Changesbowie [Extra tracks, Import]

David Bowie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Musicrama/Koch
• ASIN: B000034DF1
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,899 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Space Oddity

2. John, I'm Only Dancing

3. Changes

4. Ziggy Stardust

5. Suffragette City

6. Jean Genie

7. Diamond Dogs

8. Rebel Rebel

9. Young Americans [Remix]

10. Fame '90 [Mix]

11. Golden Years

12. Heroes

13. Ashes to Ashes

14. Fashion

15. Let's Dance

16. China Girl

17. Modern Love

18. Blue Jean

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good jumping off point for future Bowie fans., January 3, 2000

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Melissa Menifield "Muppet Fan" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Changesbowie (Audio CD)

When I first bought this album, it was available in almost every store I went into. Nowadays, it has to be specially ordered. I don't get that, but I can tell you, it is worth the extra effort. This was the first Bowie album I bought. I wanted to get my feet wet and see if I would like any other songs besides "Ziggy Stardust." Well, I wasn't disappointed. This album offers a great overview of some of Bowie's greatest hits (and personas), from the looming "Space Oddity" all the way up to his 80's albums with "Modern Love" and "Blue Jean." My favorite song is "Heroes," although I was disappointed to learn that this song was an edited version. I am guessing that perhaps some of the other songs were edited as well. Still though, if you are a would-be Bowie fan who isn't sure about which albums to buy, this is a good way to get started on a collection from one of the greatest musical artists of the 20th (and 21st)century.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A worthwhile but incomplete collection, March 15, 2005

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Changesbowie (Audio CD)

Changes is an intelligent selection of Bowie's best up to the middle 1980s. All of this music has aged well, from 1969's Space Oddity, through the glam rock (Jean Genie/Rebel Rebel) and plastic soul (Young Americans/Fame) periods to his return to rock (Ashes To Ashes) and exploration of sleek dance-pop (Let's Dance).

China Girl and Modern Love, although huge hits, don't represent the best in his work and I would have preferred Wild Is The Wind or Word On A Wing from the Station To Station album, which is represented by Golden Years. But in this sort of compilation, commercial success and chart position weigh the heaviest.

The compilation is an impressive showcase of Bowie's versatility and mastery of styles. Genie, Diamond Dogs and Rebel Rebel are blistering slices of rock, Young Americans, Fame and Fashion lean towards dance/funk, whilst Golden Years and Ashes to Ashes are soulful pop. Heroes dates from his synth period with Brian Eno, which is not well represented.

This album is by no means complete as many larger and smaller hits are omitted, like the novelty song The Laughing Gnome (1973), Under Pressure (with Queen), Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger), Sorrow from the Pin Ups album and Sound And Vision from the Low album. But Changes is still a worthwhile retrospective of Bowie's career.

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy to of found this., February 27, 2011

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Wickedmaryjane "MamaLove'sEbin!" (B-more, MD USA) - See all my reviews

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