iSelect

iSelect (or iSelectBowie)^[3] is a David Bowie compilation CD first released 29 June 2008 in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland only.

This CD is a collection of personal favourites compiled by Bowie himself^[4] and was available exclusively as a free gift with the June 29th edition of British newspaper The Mail on Sunday.

Bowie avoided the usual greatest hits route and instead compiled a selection of favourite album tracks, including only three singles ("Life on Mars?," "Loving the Alien" and "Time Will Crawl"). In addition, the version of "Time Will Crawl" included on the album is a remix featuring several newly-recorded parts in an effort to revisit some of the material Bowie had released as part of Never Let Me Down, an album which he had identified himself as being disappointed with.

It is the only release to contain the track "Some Are" which has been unavailable since the mid-1990s deletion of the 1991 edition of Bowie's 1977 album Low on which it was included as a bonus track. It also features the medley of "Sweet Thing" and "Candidate", and the reprise of "Sweet Thing" as a single track, rather than being split up by song as it has been released on previous CD versions of Diamond Dogs.

It also includes a teaser track combining the "Intro" track and "Hang On to Yourself" from Live Santa Monica '72, an official rerelease of the bootleg album Santa Monica '72.

Commercial release

Due to popular demand, Virgin/EMI released the CD in the U.S. and Canada on October 14, 2008.^[3][5] It is identical to the one released by The Mail on Sunday except it comes in a standard jewel case and the booklet contains the song-by-song comments that were published in the newspaper.

Track listing

1. "Life on Mars?" (from Hunky Dory) – 3:49
2. "Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)" (from Diamond Dogs) – 8:47
3. "The Bewlay Brothers" (from Hunky Dory) – 5:23
4. "Lady Grinning Soul" (from Aladdin Sane) – 3:51
5. "Win" (from Young Americans) – 4:44
6. "Some Are" (bonus track on the 1991 re-issue of Low^[6]) – 3:13
7. "Teenage Wildlife" (from Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)) – 6:51
8. "Repetition" (from Lodger) – 3:01
9. "Fantastic Voyage" (from Lodger) – 2:54
10. "Loving the Alien" (from Tonight) – 7:08
11. "Time Will Crawl (MM Remix)" (the original version is on Never Let Me Down) – 4:54
    • Contains 30 seconds of silence at the end of the track.
12. "Hang on to Yourself (Live)" (from Live Santa Monica '72) – 3:06

References

External links

• iSelect (CD, Compilation, Promo) on Discogs