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    The Platinum Collection

    01/10/2006 | Virgin Records Us 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Diving into a new David Bowie collection is all about comfort. The listener should land somewhere between the reliable pool of radio staples like "Golden Years," "Suffragette City," and "Let's Dance" and the deep water of fan favorites like "TVC 15" and "Look Back in Anger." EMI's three-disc Platinum Collection does an awfully good job of placating fans of both reservoirs, focusing on the Thin White Duke's mercurial 1969-1987 offerings. Each disc covers an era -- 1969-1974, 1974-1979, and 1980-1987 -- allowing time for both classics ("Starman") and obscurities ("Velvet Goldmine"). The Platinum Collection gets high marks for the inclusion of oft-overlooked gems such as "All the Young Dudes" and "Wild Is the Wind," but it's the appearance of soundtrack nuggets like "When the Wind Blows," from the animated nuclear war fable of the same name, "Underground" from Labyrinth, and "Drowned Girl" from the play +Baal that sets this anthology apart from others. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • The Jean Genie
  • 4:08

  • 2
  • Space Oddity
  • 5:15

  • 3
  • Starman
  • 4:18

  • 4
  • Ziggy Stardust
  • 3:16

  • 5
  • John, I'm Only Dancing
  • 2:42

  • 6
  • Rebel Rebel
  • 4:30

  • 7
  • Let's Spend the Night Together
  • 3:07

  • 8
  • Suffragette City
  • 3:27

  • 9
  • Oh! You Pretty Things
  • 3:14

  • 10
  • Velvet Goldmine
  • 3:11

  • 11
  • Drive-In Saturday
  • 4:29

  • 12
  • Diamond Dogs
  • 6:05

  • 13
  • Changes
  • 3:34

  • 14
  • Sorrow
  • 2:55

  • 15
  • The Prettiest Star
  • 3:14

  • 16
  • Life on Mars?
  • 3:52

  • 17
  • Aladdin Sane
  • 5:10

  • 18
  • The Man Who Sold the World
  • 3:56

  • 19
  • Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
  • 3:00

  • 20
  • All the Young Dudes
  • 4:11

  • 21 (2)
  • Sound and Vision
  • 3:05

  • 22 (2)
  • Golden Years (Single Edit)
  • 3:29

  • 23 (2)
  • Fame
  • 4:14

  • 24 (2)
  • Young Americans
  • 3:15

  • 25 (2)
  • John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
  • 7:00

  • 26 (2)
  • Can You Hear Me
  • 5:07

  • 27 (2)
  • Wild Is the Wind
  • 6:00

  • 28 (2)
  • Knock on Wood (Live)
  • 3:00

  • 29 (2)
  • TVC 15 (Single Version)
  • 3:34

  • 30 (2)
  • 1984
  • 3:29

  • 31 (2)
  • It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
  • 3:49

  • 32 (2)
  • Look Back in Anger
  • 3:08

  • 33 (2)
  • The Secret Life of Arabia
  • 3:48

  • 34 (2)
  • DJ
  • 4:02

  • 35 (2)
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • 3:36

  • 36 (2)
  • Breaking Glass
  • 1:53

  • 37 (2)
  • Boys Keep Swinging
  • 3:20

  • 38 (2)
  • Heroes
  • 3:33

  • 39 (3)
  • Let's Dance
  • 4:07

  • 40 (3)
  • Ashes to Ashes (Single Version)
  • 3:36

  • 41 (3)
  • Under Pressure
  • 4:05

  • 42 (3)
  • Fashion (Single Version)
  • 3:26

  • 43 (3)
  • Modern Love (Single Version)
  • 3:58

  • 44 (3)
  • China Girl
  • 4:17

  • 45 (3)
  • Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (Single Version)
  • 3:32

  • 46 (3)
  • Up the Hill Backwards
  • 3:15

  • 47 (3)
  • Alabama Song
  • 3:52

  • 48 (3)
  • Drowned Girl
  • 2:26

  • 49 (3)
  • Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (Film Version)(Edit)(Version)
  • 4:12

  • 50 (3)
  • This Is Not America
  • 3:51

  • 51 (3)
  • Loving the Alien (Album Version)
  • 7:08

  • 52 (3)
  • Absolute Beginners (Single Version)
  • 5:37

  • 53 (3)
  • When the Wind Blows
  • 3:34

  • 54 (3)
  • Blue Jean
  • 3:11

  • 55 (3)
  • Day-In Day-Out (Single Version)
  • 4:11

  • 56 (3)
  • Time Will Crawl
  • 4:18

  • 57 (3)
  • Underground (Single Version)
  • 4:26

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    Credits

    • David Bowie
    • Arranger, Mixing, Mixing Assistant, Producer


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