The Platinum Collection (David Bowie album)
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| The Platinum Collection | ||
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| Compilation album by David Bowie | ||
| Released | November 7, 2005 (UK) January 10, 2006 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1969-1987 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 223:59 | |
| Label | EMI | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| David Bowie chronology | ||
| Reality (2003) |
The Platinum Collection (2005) |
The Best of 1980/1987 (2007) |
The Platinum Collection is a compilation album by David Bowie, released in 2005. Over three discs, the period from 1969 to 1987 is summarised. The first disc is the same as the compilation The Best of 1969/1974, which was released in 1997, and the second disc is the same as the 1998 compilation The Best of 1974/1979.
The third disc was released as an independent compilation The Best of 1980/1987 by EMI on March 19, 2007. This release is part of EMI's two-disc Sight & Sound series of releases and features a DVD of 1980s videos on the second disc.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc one (1969-1974)
All songs written by David Bowie except "Let's Spend the Night Together" by Jagger/Richards, and "Sorrow" by Feldman/Goldstein/Gottehrer.
- "The Jean Genie" – 4:08
- "Space Oddity" – 5:15
- "Starman" – 4:18
- "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:16
- "John, I’m Only Dancing" (Sax version) – 2:42
- "Rebel Rebel" – 4:30
- "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:07
- "Suffragette City" – 3:27
- "Oh! You Pretty Things" – 3:14
- "Velvet Goldmine" – 3:11
- "Drive-In Saturday" – 4:29
- "Diamond Dogs" – 6:05
- "Changes" – 3:34
- "Sorrow" – 2:55
- "The Prettiest Star" (Bolan stereo version) – 3:14
- "Life on Mars?" – 3:52
- "Aladdin Sane" – 5:10
- "The Man Who Sold the World" – 3:56
- "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 3:00
- "All the Young Dudes" – 4:11
[edit] Disc two (1974-1979)
All songs written by David Bowie except "Fame" by David Bowie; Carlos Alomar; John Lennon, "Wild is the Wind" by Dimitri Tiomkin; Ned Washington, "Knock on Wood" by Steve Cropper; Eddie Floyd, "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" by Bruce Springsteen, "Look Back in Anger", "Boys Keep Swinging" and ""Heroes"" by David Bowie; Brian Eno, "The Secret Life of Arabia" by David Bowie; Brian Eno; Carlos Alomar, "Breaking Glass" by David Bowie; George Murray; Dennis Davis.
- "Sound and Vision" – 3:05
- "Golden Years" (Single edit) – 3:29
- "Fame" – 4:14
- "Young Americans" (Single version) – 3:15
- "John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)" – 7:00
- "Can You Hear Me" – 5:07
- "Wild Is the Wind" – 6:00
- "Knock on Wood" (Live) – 3:00
- "TVC 15" (Single version) – 3:34
- "1984" – 3:29
- "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" – 3:49
- "Look Back in Anger" – 3:08
- "The Secret Life of Arabia" – 3:48
- "DJ" – 4:02
- "Beauty and the Beast" – 3:36
- "Breaking Glass" – 1:53
- "Boys Keep Swinging" – 3:21
- ""Heroes"" (Single version) – 3:33
[edit] Disc three (1980-1987)
- "Let's Dance" (Single version) – 4:07
- "Ashes to Ashes" (Single version) – 3:36
- "Under Pressure" – 4:05
- "Fashion" (Single version) – 3:26
- "Modern Love" (Single version) – 3:58
- "China Girl" (Single version) – 4:17
- "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" (Single version) – 3:32
- "Up the Hill Backwards" – 3:15
- "Alabama Song" – 3:52
- "Drowned Girl" – 2:26
- "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" – 4:12
- "This Is Not America" – 3:51
- "Loving the Alien" – 7:08
- "Absolute Beginners" – 5:37
- "When the Wind Blows" – 3:34
- "Blue Jean" – 3:11
- "Day-In Day-Out" – 4:11
- "Time Will Crawl" – 4:18
- "Underground" – 4:26
