Pin Ups

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Pin Ups
Cover album by David Bowie
Released	October 19, 1973
Recorded	July 1973, Château d'Hérouville, Pontoise, France
Genre	Rock/Glam rock
Length	40:30
Label	RCA Records Rykodisc Reissue July 13, 1990 Virgin Records Reissue September 21, 1999
Producer	Ken Scott, David Bowie
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B-) link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
David Bowie chronology
Aladdin Sane (1973) Pin Ups (1973) Diamond Dogs (1974)

Pin Ups is a 1973 covers album by David Bowie. It was his last studio album with the bulk of 'The Spiders From Mars', his backing band throughout his Ziggy Stardust phase; Mick Woodmansey was replaced on drums by Aynsley Dunbar.

Pin Ups entered the UK chart on November 3, 1973 (coincidentally the same day as Bryan Ferry's covers album These Foolish Things) and stayed there for 21 weeks, peaking at #1. It re-entered the chart on April 30, 1983, this time for 15 weeks, peaking at #57. In July 1990 it again entered the chart, for one week, at #52.

A version of The Velvet Underground's "White Light/White Heat" was recorded during the sessions. It was never released; Bowie donated the backing track to Mick Ronson for his 1975 album Play Don't Worry.

The woman on the cover with Bowie is 1960s supermodel Twiggy.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Song notes 3 Rereleases 3.1 Bonus tracks (1990 Rykodisc) 4 Personnel 4.1 Additional personnel 5 Charts 6 Certifications 7 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Rosalyn" (Jimmy Duncan, Bill Farley) – 2:27
2. "Here Comes the Night" (Bert Berns) – 3:09
3. "I Wish You Would" (Billy Boy Arnold) – 2:40
4. "See Emily Play" (Syd Barrett) – 4:03
5. "Everything's Alright" (Nickey Crouch, John Konrad, Simon Stavely, Stuart James, Keith Karlson) – 2:26
6. "I Can't Explain" (Pete Townshend) – 2:07
7. "Friday on My Mind" (George Young, Harry Vanda) – 3:18
8. "Sorrow" (Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer) – 2:48
9. "Don't Bring Me Down" (Johnnie Dee) – 2:01
10. "Shapes of Things" (Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf) – 2:47
11. "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey) – 3:04
12. "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" (Ray Davies) – 2:35

[edit] Song notes

• "Rosalyn" – cover of song by The Pretty Things (1965)
• "Here Comes the Night" – cover of song by Them (1965)
• "I Wish You Would" – cover of The Yardbirds' arrangment of a song by Billy Boy Arnold (1955)
• "See Emily Play" – cover of song by Pink Floyd (1967)
• "Everything's Alright" – cover of song by The Mojos (1964)
• "I Can't Explain" – cover of song by The Who (1965)
• "Friday on My Mind" – cover of The Easybeats (1967)
• "Sorrow" – cover of song by The Merseys (1966)
• "Don't Bring Me Down" – cover of song by The Pretty Things (1965)
• "Shapes of Things" – cover of song by The Yardbirds (1965)
• "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" – cover of song by The Who (1965)
• "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" – cover of song by The Kinks (1965)
• "Growin' Up" – cover of song by Bruce Springsteen (1973)
• "Amsterdam" – cover of song by Jacques Brel (1959)

[edit] Rereleases

Pin Ups has been remastered twice; the first time in 1990 by Rykodisc/EMI, with two bonus tracks and again in 96 kHz/24bit by Virgin Records, without bonus tracks, in 1999.

[edit] Bonus tracks (1990 Rykodisc)

13. "Growin' Up" (Bruce Springsteen) Previously unreleased track from the early Diamond Dogs sessions – 3:26
14. "Amsterdam" (Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) B-side of the "Sorrow" single – 3:19

[edit] Personnel

• David Bowie – vocals, guitar, sax
• Mick Ronson – guitar, piano, vocals
• Trevor Bolder – bass
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums

[edit] Additional personnel

• Mike Garson – piano
• Ken Fordham – sax
• G.A. MacCormack – backing vocals
• Ron Wood - guitar on "Growin' Up"

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1973	UK Album Charts	1
1973	Billboard Pop Albums	23
1973	Norway's album Charts	8

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1973	"Sorrow"	UK Singles Chart	3

[edit] Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
BPI – UK	Gold	November 1, 1973

[edit] External links

• Pin Ups at The Ziggy Stardust Companion

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