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| China Girl, Under Pressure, Let’s Dance, Ashes To Ashes, Modern Love, Blue Jean, Fashion, Loving The Alien, videos, more. |
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| 1 Let's Dance [Single Version] |
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| 2 Ashes to Ashes [Single Version] |
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| 3 Under Pressure |
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| 4 Fashion [Single Version] |
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| 5 Modern Love [Single Version] |
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| 6 China Girl |
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| 7 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [Single Version] |
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| 8 Up the Hill |
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| 9 Alabama Song |
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| 10 Drowned Girl |
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| 11 Cat People [Film Version Single Edit] |
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| 12 This Is Not Amercia |
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| 13 Loving the Alien [Album Version] |
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| 14 Absolute Beginners [Single Version] |
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| 15 When the Wind Blows |
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| 16 Blue Jean |
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| 17 Day-In Day-Out [Single Version] |
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| 18 Time Will Crawl |
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| 19 Underground [Single Version] |
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| 20 Ashes to Ashes [DVD] |
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| 21 Fashion [DVD] |
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| 22 Under Pressure [DVD] |
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| 23 Drowned Girl [DVD] |
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| 24 Let's Dance [DVD] |
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| 25 China Girl [DVD] |
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Album Review
The '80s were a curious time for David Bowie. Never had he sold more records, had bigger hits, his influence was everywhere, and yet, the music he made often fell a little flat, especially after his commercial high-water mark of 1983's "Let's Dance". The 2007 compilation "The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987" deals with that drop-off in quality in an admirable fashion, perhaps the only appropriate fashion: it ignores it. There are two tracks from 1984's "Tonight", and two from its 1987 sequel "Never Let Me Down", while there are four apiece from "Let's Dance" and "Scary Monsters" -- a skewed ratio that is nevertheless an accurate barometer of the worth of the albums. It also makes for a better listen as a compilation, since the hit singles from these records are surrounded by non-LP cuts and soundtrack contributions like "This Is Not America" and "Absolute Beginners," a move that's not only helpful as a clearinghouse of relative oddities, but also helps make this "Best of David Bowie 1980/1987" a truly representative collection of the best music of some patchy years, which is a more worthwhile endeavor than having this be truly representative of the decade as a whole. For some Bowie fans, this may be all they need from that decade (although they'd be well-advised not to ignore the truly masterful "Scary Monsters", and use that as a supplement to this excellent disc). [A U.S. version of the CD was also released.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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