Product Description

This first volume of the 'Best Of...' series deals with theearly part of Bowie's career. The period from 1969's 'SpaceOddity' to 1974's 'Diamond Dogs' is covered. Six top ten singles are featured including 'Jean Genie' and 'Space Oddity'.

Track Listing

1. Jean Genie
2. Space Oddity
3. Starman
4. Ziggy Stardust
5. John,I'm only dancing
6. Rebel rebel
7. Lets spend the night together
8. Suffragette city
9. Oh you pretty things
10. Velvet goldmine
11. Drive-in Saturday
12. Diamond dogs
13. Changes
14. Sorrow
15. The prettiest star
16. Life on Mars?
17. Aladdin sane
18. The man who sold the world
19. Rock 'n' roll suicide
20. All the young dudes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8033 in Music
• Released on: 1997-10-27
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Great introduction to bowies music.
As a newcomer to David Bowies music this is the ideal cd to start with. It is more accessible than the follow up from the years 1975-9.

The songs here are great- diamond dogs, prettiest eyes and Life on mars are the highlights as well as some of his more stranger songs- Alladin sane with its fantastic piano part for example.

There is no escaping Bowies great tunes that worm their way into everyones lives- be it in adverts or in the charts. This is great cd- a must in your collection.

SUPERB SELECTION OF SONGS
This excellent compilation draws from the albums The Man Who Sold The World, Space Oddity, Hunky Dory, Pin-Ups, Aladdinsane, Diamond Dogs and his opus magnum Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. It thus provides some of his best work with producer Tony Visconti plus a wide variety of different musical styles. There's the wistful pop of Space Oddity and Starman, the pre-punk aggro of Jean Genie (supposedly written about Iggy Pop), the anthemic rock of Rebel Rebel, the 60s pop of Sorrow and Oh You Pretty Things (This was a hit for Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits in 1971). There's also the heavy rock of Man Who Sold The World (a hit for Lulu in the late 1960s) and All The Young Dudes (a hit for Mott The Hoople in 1973), the bleak ballad Drive-In Saturday, his fast and aloof interpretation of Let's Spend The Night Together and the phenomenal and breathtaking Life On Mars with its gripping arrangement and poetic lyrics. Other favourites of mine include the catchy Prettiest Star and Changes with its interesting wordplay, plus the magnificent Diamond Dogs with its howling hound sounds. The choice of tracks is highly intelligent and although these things are always subjective, I do for once agree with the selection of the compilers. Of course, Bowie had a novelty hit in 1973, The Laughing Gnome, but it would have been out of place on this album so I won't complain of the omission, and it was recorded long before 1969. Bowie's early work has stood the test of time very well. These are all strong, melodic songs that still evoke vivid images and emotions. This album well and truly deserves its five stars.

The White Duke at his very very best
All his best hits on one CD. The space themes of his classics Starman and Space Oddity mixed with the superb Rebel Rebel, All the Young Dudes, Changes..the list is endless. Definitely THE Bowie album to buy, it is the androgynous Ziggy at his best. A track for every mood, every occasion...it need never stray from the CD player!!