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The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974,David Bowie

- The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974
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David Bowie
Released 1997

Space Oddity
05:15
9,447 plays

Starman
04:18
9,264 plays

All the Young Dudes
04:11
9,242 plays

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- 1
- The Jean Genie
- 04:08
- 4,845 plays

- 2
- Space Oddity
- 05:15
- 9,447 plays

- 3
- Starman
- 04:18
- 9,264 plays

- 4
- Ziggy Stardust
- 03:16
- 7,322 plays

- 5
- John, I'm Only Dancing
- 02:42
- 5,456 plays

- 6
- Rebel Rebel
- 04:30
- 8,155 plays

- 7
- Let's Spend the Night Together
- 03:07
- 4,229 plays

- 8
- Suffragette City
- 03:27
- 5,629 plays

- 9
- Oh! You Pretty Things
- 03:14
- 4,984 plays

- 10
- Velvet Goldmine
- 03:11
- 4,316 plays

- 11
- Drive-In Saturday
- 04:29
- 5,410 plays

- 12
- Diamond Dogs
- 06:05
- 4,999 plays

- 13
- Changes
- 03:34
- 36,269 plays

- 14
- Sorrow
- 02:55
- 4,495 plays

- 15
- The Prettiest Star
- 03:14
- 3,047 plays

- 16
- Life on Mars?
- 03:52
- 8,656 plays

- 17
- Aladdin Sane
- 05:10
- 2,943 plays

- 18
- The Man Who Sold the World
- 03:56
- 6,920 plays

- 19
- Rock & Roll Suicide
- 03:00
- 3,378 plays

- 20
- All the Young Dudes
- 04:11
- 9,242 plays

album review

Early in 1997, David Bowie sold the rights to his RCA catalog to EMI, and the first release to appear under the new agreement was The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974, which was part of EMI's limited-edition 100th Birthday series. Instead of playing it straight, the 20-track set offers both the predictable classics -- "The Jean Genie," "Space Oddity," "Starman," "Drive-In Saturday," "Ziggy Stardust," "Suffragette City," "Changes," "Sorrow," "The Man Who Sold the World" -- and relative obscurities, like the B-side "Velvet Goldmine," Bowie's version of "All the Young Dudes," and alternate takes of "John, I'm Only Dancing" and "The Prettiest Star." There are also album tracks like "Oh! You Pretty Things" and "Life on Mars" that have become classics, making The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 an impressive, reasonably thorough overview of Bowie's glam years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide