For the 2002 compilation album, see Best of Bowie.
1980 greatest hits album by David Bowie
The Best of Bowie
Greatest hits album by
David Bowie
Released
15 December 1980 (1980-12-15)
Recorded
1969-1979
Genre
Rock
Length
58:17
Label
K-tel
Producer
David Bowie, Gus Dudgeon, Ken Scott, Tony Visconti, Harry Maslin
David Bowie chronology
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
The Best of Bowie (1980)
Christiane F. (1981)
David Bowie compilation chronology
Changesonebowie (1976)
The Best of Bowie (1980)
Changestwobowie (1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic
[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
[2]
The Best of Bowie is a compilation album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 1980 by K-tel. The cover was based on the 12-inch single sleeve design of Bowie's "Fashion".[3] It made No. 3 in the UK Albums Chart.
In addition to including the rare 7" edits of "Fame" and "Golden Years", the compilation contains unique edits of "Life on Mars?" and "Diamond Dogs", ostensibly to allow all 16 tracks to fit on one LP. Early copies of the LP had a sticker on the back cover showing the track listing. If the sticker was removed, the original track listing could be seen, showing "Drive-In Saturday" (from Aladdin Sane, 1973) as track 7 in place of the live version of "Breaking Glass", which explains the latter's appearance out of chronological sequence here.
^Connolly, Dave. Review: Best of David Bowie [K-Tel]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 June 2013.
^Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
^Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). Bowie: An Illustrated Record: pp.114-115
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