David Bowie - Rock Reflections

Title: Rock Reflections Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 1990 Label: Deram Duration: 59:15 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 3990820549285, 9399082054928, 399082054928 Genre: Rock Styles: Contemporary Pop/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: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Rubber Band
2. Maid of Bond Street
3. Sell Me a Coat
4. Love You Till Tuesday
5. There Is a Happy Land
6. The Laughing Gnome
7. The Gospel According to Tony Day
8. Did You Ever Have a Dream
9. Uncle Arthur
10. We Are Hungry Men
11. When I Live My Dream
12. Join the Gang
13. Little Bombardier
14. Come and Buy My Toys
15. Silly Boy Blue
16. She's Got Medals
17. Please Mr. Gravedigger
18. London Boys
19. Karma Man
20. Let Me Sleep Beside You
21. In the Heat of the Morning

Year Type Label Catalog # 1990 CD Deram 820549

Rock Reflections [Australia]

Despite the reappearance, once again, of exactly the same material that the Decca group had been recycling so blithely since 1973, the Australian Rock Reflections actually ranks among the better of the label's offerings, in that its 21 tracks round up Bowie's entire vinyl output of the time, plus the handful of recordings that were cut in the months following his debut album, but which never made it out at the time.

Sadly there is no internal chronology at work here - the 14 songs that comrpised Bowie's debut album, for example, are split across tracks one to five, and nine through 17. 1966's "London Boys" single then falls towards the end of the package, immediately prior to three songs cut during late 1967-early 1968, as it became apparent that the label had no intention of releasing any further Bowie material. Oh how quickly they changed their minds!

Of course, that precise same diet also dignified the US compilation Images, which renders this nothing more than a straightforward reissue in a decidedly less eye-catching sleeve. But, with that earlier set becoming increasingly hard to find, and the Decca Anthology CD still some years away, Rock Reflections filled a genuine need within the collector community. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide

Name Credits David Bowie Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards