Platinum Collection

David Bowie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 10, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000AMUU94
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Jean Genie

2. Space Oddity

3. Starman

4. Ziggy Stardust

5. John, I'm Only Dancing

6. Rebel Rebel

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Sound and Vision

2. Golden Years [Single Edit]

3. Look Back in Anger

4. 1984

5. It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City

6. Knock on Wood

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Let's Dance

2. Ashes to Ashes [Single Version]

3. Fashion [Single Version]

4. Modern Love [Single Version]

5. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [Single Version]

6. Up the Hill Backwards

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

International pressing of Bowie's Platinum Collection. The compilation features the cream of the material the star recorded between 1969 and 1987. David Bowie remains impossible to pigeonhole - first there was Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, a White Soul Boy and a Thin White Duke. He went on to invent synth-pop with Tony Visconti and Brian Eno and then disappeared behind the make-up of Pierrot when the New Romantics mixed all of his eras together. And then, he became a truly global megastar in the 80s. This collection contains four UK No. 1s, 15 Top 10, six Top 20 and 14 Top 75 hits; 338 weeks of UK chart history. But David Bowie could never be contained by statistics alone: any collection that contains Starman, The Jean Genie, Fame, 'Heroes', Sound and Vision, Ashes To Ashes, Under Pressure and Let's Dance spells it plainly - this is a collection of some of the greatest and best-known music of the 20th Century by one of its very finest performers. 57 tracks in total. EMI. 2005. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One for completists, March 11, 2006

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C. S. Junker "soul_survivor" (Burien, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

Previously issued as three separate discs, this set covers Bowie's career through 1987. This ignores the last 20 years, in which Bowie released eight albums.

If you're a casual fan, the 2-disc "Best of Bowie" is a better bet. It includes all the hits and features selections from the later albums such as "Tin Machine", "Outside", and "Hours".

The four disc box set "Sound and Vision" covers the whole of Bowie's career (so far) but leaves off "Fame" and "Let's Dance", while including two or three rarities.

This leaves "The Platinum Collection" squarely in the middle. All the hits are here, although many of them are radio edits, which may be jarring if you're used to the full-length cuts. (The edit on "Young Americans" is particularly weird, and to my knowledge has never appeared on CD before.)

For the completist, this set includes a handful of rarities, some of which are unavailable elsewhere ("John, I'm Only Dancing Again 1975," for example).

This may be an ideal one-stop solution for a casual fan, if you're not interested in the last 20 years. However, the 2-disc "Best of Bowie" is still a better choice, because it's more comprehensive and the full-length edits are all there.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exhaustive yet essential, April 13, 2006

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Da Man "Da Man" (Pekin, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

The Platinum Collection collects 58 of Bowie's most beloved recordings

Pluses:
- everything is remastered
- most of Bowie's essential hits are here
- a few rarities that are only available on the very expensive "Sound And Vision" box
- unlike "Sound And Vision", contains the hits as well

Minuses:
- I am fine with radio edits sometimes, because some are needed to save space, but... why do we get the heavily edited "Heroes" (one of Bowie's finest hours) yet 7 minutes of "John I'm Only Dancing Again", which is one of the worst disco forays ever.
- the idea that 1987 was the end of Bowie's career is kinda presented here. Any true Bowie fan knows that the past dozen or so years have been more fruitful and full of highlights than the 1980's were
- slightly overpriced considering the import is almost half the price as the US version

If you don't already have a huge Bowie collection, this one collects many of the greats for the first 20 years. However, don't think that this is all you need... check out his latter albums, such as "Reality", "Hours", "Heathen", "Outside", "Earthling" and "Black Tie White Noise", all of these albums are wonderful and Bowie's had a silent renaissance.

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware! Too many single edit versions, February 1, 2006

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John M. Przybylowicz (Phila, Pa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

If I had known going in that there were so many single edit versions on this set I would have just downloaded from iPod.
Don't buy this if you want the real Bowie songs.
Only for fans of cheesey edits.