Changestwobowie

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Changestwobowie
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Compilation album by
Released16 November 1981 (1981-11-16)
Recorded1971–1980
Genre
Length42:37
Label RCA Records
David Bowie chronology
Christiane F.
(1981)
Changestwobowie
(1981)
Baal
(1982)
Singles from Changestwobowie
  1. "Wild Is the Wind"
    Released: November 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 7/10 [4]

Changestwobowie is a compilation album by English rock musician David Bowie, issued in November 1981 through RCA Records. [5] It is a companion volume to the 1976 compilation Changesonebowie , and its title and artwork follow the format of that album.

Contents

In addition to selected post-1976 singles, the album collected five songs from earlier in Bowie's career that had not appeared on Changesonebowie, including "Wild Is the Wind" from Station to Station , which was released as a single to promote the album, along with a newly filmed video for the track. [6] However, the album did not repeat the chart success of the earlier compilation, reaching No. 24 [7] on the UK Album Chart and No. 68 in the United States.

RCA reissued the album on CD in 1984, but it was soon deleted, along with Bowie's other albums, owing to a conflict between Bowie and RCA. Changestwobowie was not reissued when Rykodisc obtained the rights to re-release the Bowie catalog in 1990; Rykodisc assembled a new compilation, Changesbowie , an expanded version of RCA's Changesonebowie, instead.

Changestwobowie was reissued in its original form by Rhino, on vinyl, CD, and digital/streaming formats, on 13 April 2018. [8]

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"
5:10
2."Oh! You Pretty Things"
3:13
3."Starman"4:14
4."1984"
3:28
5."Ashes to Ashes (single edit)"3:37
Total length:19:42
Side two
No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Sound and Vision"
3:03
2."Fashion (single edit)"
  • Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
3:25
3."Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)6:03
4."John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)"
  • Recorded 1974; Single A-side (1979)
6:59
5."DJ (single edit)" (Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar)
3:25
Total length:22:55 (42:37)

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
1982UK Albums Chart24
1982 Billboard Pop Albums68
1982New Zealand Albums {RMNZ} [9] 28
1982Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 35
2018Belgium Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 105
2018Belgium Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 168

Certifications

OrganizationLevelDate
BPI – UKGold12 January 1982

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