Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 - The Album

4.36 out of 5 (33 votes)

Songs (Time)

1. Sound And Vision
2. Golden Years single edit
3. Fame
4. Young Americans 7" version
5. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) 7" version
6. Can You Hear Me
7. Wild Is The Wind
8. Knock On Wood live
9. TVC 15 7" version
10. 1984
11. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
12. Look Back In Anger 7" version
13. The Secret Life Of Arabia
14. D.J. 7" version
15. Beauty And The Beast
16. Breaking Glass
17. Boys Keep Swinging 7" version
18. "Heroes" 7" version

Release details

Released by EMI in Germany and Ireland, April 17, 1998

Released by EMI throughout rest of Europe, April 20, 1998

Released by EMI in Canada, June 23, 1998

Released by EMD/Virgin in the US, August 25, 1998

Hunters and Collectors

Advance promotional copy

Bradley Kaplan sent in this scan of an advance copy:

Reviews

• NME April 30, 1998
• Irish Times May 1, 1998
• Melody Maker May 18, 1998

Trivia

• The version released in Canada and the U.S. is an "enhanced" CD, playable on multimedia capable computers. It includes a teaser advertisement for the BowieNet ISP service.
• The second in EMI's Best Of... series, the first being Best of 69-74.
• The info sheet shown below is from EMI Holland's promotional materials (thanks to Eric Slim for the contribution).
  
  EMI Holland flyer

Chart Performance

UK: 39, 47, 81, 132, out
Internet voting chart: 45, 45, 45, 82, out

This document last updated Thursday, 05-Dec-2002 04:49:42 EST