David Bowie - Singles Collection, Vol. 2 [EMI]

Title: Singles Collection, Vol. 2 [EMI] Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 4/25/2000 Label: EMI Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, lyrics/libretto UPC: 724382810124 Genre: Rock Styles: Prog-Rock/Art Rock, New Wave, Glam Rock, Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Blue-Eyed Soul, Experimental Rock, Album 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. Heroes
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Boys Keep Swinging
4. DJ
5. Alabama Song
6. Ashes to Ashes
7. Fashion
8. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
9. Under Pressure
10. Wild Is the Wind
11. Let's Dance
12. China Girl
13. Modern Love
14. Blue Jean
15. This Is Not America
16. Dancing in the Street
17. Absolute Beginners
18. Day-In Day-Out

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD EMI 828101

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The second volume of EMI's Singles Collection picks up precisely where the first left off, with the release of "Heroes," the September 1977 release that so effortlessly maintained the sequence of brilliant 45s that Bowie had ignited five years before. Whereas that first volume offers up an all but unbroken run of classics, however, Vol. 2 is somewhat more of a patchwork, retaining the chronology of releases but paying little regard to actual completeness; the serious collector will glance at the track listing and isolate any number of classic omissions. No "Magic Dance," no "Baal's Hymn," and not even "Loving the Alien," generally regarded among Bowie's best compositions of the entire 1980s. Instead, the album adopts a more populist approach to what had hitherto been an academic quest, a device that means all the biggest hits are here, through to 1987's "Day-In Day-Out," but several of the best are missing. Less a singles collection, then, than a sampling, Vol. 2 is worth acquiring if you can't face the regular albums, and worthwhile for the inclusion of "This Is Not America" and "Absolute Beginners." Otherwise, however, it's a wasted opportunity. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan Winstanley Producer Clive Langer Producer David Bowie Main Performer, Producer Derek Bramble Producer Harry Maslin Producer Hugh Padgham Producer Mick Jagger Performer Nile Rodgers Producer Pat Metheny Producer Peter Gabriel Cover Photo Tony Visconti Producer