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Sense of Doubt
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Wikipedia article
"'Sense of Doubt'" is an instrumental piece written by David Bowie in 1977 for the album '"Heroes"'. It was the first of three instrumentals on Side Two of the original vinyl album that segued into one another, preceding "Moss Garden" and "Neukln".
Cited as "portentous" and "thoroughly foreboding",David Buckley (1999). 'Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story': p.324Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). 'Bowie: An Illustrated Record': pp.92-94 "Sense of Doubt" is one of the darker tracks of the album, with a descending four-note piano motif juxtaposed with "an eerie synth line like a scrap of sound from a silent expressionist-era soundtrack". Brian Eno suggested that the contrasting themes were the result of him and Bowie each following an Oblique Strategies card to guide them in the track's overdubbing, Eno's directing him to "make everything as similar as possible" and Bowie's to "emphasize differences".[http://members.ol.com.au/rgriffin/GoldenYears/Heroes.html 'NME' interview (1977) cited at Bowie: Golden Years]. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
"Sense of Doubt" was performed on the Italian TV programme 'Laltra domenica' in 1977 and throughout the '"Heroes"' tour in 1978.Nicholas Pegg (2000). 'The Complete David Bowie': p.183
Live versions
* Performances from the 1978 "Heroes" tour have been released on 'Stage' (1978) and 'Welcome to the Blackout' (2018).
Other releases
* It was released as the B-side of the single "Beauty and the Beast" in January 1978, a pairing that 'NME' editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray considered "must be good fun on pub juke-boxes".
* A picture disc release appeared in the 'RCA Life Time' picture disc set.
* The film 'Christiane F.' and its soundtrack featured the song.
Cover versions
* Philip Glass '"Heroes" Symphony' (1996)
* Musician Steve Adey covered the track on his 2017 LP '"Do Me a Kindness"'.
Notes
Category:David Bowie songs
Category:1977 songs
Category:Rock instrumentals
Category:Songs written by David Bowie
Category:Song recordings produced by David Bowie
Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Visconti
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