Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 - The Album

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Songs (Time)

All songs written by David Bowie except Let's Spend The Night Together by Jagger/Richards, and Sorrow by Feldman/Goldstein/Gottehrer.

1. The Jean Genie
2. Space Oddity
3. Starman
4. Ziggy Stardust
5. John, I'm Only Dancing sax version
6. Rebel Rebel
7. Let's 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 Bolan stereo version
16. Life On Mars
17. Aladdin Sane
18. The Man Who Sold The World
19. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
20. All The Young Dudes

Release details

Released by EMI in the US, October 7, 1997

Released in a slipcase digi-pak with 8 pages of liner notes

Also available in a jewel box version: #72438-21683-2-4

Limited Pressing vinyl release by UK EMI, October 27, 1997, catalogue number 8218491

The Japanese release adds Lady Stardust but omits Suffragette City.

Reviews

• Hans Morgernstern wrote this review which originally appeared in Goldmine magazine.

Trivia

• A controversy arose over the US release, when it was reportedly pulled from stores because of gross inaccuracies in the credits and liner notes. You can read an analysis of the US liner note inaccuracies here.
• EMI's first major cash in on their 1997 purchase of Bowie's back catalogue

• Promotional poster for the album

Chart Performance

UK: 13, 20, 25, 34, 37, 45, 51, 52, 52, 69, 82, 80, 136, 193, out of
top 200, 137, 116, 96, 108, 112, 122, 131, 114, 116, 115, 91, 95, 120, 134, 173, 170, 191, out for 3 weeks, 147, 187, out, out, 182, 116, 152
Ireland: 27, 27, out of top 30
New Zealand: 26, 17, 26, 24, 24, 34, out of top 50

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