Bowie conceived the album as the foundation for a theatrical world tour, writing and recording most of the songs in Switzerland. He considered the record a return to rock and roll music. Three singles were released from the album, 'Day-In-Day-Out', 'Time Will Crawl' and 'Never Let Me Down', which all reached the UK Top 40.Track List:

1 Day-In-Day-Out - David Bowie (5.35)
2 Time Will Crawl - David Bowie (4.18)
3 Beat of Your Drum - David Bowie (5.04)
4 Never Let Me Down - David Bowie (4.04)
5 Zeroes - David Bowie (5.45)
6 Glass Spider - David Bowie (5.31)
7 Shining Star (Makin My Love) - David Bowie (5.04)
8 New York S in Love - David Bowie (4.32)
9 87 and Cry - David Bowie (4.19)
10 Bang Bang - Kraal (4.28)