Changesbowie
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Changesbowie is a compilation album by David Bowie
, released in 1990 in the United States by Rykodisc
and by EMI
in the UK as part of Rykodisc's Bowie remastering program, to replace the deleted RCA Records
compilation Changesonebowie
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While the cover artwork was generally dismissed as amateurish ("a sixth-form cut 'n' paste collage", according to author David Buckley), the collection made #1 in the UK, giving Bowie his first chart-topping album since Tonight in 1984.
except as noted.
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
, released in 1990 in the United States by Rykodisc
Rykodisc
Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...
and by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
in the UK as part of Rykodisc's Bowie remastering program, to replace the deleted RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
compilation Changesonebowie
Changesonebowie
Changesonebowie was David Bowie's first widely-selling compilation album, issued by RCA Records in 1976. It collected songs from the 1969-1976 period, including the first LP appearance of "John, I'm Only Dancing"...
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While the cover artwork was generally dismissed as amateurish ("a sixth-form cut 'n' paste collage", according to author David Buckley), the collection made #1 in the UK, giving Bowie his first chart-topping album since Tonight in 1984.
Track listing
All songs written by David BowieDavid Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
except as noted.
- "Space Oddity" (from Space OdditySpace Oddity (album)-Release history:-7" open reel tape releases:There was only one release of Space Oddity on open reel, in 1972 duplicated by Magtec, North Hollywood, CA 91605. This is a high speed 7.5 ips release...
, 1969) – 5:16 - "StarmanStarman (song)"Starman" is a single by David Bowie, released in April 1972. The song was a late addition to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, included at the insistence of RCA’s Dennis Katz, who heard a demo and loved the track, believing it would make a great single...
"* (from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is a 1972 concept album by English musician David Bowie, which is loosely based on a story of a rock star named Ziggy Stardust. It peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and number 75 in the United States on the Billboard Music...
, 1972) - 4:16 - "John, I'm Only DancingJohn, I'm Only Dancing"John, I’m Only Dancing" is a single by David Bowie, released in September 1972.-Recording and release:The song was widely believed to be concerned with a homosexual relationship, the narrator informing his boyfriend not to worry about the girl he's with because he's "only dancing" with her...
" (from "John, I’m Only Dancing" singleSingle (music)In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
A-sideA-side and B-sideA-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
, 1972) – 2:49 - "ChangesChanges (David Bowie song)"Changes" is a song by David Bowie, originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 and as a single in January 1972. Despite missing the Top 40, "Changes" became one of Bowie's best-known songs. The lyrics are often seen as a manifesto for his chameleonic personality, sexual ambiguity,...
" (from Hunky DoryHunky DoryHunky Dory is the fourth album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1971. It was Bowie's first release through RCA, which would be his label for the next decade...
, 1971) – 3:36 - "Ziggy StardustZiggy Stardust (song)"Ziggy Stardust" is a song written by David Bowie in 1972 for the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The name Stardust was inspired by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy...
" (from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972) – 3:13 - "Suffragette CitySuffragette City“Suffragette City” is a song by David Bowie. Originally from the 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album, it was later issued as a single in 1976 to promote the Changesonebowie compilation in the UK, with the US single edit of “Stay” on the B-side...
" (from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972) – 3:28 - "The Jean GenieThe Jean Genie"The Jean Genie" is a song by David Bowie, originally released as a single in November 1972. According to Bowie, it was "a smorgasbord of imagined Americana", with a protagonist inspired by Iggy Pop, and the title being a pun on author Jean Genet. One of Bowie’s most famous tracks, it was the lead...
" (from Aladdin SaneAladdin SaneAladdin Sane is the sixth album by David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1973 . The follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, it was the first album Bowie wrote and released as a bona fide rock star...
, 1973) – 4:09 - "Life on Mars?Life on Mars?"Life on Mars?" is a song by David Bowie first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory. The song—which BBC Radio 2 later called "a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting"—featured guest piano work by keyboardist Rick Wakeman. When released as a single in 1973,...
"* (from Hunky Dory, 1971) - 3:54 - "Diamond DogsDiamond Dogs (song)"Diamond Dogs" is a 1974 single by David Bowie, and the title track of the album of the same name.The lyric introduces the listener to Bowie’s latest persona and his environment; Halloween Jack dwells on top of tenement buildings in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan...
" (from Diamond DogsDiamond DogsDiamond Dogs is a concept album by David Bowie, originally released by RCA Records in 1974. Thematically it was a marriage of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Bowie's own glam-tinged vision of a post-apocalyptic world...
, 1974) – 6:06 - "Rebel RebelRebel Rebel"Rebel Rebel" is a song by David Bowie, released in 1974 as a single and on the album Diamond Dogs. Cited as his most-covered track, it was effectively Bowie's farewell to the glam movement that had made him a star.-Music and lyrics:...
" (from Diamond Dogs, 1974) – 4:31 - "Young AmericansYoung Americans (song)"Young Americans" is a single by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 1975. It is included in the album with the same name.-History:...
" (from Young AmericansYoung Americans (album)Young Americans, released in 1975, shows off David Bowie’s 1970’s shift to his “obsession” with soul music . For this album, Bowie let go of the influences he had drawn from in the past, replacing them with sounds from “local dance halls”, which, at the time, were blaring with “…lush strings,...
, 1975) – 5:13 - "Fame '90" (Gass mixRemixA remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
) (Bowie, Carlos AlomarCarlos AlomarCarlos Alomar is an American guitarist, composer and arranger best known for his work with David Bowie, having played on more Bowie albums than any other musician...
, John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
) (from "Fame '90" CD single, 1990) – 3:40 - "Golden YearsGolden Years (song)An updated single for "Golden Years" was released in 2011 to coincide with the re-release of Station to Station. 4 new remixes were provided by DJs from radio station KCRW in California.-Track listing:# "Golden Years " - 3:27...
