The History of Heathen

Run outside in the desert heat and listen to some Heathen history🎶Join Aaron, Andrew and John as they go over the context and recording history of David Bowie's critically acclaimed Heathen album from 2002. Topics include: musicians and personnel on the album, contemporary critical reception and the album's true relationship with the 9/11 terrorist attacks.00:00 - Introduction03:39 - Where Are We Now? (album context and history)20:43 - Telling Lies (Heathen's relationship with 9/11)26:38 - They Say (critical reception and charts)If you want to contact the show, we’d love to hear from [email protected] + Champagne on YT Bowie audio in the podcast is not owned by Battlecries + Champagne and is, rather, the work of David Bowie. Music is used under the fair dealing provision in Canadian copyright law to the best of our understanding. We encourage listeners interested in hearing the full versions of tracks to purchase them at their local record stores, through online digital music stores or heck, provide the Bowie Estate with some streaming revenue! Research for the show was culled from:Cann, Kevin. David Bowie: Any Day Now: The London Years 1947-1974 (Adelita, 2010).Klinko, Marcus. How We Photographed David Bowie With Wild Wolves. 26 February 2016. GQ Magazine.Larman, Alexander. Lazarus: The Second Coming Of David Bowie (Pegasus Books, 2026).O'Leary, Chris. Ashes to Ashes (Repeater Books, 2018).Pegg, Nicholas. The Complete David Bowie (Titan Books, 2016).Soligny, Jérôme. David Bowie: Rainbowman 1983-2016 (Gallimard, 2020).Thompson, Dave. Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie (ECW Press, 2006).Trynka, Paul. David Bowie: Starman (Little, Brown and Company, 2011).Visconti, Tony. The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy (HarperCollins, 2007)Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.