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David Bowie FAQ:Music:Albums:
Pin Ups (1973)
This is a cover-versions-only album of songs from the London '64-'67 club scene.
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Bowie: 'Pin-ups was really my way of shaking Ziggy completely, while retaining
excitement in the music. It really was treading water, but it happens to be one
of my favourite albums. I think there's some terrific stuff in it. I had it in
the back of my mind to do a volume two, and cover the American scene. I would've
done Velvets and early Iggy things, The Seeds, Pearls Before Swine. There were
some great things I was gonna dig up and do'.
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Lou Reed's White Light/White Heat was recorded for Pin-Ups, but was never
released.
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Commercially, Pin Ups was a huge success in the UK, becoming Bowie's second UK
#1 album and spending 21 weeks on the chart. In the US, the album reached #23
and also spent 21 weeks on the chart.
Like many other Bowie albums, Pin Ups has become a consistent seller and
favourite over the years. In 1983, an RCA cut price re-release re-entered the UK
charts on the back of "Let's Dance" success, spending a further 15 weeks on the
chart (and making #57). The EMI CD re-release in 1990 (which contained a number
of bonus tracks) spent one week on the UK chart at #52. In 1998, EMI reissued
Pin Ups as a mid price CD and it spent two more weeks on the UK chart (peaking
at #152). According to the MRIB in 1998, Pin Ups is Bowie's 5th biggest seller
of all time in the UK.
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