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Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	11/15/2005
Label:	Emi Music Distribution
UPC:	0094634407625

Tracks

Disc 1

Jean Genie
Space Oddity
Starman
Ziggy Stardust
John I'm Only Dancing [Sax Version]
Rebel Rebel
Let's Spend The Night Together
Suffragette City
Oh You Pretty Things
Velvet Goldmine
Drive-In Saturday
Diamond Dogs
Changes
Sorrow
Prettiest Star
Life On Mars
Aladdin Sane
Man Who Sold World
Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
All The Young Dudes

Disc 2

Sound And Vision
Golden Years [Single Version]
Fame
Young Americans [Single Version]
John I'm Only Dancing (Again)
Can You Hear Me
Wild Is The Wind
Knock On Wood [Live]
TVC 15 [Single Version]
1984
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Look Back In Anger
Secret Life Of Arabia
DJ
Beauty And The Beast
Breaking Glass
Boys Keep Swinging
Heroes [Single Version]

Disc 3

Let's Dance [Single Version]
Ashes To Ashes [Single Version]
Under Pressure
Fashion [Single Version]
Modern Love [Single Version]
China Girl [Single Version]
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps ) [Single Version]
Up The Hill Backwards
Alabama Song (Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny)
Drowned Girl
Cat People (Putting Out fire) [Single Version]
This Is Not America
Loving The Alien
Absolute Beginners [Single Version]
When The Wind Blows
Blue Jean
Day-In Day-Out [Single Version]
Time Will Crawl
Underground [Single Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Bowie Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards,Mellotron,Saxophone,Tambourine,Moog Synthesizer
Pat Metheny Group Primary Artist,Vocals
Queen Primary Artist,Vocals
George Simms Vocals (Background)
Curtis King Vocals (Background)
Earl Slick Guitar
Tony Visconti Bass,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Laurie Frink Trumpet
Omar Hakim Drums
Carlos Alomar Synthesizer,Vocals (Background),Guitar,Tambourine
Krusher Bennett Percussion
Sid McGinnis Guitar
Loni Groves Vocals (Background)
Pat Metheny Vocals
Carmine Rojas Bass
Erdal Kizilcay Bass,Drums,Guitar,Trumpet,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Robert Fripp Guitar
Derek Bramble Bass,Guitar,Synthesizer
Dennis Davis Drums,Percussion
Warren Peace Vocals (Background)
Earl Gardner Trumpet
Roy Bittan Piano
Peter Frampton Guitar
Diva Gray Vocals (Background)
Lenny Pickett Clarinet,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Sammy Figueroa Percussion
Robin Clark Vocals (Background)
Gordon Grodie Vocals (Background)
Chris Porter Vocals (Background)
Philippe Saisse Piano,Keyboards
Lynn Maitland Vocals (Background)
Guy St. Onge Marimba
Stan Harrison Saxophone,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Mark Pender Trumpet,Flugelhorn
George Murray Bass
Steve Elson Saxophone,Sax (Baritone)

Technical Credits

Ned Washington Composer
Joe Brooks Project Manager
Tony Visconti Mixing,Producer,Remixing
Eddie Floyd Composer
Lyle Mays Composer
Bruce Springsteen Composer
David Bowie Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Mixing Assistant
Brian May Composer
Paul Buckmaster Arranger
Ted Jensen Mastering Engineer
Bertolt Brecht Composer
Bob Feldman Composer
Bob Clearmountain Mixing,Engineer
Edward Elgar Composer
Larry Alexander Assistant
Freddie Mercury Composer
Iggy Pop Composer
Gus Dudgeon Producer
Roger Taylor Composer,Composer
Andre Gauchat Engineer
Henry Wrenn-Meleck Coordination
Dominic Muldowney Arranger
Greg Gorman Cover Photo
Steve Schapiro Cover Photo
Darren Evans Layout Design
Pat Metheny Composer,Producer
Erdal Kizilcay Composer
Jeff Hendrickson Assistant
Mike Moran Engineer
John Deacon Composer
David Richards Mixing,Producer,Mixing Assistant
John Lennon Composer
Derek Bramble Producer
Dennis Davis Composer
Jon Goldberger Engineer
Hugh Padgham Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Justin Shirley-Smith Engineer
Dimitri Tiomkin Composer
Richard Gottehrer Composer
Queen Producer
Mick Jagger Composer
Jerry Goldstein Composer
Peter Mew Engineer,Mastering
Nigel Reeve Engineer,Coordination
Nile Rodgers Mixing,Producer,Mixing Assistant
Mick Ronson Mixing,Arranger
Harry Maslin Producer
Dave Greenberg Engineer
Arif Mardin Producer
Alan Winstanley Producer
Brian Eno Composer,Lyricist
George Murray Composer
Giorgio Moroder Composer,Producer
Malcolm Pollack Engineer,Recording
Kurt Weill Composer
Steve Cropper Composer
Ken Scott Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Remix Engineer
Keith Richards Composer
James Osterberg Composer
Clive Langer Producer
Carlos Alomar Composer

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