David Bowie

There is no questioning that David Bowie is one of the biggest musical personas not only of his time but of the century. He penetrated the music scene in 1969 when his song Space Odessy conquered the UK hitcharts. There was just something when it comes to that song that makes it linger through time. Despite the fact that it was brooding, it exuded much melody that was still upbeat.

However, it was his The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars album that cemented his standing in the music scene.It was a short album that encompassed all his great songs from beginning to end. The carrier single, Ziggy Stardust, was the best song in that album. It was based on the conception of an alien named Ziggy Stardust who brought message of hope to humanity. But there were likewise other noteworthy songs in the album as all songs were like antecedently cited namely Bowies Standard, Suffragette City and Rock&Roll Suicide.

One thing that set David Bowie isolated from other rock icons was his capacity to perpetually reinvent himself and be accepted each time he did so. His 1983 “Let’s Dance” album—which included the hit songs Modern Love, People’s Republic of China Girl and Let’s Dance— was more mainstream and pop as equated to his former works but still managed to be a hit.

No wonder there may only be one David Bowie in this world and life time.

Let me recognise what you thing of my ideas.

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66 of 68 humans found the following review helpful.
WARNING: Songs Have Been Edited on this Album
By dcinDC
I’m a huge Bowie fan and overall this is a decent collection of his works. The two disc set has a better selection, but I liked that this single disc spanned his early to later hits. The sound quality is good.

HOWEVER, I was VERY disappointed to observe that various songs have been edited. They’ve been shortened to presumably include more songs on this single CD. A couple of instrumental constituents within songs have been shortened (such as in Young Americans) and the endings of a great deal of songs have been truncated. This in truth bothers me.

If you’re new to Bowie and don’t recognise his music yet, this in all likelihood a good way to get a sample. If you recognise and love these songs, the edits might just drive you nuts. They sure bug me.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
Decent Single Disc Collection, But The Two Disc One Puts This To Shame
By Anthony Nasti
There’s no denying that David Bowie is one of the greatest artists in rock history (voted # 8 of all time by VH1), and condensing his 30 – plus years of music to a single or even double disc collection is difficult. In 2002, this feat was attempted with “Best Of Bowie”. 20 of his best songs were included on this collection. How does it work? Read on for the positives and the negatives.

Positives:
-Most of Bowie’s greatest hits that the casual fan would be familliar with are here, including “Space Oddity”, “Changes”, “Rebel Rebel”, “Young Americans”, “Fame”, “Let’s Dance” and “China Girl”.
-Underrated gems “Suffragette City” and “Ashes To Ashes” have been included as well.
-”Under Pressure”, his collaboration with Queen, and the cover of “Dancing In The Street”, a duet with Mick Jagger, found their way on to this collection.
-It’s lowcost and easy to find.

Negatives:
-A lot of outstanding hits are missing. Where are “TVC 15″, “Tonight” (with Tina Turner), “Cat People” (Putting Out Fire)”, “Tuesday’s Child”, “DJ” and so a heap of other classic Bowie tracks?
-Several tracks are edited.
-No liner notes.
-The two disc version of this collection puts this one to shame. With the same titel and packaing and 18 more songs, it is the one to own.

In conclusion, this is not in truth the best Bowie collection. Get the two disc version instead.

11 of 12 persons found the following review helpful.
Only The Biggest Hits
By Martin A Hogan
Bowie offers this single CD 20-track collection containing only his biggest hits – the ones he commonly does in concert (minus the duets). Consider it the poor man’s version of his greatest hits. For [a lttle bit] more, you may have a second CD containing a good deal of of his other huge hits, but the decision is only made depending on how big a fan or a completist you are. I commend the double disc set. PLUS, the sound is spectacular on both! The remastering is excellent!

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