Changesbowie [Import]

David Bowie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Emd Int'l
• ASIN: B00000DTQD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,278 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #96 in Music > Imports > Alternative Rock

Editorial Reviews

Bowie's 1990 hits compilation, deleted in the U.S. Contains 18 of the Thin White Duke's finest from 1969-1990, all digitally remastered. Includes 'Space Oddity', 'Changes', 'Suffragette City', 'Rebel Rebel', 'Young Americans', 'Golden Years', 'Ashes To Ashes', 'Let's Dance' and 'Blue Jean'. 1990 release.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bowie's "Golden Years" Best Represented In This Hits Set, February 13, 2001

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Anthony G Pizza "trivialtony" (FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Changesbowie (Audio CD)

Rykodisc Records originally released "Changesbowie" in 1990 to take advantage of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision" world tour that year. The tour itself was to promote Bowie's catalogue being released on CD by the small, then-independent label.

Despite being docked one star for its pointless re-mix of the #1 hit "Fame," this Bowie hits collection remains the best career-spanning, one-disc retrospective of his career. Taken together, Bowie's stylistic ch-ch-ch-ch-changes form a template of 70s rock; "Rebel Rebel," "Suffragette City," and "Jean Genie" constantly shift and evolve while never edging closer to the listener. Even after nearly 30 years they remain cool, strange; lyrics vaguely out of reach with music updating the hybrid British soul ("Fashion," "Golden Years"), British blues ("Ziggy Stardust"), British music hall. Few other than Bowie could kidnap American music styles to match such free-flowing lyric imagery. Even with the personal, painful vignettes of "Young Americans," this remains among the least sensitive, least intimate music any solo performer has ever made (at least until Nile Rodgers comparatively warm but trademark style on 1983's huge hits "Let's Dance" and "China Girl.")

The exciting time of discovery between Bowie fans and the CD format has come and gone. Bowie shifted his copyrights to Virgin Records, re-released his catalogue on the original LP form (at full price), and removed the bonus tracks that made those Rykodisc sets a revelation. This import remains faithful to Ryko's original approach; it, and the other Bowie CDs Ryko released, are of better value than either the new Virgin releases or RCA Victor originals, worth picking up wherever available. "Changesbowie" was victim to record company changes, but remains David Bowie's essential compilation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ziggy played guitar and much more...., December 16, 2000

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Michael J Harrington (Phoenix, Arizona USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Changesbowie (Audio CD)

This great snippet of Bowie hits should give one a taste of what this genius did for the music of today. He is truly a part of rock and roll history, and I don't mean that in some sort of old farty way - this guy still rocks, and went through so many 'changes' as this CD depicts, yet he is still out there...

Enjoy his peak moments, and listen, and you will soon realize that his influence never really stopped. Can one 'dance the blues'? Who knows, but after tasting this music, one has to stop and ponder at what this guy really started...and it's good!

Buy this and take home some true rock history without feeling like you bought Buddy Holly or something that the mass market told you was 'rock and roll history'....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Collection of Gems, July 29, 2000

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N. Ackerman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Changesbowie (Audio CD)

David Bowie has an amazing history behind him, and this album shows how he has evolved musically. The only way it could give more variety would be to include some of his work from the 60's, but the album is quite sufficient without it. I would have liked to see starman on it.

The album is simply a must for anyone. DB has gone through so many styles musically that there has to be something that any music fan will enjoy (though songs from my favorite "earthling" and "hours" aren't on here) and it serves as a wonderful introduction to DB. A person ignorant of DB's work might not even be able to tell that the same musical genius did every song on it.

Simply a great cd. Good for any music collection, and a wonderful intro to DB. Nothing else can communicate his vast talent and ability like this collection of his work over multiple decades.