The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987

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The Best of 1980/1987
Compilation album by David Bowie
Released	March 19, 2007 (2007-03-19)
Recorded	1979-1987
Genre	Rock
Label	EMI
Producer	Various
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Music Box link Pitchfork Media (6.0/10) link Prefix Magazine [1]
David Bowie chronology
The Platinum Collection (2005) The Best of 1980/1987 (2007) Bowie Box Set (Outside, Earthling, Hours, Heathen, Reality- 10CD) (2007)

The Best of 1980-1987 is a David Bowie compilation album. It was originally released by EMI as part of The Platinum Collection in 2005 and as a compilation in its own right on March 19, 2007.

The 2007 release is part of EMI's two-disc Sight & Sound series, which features a CD and DVD of material from the same artist.

The DVD portion of the collection features two videos previously unreleased on DVD - "When the Wind Blows" and "The Drowned Girl".

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD 1.2 DVD 2 Charts

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD

1. "Let's Dance" (Single version) – 4:07
2. "Ashes to Ashes" (Single version) – 3:36
3. "Under Pressure" – 4:05
4. "Fashion" (Single version) – 3:26
5. "Modern Love" (Single version) – 3:58
6. "China Girl" (Single version) – 4:17
7. "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" (Single version) – 3:32
8. "Up the Hill Backwards" – 3:15
9. "Alabama Song" – 3:52
10. "Drowned Girl" – 2:26
11. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" – 4:12
12. "This Is Not America" – 3:51
13. "Loving the Alien" – 7:08
14. "Absolute Beginners" – 5:37
15. "When the Wind Blows" – 3:34
16. "Blue Jean" – 3:11
17. "Day-In Day-Out" – 4:11
18. "Time Will Crawl" – 4:18
19. "Underground" – 4:26

[edit] DVD

1. "Ashes to Ashes"
2. "Fashion"
3. "Under Pressure"
4. "The Drowned Girl" (Previously unreleased)
5. "Let's Dance"
6. "China Girl"
7. "Modern Love"
8. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"
9. "Blue Jean"
10. "Loving the Alien"
11. "Absolute Beginners"
12. "Underground"
13. "When the Wind Blows" (Previously unreleased)
14. "Day-In Day-Out"
15. "Time Will Crawl"

[edit] Charts

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position (Wks on top)
1981	"Under pressure"	Norway's single chart	5
1982	"Cat people (Putting out fire)"	Norway's single chart	1 (8)
1985	"This is not America"	Norway's single chart	3

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