Changesbowie

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Changesbowie
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Compilation album by
David Bowie
Released20 March 1990 (1990-03-20)
Recorded1969–1985
Genre
Length74:32
Language English
Label Rykodisc/EMI
Producer Varies from track to track
David Bowie chronology
Sound + Vision
(1989)		Changesbowie
(1990)		 Early On (1964–1966)
(1991)
Singles from David Bowie
  1. "Fame '90"
    Released: 26 March 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
The Village Voice A [6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 10/10 [7]

Changesbowie is a compilation album by English rock musician David Bowie, released by Rykodisc in the US and by EMI in the UK in 1990. The compilation was part of Rykodisc's remastered Bowie reissue series, replacing the deleted RCA Records compilations Changesonebowie and Changestwobowie .

Contents

Reception

While the cover artwork was dismissed by author David Buckley as "a sixth-form cut 'n' paste collage", [8] the collection gave Bowie his first UK chart-topping album since Tonight in 1984. [9] The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums noted that Changesbowie was "his seventh album to enter the chart at number one. Nobody else had debuted at the top as often." [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Bowie, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Place of OriginLength
1."Space Oddity"  David Bowie (1969)5:16
2."Starman" (Exclusively on the EMI-branded LP & cassette versions [11] )  The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)4:16
3."John, I'm Only Dancing" Non-album single (1972)2:49
4."Changes"  Hunky Dory (1971)3:36
5."Ziggy Stardust" The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars3:13
6."Suffragette City" The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars3:28
7."The Jean Genie"  Aladdin Sane (1973)4:09
8."Life on Mars?" (Exclusively on the EMI-branded LP and cassette versions [11] ) Hunky Dory3:54
9."Diamond Dogs"  Diamond Dogs (1974)6:06
10."Rebel Rebel" Diamond Dogs4:31
11."Young Americans"  Young Americans (1975)5:13
12."Fame '90" (Gass mix)Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon Fame '90 CD single (1990)3:40
13."Golden Years"  Station to Station (1976)4:03
14."Sound and Vision" (Exclusively on the EMI-branded LP and cassette versions [11] )  Low (1977)3:03
15.""Heroes"" (Single version)Bowie, Brian Eno "Heroes" (1977)3:38
16."Ashes to Ashes"  Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)4:25
17."Fashion" Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)4:49
18."Let's Dance" (Single version)  Let's Dance (1983)4:10
19."China Girl" (Single version)Bowie, Iggy Pop Let's Dance; originally by Iggy Pop from The Idiot (1977)4:17
20."Modern Love" (Single version) Let's Dance3:59
21."Blue Jean"  Tonight (1984)3:10

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [33] Platinum70,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [34] Gold50,000^
France (SNEP) [35] Platinum300,000*
Germany (BVMI) [36] Gold250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [37] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [38] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [39] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [40] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [41] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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