Best of Bowie

by David Bowie

Best of Bowie cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 22 October 2002
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:33:57
  • Community rating: 5/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released simultaneously across multiple territories with dozens of localized, market-specific tracklists, 'Best of Bowie' is a massive, multi-platinum retrospective. The compilation surveys his unparalleled ability to continually redefine the parameters of mainstream pop music, capturing his stylistic shifts from 1969's 'Space Oddity' through his early 2000s resurgence. It replaced 'Changesbowie' as the most comprehensive, standardized overview of the legendary chameleon's career.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. Space Oddity (5:14)
  2. The Man Who Sold the World (3:59)
  3. Changes (3:35)
  4. Life on Mars? (3:53)
  5. Moonage Daydream (4:40)
  6. Suffragette City (3:27)
  7. Ziggy Stardust (3:15)
  8. All the Young Dudes (4:13)
  9. The Jean Genie (4:08)
  10. Panic in Detroit (4:28)
  11. Rebel Rebel (4:31)
  12. Diamond Dogs (6:06)
  13. Young Americans (3:14)
  14. Fame (4:17)
  15. Golden Years (3:29)
  16. TVC15 (3:35)
  17. Sound and Vision (3:05)
  18. “Heroes” (3:37)
  19. D.J. (4:00)
  20. Ashes to Ashes (3:38)
  21. Fashion (3:27)
  22. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (3:34)
  23. Under Pressure (3:57)
  24. Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (4:13)
  25. Let’s Dance (4:10)
  26. China Girl (4:18)
  27. Modern Love (4:47)
  28. Blue Jean (3:12)
  29. This Is Not America (3:53)
  30. Dancing in the Street (3:22)
  31. Absolute Beginners (5:39)
  32. Time Will Crawl (4:20)
  33. Under the God (4:07)
  34. Jump They Say (3:54)
  35. The Hearts Filthy Lesson (3:34)
  36. I’m Afraid of Americans (V1) (4:26)
  37. Thursday’s Child (4:27)
  38. Slow Burn (3:57)

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