" (from Station to StationStation to StationStation to Station is the tenth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1976. Commonly regarded as one of his most significant works, Station to Station is also notable as the vehicle for Bowie's last great 'character', The Thin White Duke...
, 1976) – 4:01 - "Sound and VisionSound and Vision"Sound and Vision" is a song and single by David Bowie which appeared on the album Low in 1977.The song is notable for juxtaposing an uplifting guitar and synthesizer-led instrumental track with Bowie’s withdrawn lyrics...
"* (from Low, 1977) - 3:03 - "Heroes" (single version) (Bowie, Brian EnoBrian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
) (from "Heroes" single A-side, 1977) – 3:38 - "Ashes to AshesAshes to Ashes (David Bowie song)"Ashes to Ashes" is a single by David Bowie, released in 1980. It made #1 in the UK and was the first cut from the Scary Monsters album, also a #1 hit. As well as its musical qualities, it is noted for its innovative video, directed by Bowie and David Mallet...
" (from Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)Scary Monsters is an album by David Bowie, released in September 1980 by RCA Records. It was Bowie's final studio album for the label and his first following the so-called Berlin Trilogy of Low, "Heroes" and Lodger . Though considered significant in artistic terms, the trilogy had proved less...
, 1980) – 4:25 - "Fashion" (from Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), 1980) – 4:49
- "Let's DanceLet's Dance (David Bowie song)"Let's Dance" is the title album track on David Bowie's album Let's Dance. It was also released as the first single from that album in 1983, and went on to become one of his biggest-selling tracks....
" (single version) (from "Let's Dance" single A-side, 1983) – 4:10 - "China GirlChina Girl (song)"China Girl" is a song co-written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop during their years in Berlin, first appearing on Pop's album The Idiot...
" (single version) (Bowie, Iggy PopIggy PopIggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
) (from "China Girl" single A-side, 1983) – 4:17 - "Modern LoveModern Love (song)"Modern Love" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie, and the first track on his album Let's Dance. It was issued as the third single from the album in 1983....
" (single version) (from "Modern Love" single A-side, 1983) – 3:59 - "Blue Jean" (from Tonight, 1984) – 3:10
- "Starman", "Life on Mars?", and "Sound and Vision" were released on the LP version only.
- When Changesbowie was issued in Rykdosic's AU20 series on CD in 1996, "Fame '90" was replaced by the album version of "Fame."
Personnel
- Robert Aaron – Flute, Sax (Tenor)
- Carlos Alomar – Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
- Roy Bittan – Piano, Drums, Drums (Snare)
- Trevor Bolder – Bass
- David Bowie – Synthesizer, Guitar, Composer, Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Producer
- Derek Bramble – Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Vocals (bckgr), Producer
- Ava Cherry – Vocals (bckgr)
- Andrew Clark – Synthesizer
- Robin Clark – Vocals (bckgr)
- Terry Cox – Drums, Drums (Snare)
- Dennis Davis – Percussion, Drums, Drums (Snare)
- Gus Dudgeon – Producer
- Brian Duffy – Design, Photography
- Aynsley Dunbar – Drums
- Ashley Dunmbar – Drums (Snare)
- Steven Elson – Flute, Sax (Baritone), Baritone, Baritone (Vocal)
- Brian Eno – Synthesizer, Guitar, Keyboards
- Sammy Figueroa – Percussion
- Herbie Flowers – Bass
- Ken Fordham – Saxophone
- Robert Fripp – Guitar
- Mike Garson – Piano, Keyboards
- Jon Gass – Remixing
- Mac Gollehon – Trumpet
- Omar Hakim – Drums, Drums (Snare)
- Chuck Hammer – Guitar
- Stan Harrison – Alto, Flute, Sax (Tenor)
- Eric Stephen Jacobs – Photography
- Emir Kassan – Bass, Drums
- Andy Kent – Photography
- Curtis King – Vocals (bckgr)
- John Lennon – Guitar, Vocals
- Ralph MacDonald – Percussion
- Lynn Maitland – Vocals (bckgr)
- Arif Mardin – Synthesizer, Strings, Arranger, Conductor, Synthesizer Arrangements
- Harry Maslin – Producer
- Lynn Matiland – Vocals (bckgr)
- George Murray – Bass
- Tony Newman – Drums, Drums (Snare)
- Andy Newmark – Drums, Drums (Snare)
- Hugh Padgham – Producer
- Mark Pender – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Lenny Pickett – Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
- Chris Porter – Vocals (bckgr)
- Nile Rodgers – Guitar, Producer
- Carmine Rojas – Bass
- Mick Ronson – Guitar
- Pablo Rosario – Percussion
- Robert Sabino – Keyboards
- Guy St. Onge – Marimba
- David Sanborn – Saxophone
- Ken Scott – Producer
- Frank Simms – Vocals (bckgr)
- George Simms – Vocals (bckgr)
- Earl Slick – Guitar
- David Spinner – Vocals (bckgr)
- Luther Vandross – Vocals (bckgr)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan – Guitar
- Tony Visconti – Vocals (bckgr), Producer
- Rick Wakeman – Piano
- Brian Ward – Photography
- Masayoshi Sukita – Photography
- Larry Washington – Conga
- Willie Weeks – Bass
- Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – Drums, Drums (Snare)
Album
| Year | Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
39 |
| 1990 | UK Album Chart | 1 |
| 1990 | Norway's Album Chart | 16 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Fame '90" | Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... |
14 |
Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
|---|---|---|
| BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... – UK |
Gold | |
| BPI – UK | Platinum | |
| RIAA Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... – U.S. |
Gold | |
| RIAA – U.S. | Platinum | |