so casual.' - Tony Visconti, Rolling Stone

The Next Day was recorded over an18 month period, with studio sessions interspersed with long breaks for Bowieto continue writing. Visconti reveals that the first single, 'Where Are WeNow?' is not a representation of the entirety of The Next Day, with more 'funky' and 'uptempo' tracks joining thereflective ballad.

'Some of them belong to his life, but some of them arethings like social commentary. He came up with one medieval English history song. That's the titletrack, 'The Next Day.' If you read the lyrics, it's quite a horrific story.'The Next Day' rocks out. Same with 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)' - that rocksout, too.' - Tony Visconti, Rolling Stone

The Next Day is available to pre-order here, before itsrelease in March. Pictured above: 'Let's Dance', from Bowie's CHANGES collection, is available tobuy here.