His "Golden Years".

This is really mostly the same as his "Changes" cd, but if you're looking for the best of the best of "Bowie", this is it. Included is "Space Oddity", "Ziggy Stardust", "Young Americans", "Modern Love", and many more. This also has "Dancing In The Street" with Mick Jagger. Obviously someone as huge and influential as "Bowie" needs more than a one disc retrospective. If you need more too, there's the 2-disc version of this collection, which has twice as much, and is twice as good. For just a few dollars more, I'd definitely get that one. It has everything that's missing here, and will also have you saying "Let's Dance".

I LOVE Bowie but this doesn't do it for me.

David Bowie is my all time favorite solo artist. I love the man's work thro his whole career and I think his changes have been magnificent, but this greatest hits was a bit disapointing. Not all his songs are here, for instinct 'Oh! You pretty thing', 'Sound and Vision', and much more that should of been taken for consideration. Also some have been edited like some review I read here aswell, the one that ticks me off the most is the new ending for 'China Girl', cutting out the last synthethizer playing with the chorus which is the best part of the whole song and just cutting it to the end after the guitar solo.



Indeed, if you're new to David Bowie this is a great sample but for the hardcore fans this shouldn't be bought. Get the double great hits album instead.

WARNING: Songs Have Been Edited on this Album

I'm a big Bowie fan and overall this is a decent collection of his works. The two disc set has a better selection, but I liked that this single disc spanned his early to later hits. The sound quality is good.



HOWEVER, I was VERY disappointed to notice that several songs have been edited. They've been shortened to presumably include more songs on this single CD. A couple of instrumental parts within songs have been shortened (such as in Young Americans) and the endings of some songs have been truncated. This really bothers me.



If you're new to Bowie and don't know his music yet, this probably a good way to get a sample. If you know and love these songs, the edits might just drive you nuts. They sure bug me.