Singles Collection [Import]

David Bowie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 4, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00004SV87
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,930 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Space Oddity

2. Changes

3. Starman

4. Ziggy Stardust

5. Suffragette City

6. John, I'm Only Dancing

7. The Jean Genie

8. Drive-In Saturday

9. Life on Mars?

10. Sorrow

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Heroes

2. Beauty And The Beast

3. Boys Keep Swinging

4. D.J.

5. Alabama Song

6. Ashes To Ashes

7. Fashion

8. Scary Monsters

9. Under Pressure

10. Wild Is The Wind

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Out of print in the U.S. Taking Changesbowie one step further, Singles collects all of the Thin White Duke's biggest hits from 'Space Oddity' to 'Day-In Day-Out' and features overlooked gems like 'Drive-In Saturday', 'TVC 15', 'Beauty & The Beast' and others. Always five steps of everyone else, each of Bowie's releases pre-dated musical movements, often by years. For the average musician, this would have been a case of 'wrong place, wrong time' but in Bowie's case, he was always the leader and never the follower. It just took everyone else awhile to catch up to what he was doing. 37 tracks in all. EMI.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's dance!, September 1, 2005

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Singles Collection (Audio CD)

This is the complete track list of this CD (the one I own anyway):

Disc 1

1. Space Oddity
2. Changes
3. Starman
4. Ziggy Stardust
5. Suffragette City
6. John, I'm only dancing
7. The Jean Genie
8. Drive in Saturday
9. Life on Mars?
10. Sorrow
11. Rebel Rebel
12. Rock & Roll Suicide
13. Diamond dogs
14. Knock on Wood
15. Young Americans
16. Fame
17. Golden Years
18. TVC 15
19. Sound & Vision

Disc 2

1. Heroes
2. Beauty & The Beast
3. Boys keep swinging
4. D.J.
5. Alabama song
6. Ashes to Ashes
7. Fashion
8. Scary Monsters (and super creeps)
9. Under pressure (featuring Queen)
10. Wild is the wind
11. Let's Dance
12. China Girl
13. Modern love
14. Blue Jean
15. This is not America (featuring Pat Methany)
16. Dancing in the streets (featuring Mick Jagger)
17. Absolute beginners
18. Day-in Day-out

Fantastic overview of the thin white duke's career chronologically arranged, so one can observe his development and various experiments over the years.

It features my all time favourite Bowie song, the dramatic, epic ballad `Wild is the wind'. I hunted high and low for an extensive Bowie collection with this song and this is the one.

Also featured are vital non album tracks like `Absolute beginners' (from the movie of the same name), `Alabama song', `Dancing in the streets', `Under pressure' (on which Vanilla Ice's career was based), and the beautiful `This is not America'.

I became a Bowie fan in 83 when I heard the Nile Rodgers produced razor sharp dance/rocker `Let's dance' and have been ever since. Other standouts are the rocky, catchy `Rebel rebel', `Golden years' (covered by UK R&B group Loose Ends), the funky 'Sound & vision', 'Heroes' (covered so many times by many artistes), `Young Americans', the gender bending `John, I'm only dancing' (hello Franz Ferdinand!!), `Starman', and `Ashes to ashes'.

To me, Bowie has always sounded different form other rockers; his vocal delivery is measured and precise, rather like a crooner's, coupled with its changes from relaxed to booming. Add to this his experimentation with various sounds and effects.

An excellent collection!!!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Both Volumes Of Singles 1 And 2!, August 19, 2002

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Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Singles Collection (Audio CD)

Forget about buying "Singles, Vol.1 " and "Singles, Vol. 2". This has both CD's and all the same songs for a cheaper price. Yup - all the same songs. It's a mystery why this is so hard to find, as the original double disc sold so well.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection of Vintage Bowie!!!!!!!!, May 30, 2004

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"xlbullx" (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Singles Collection (Audio CD)

Apparently, Bowie's "The Singles" came with several different collection of songs (but the same cover art). Here's the Rykodisc line-up I have:

CD One: 1. Space Oddity; 2. Changes; 3. Oh, You Pretty Things; 4. Life on Mars?; 5. Ziggy Stardust; 6. Starman; 7. John, I'm Only Dancing; 8. Suffragette City; 9. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide; 10. The Jean Genie; 11. Diamond Dogs; 12. Rebel Rebel; 13. All the Young Dudes (live); 14. Young Americans; 15. Fame; 16. Golden Years; 17. TVC 15

CD Two: 1. Sound & Vision; 2. Heroes; 3. DJ; 4. Boys Keep Swinging; 5. Ashes to Ashes; 6. Fashion; 7. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps); 8. Let's Dance; 9. China Girl; 10. Modern Love; 11. Blue Jean; 12. Loving the Alien; 13. Dancing in the Street (with M. Jagger); 14. Absolute Beginners; 15. Day-In Day-Out; 16. Never Let Me Down

This is an excellent survey of the many incarnations of David Bowie. Highly recommended!