David Bowie - Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 [US]

Title: Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 [US] Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 3/19/2007 Re-Released On: 6/5/2007 Label: EMI Music Distribution, Virgin Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 094638658726, 094638648055 Genre: Rock Styles: Soul, Hard Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Album Rock, Dance-Rock, Art Rock Moods: Brooding, Clinical, Eccentric, Eerie, Stylish, Bravado, Cerebral, Complex, Detached, Dramatic, Elegant, Enigmatic, Exciting, Literate, Lush, Nocturnal, Playful, Provocative, Quirky, Rebellious, Sophisticated, Swaggering, Tense/Anxious, Theatrical, Urgent, Wry, Campy, Hypnotic, Intense, Ironic, Sexy, Yearning, Outrageous, Austere, Elaborate, Refined/Mannered Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 5 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Let's Dance [Single Version]
2. Ashes to Ashes [Single Version]
3. Under Pressure
4. Fashion [Single Version]
5. Modern Love [Single Version]
6. China Girl
7. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [Single Version]
8. Up the Hill
9. Alabama Song
10. Drowned Girl
11. Cat People [Film Version Single Edit]
12. This Is Not Amercia
13. Loving the Alien [Album Version]
14. Absolute Beginners [Single Version]
15. When the Wind Blows
16. Blue Jean
17. Day-In Day-Out [Single Version]
18. Time Will Crawl
19. Underground [Single Version]

1. Ashes to Ashes [DVD]
2. Fashion [DVD]
3. Under Pressure [DVD]
4. Drowned Girl [DVD]
5. Let's Dance [DVD]
6. China Girl [DVD]
7. Modern Love [DVD]
8. Cat People (Putting out Fire) [DVD][Live]
9. Blue Jean [DVD]
10. Loving the Alien [DVD]
11. Absolute Beginners [DVD]
12. Underground [DVD]
13. When the Wind Blows [DVD]
14. Day-In Day-Out [DVD]
15. Time Will Crawl [DVD]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD EMI Music Distribution 2007 CD Virgin 86587

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The '80s were a curious time for David Bowie. Never had he sold more records, had bigger hits, his influence was everywhere, and yet, the music he made often fell a little flat, especially after his commercial high-water mark of 1983's Let's Dance. The 2007 compilation The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 deals with that drop-off in quality in an admirable fashion, perhaps the only appropriate fashion: it ignores it. There are two tracks from 1984's Tonight, and two from its 1987 sequel Never Let Me Down, while there are four apiece from Let's Dance and Scary Monsters -- a skewed ratio that is nevertheless an accurate barometer of the worth of the albums. It also makes for a better listen as a compilation, since the hit singles from these records are surrounded by non-LP cuts and soundtrack contributions like "This Is Not America" and "Absolute Beginners," a move that's not only helpful as a clearinghouse of relative oddities, but also helps make this Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 a truly representative collection of the best music of some patchy years, which is a more worthwhile endeavor than having this be truly representative of the decade as a whole. For some Bowie fans, this may be all they need from that decade (although they'd be well-advised not to ignore the truly masterful Scary Monsters, and use that as a supplement to this excellent disc). [A U.S. version of the CD was also released.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan Winstanley Producer Arif Mardin Producer Bob Clearmountain Mixing, Engineer Clive Langer Producer David Bowie Mixing Assistant, Producer, Mixing, Director David Mallet Director David Richard Producer David Richards Assistant Derek Bramble Producer Giorgio Moroder Producer Greg Gorman Cover Photo Henry Wrenn Meleck Coordination Hugh Padgham Engineer, Producer, Mixing Jim Yukich Director Jimmy T. Murakami Director Jo Brooks Coordination Julien Temple Director Nigel Reeve Coordination Nile Rodgers Mixing Assistant, Producer Pat Metheny Producer Peter Mew Mastering Steve Barron Director Stylorouge Design Tim Pope Director Tony Visconti Producer, Mixing