The Platinum Collection (David Bowie album)

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The Platinum Collection
Compilation album by David Bowie
Released	November 7, 2005 (UK) January 10, 2006 (US)
Recorded	1969-1987
Genre	Rock
Length	223:59
Label	EMI
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David Bowie chronology
Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks) (2005) The Platinum Collection (2005) The Best of 1980/1987 (2007)

The Platinum Collection is a compilation album by David Bowie, released in 2005. Over three discs, the period from 1969 to 1987 is summarised. The first disc is the same as the compilation The Best of 1969/1974, which was released in 1997, and the second disc is the same as the 1998 compilation The Best of 1974/1979.

The third disc was released as an independent compilation The Best of 1980/1987 by EMI on March 19, 2007. This release is part of EMI's two-disc Sight & Sound series of releases and features a DVD of 1980s videos on the second disc.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one (1969-1974) 1.2 Disc two (1974-1979) 1.3 Disc three (1980-1987)

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one (1969-1974)

All songs written by David Bowie except "Let's Spend the Night Together" by Jagger/Richards; and "Sorrow" by Feldman/Goldstein/Gottehrer.

1. "The Jean Genie" – 4:08
2. "Space Oddity" – 5:15
3. "Starman" – 4:18
4. "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:16
5. "John, I’m Only Dancing" (Sax version) – 2:42
6. "Rebel Rebel" – 4:30
7. "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:07
8. "Suffragette City" – 3:27
9. "Oh! You Pretty Things" – 3:14
10. "Velvet Goldmine" – 3:11
11. "Drive-In Saturday" – 4:29
12. "Diamond Dogs" – 6:05
13. "Changes" – 3:34
14. "Sorrow" – 2:55
15. "The Prettiest Star" (Bolan stereo version) – 3:14
16. "Life on Mars?" – 3:52
17. "Aladdin Sane" – 5:10
18. "The Man Who Sold the World" – 3:56
19. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 3:00
20. "All the Young Dudes" – 4:11

[edit] Disc two (1974-1979)

All songs written by David Bowie except "Fame" by David Bowie, Carlos Alomar and John Lennon; "Wild is the Wind" by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington; "Knock on Wood" by Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd; "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" by Bruce Springsteen; "Look Back in Anger", "Boys Keep Swinging" and ""Heroes"" by David Bowie and Brian Eno; "The Secret Life of Arabia" by David Bowie, Brian Eno and Carlos Alomar; "Breaking Glass" by David Bowie, George Murray and Dennis Davis.

1. "Sound and Vision" – 3:05
2. "Golden Years" (Single edit) – 3:29
3. "Fame" – 4:14
4. "Young Americans" (Single version) – 3:15
5. "John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)" – 7:00
6. "Can You Hear Me" – 5:07
7. "Wild Is the Wind" – 6:00
8. "Knock on Wood" (Live) – 3:00
9. "TVC 15" (Single version) – 3:34
10. "1984" – 3:29
11. "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" – 3:49
12. "Look Back in Anger" – 3:08
13. "The Secret Life of Arabia" – 3:48
14. "DJ" – 4:02
15. "Beauty and the Beast" – 3:36
16. "Breaking Glass" – 1:53
17. "Boys Keep Swinging" – 3:21
18. ""Heroes"" (Single version) – 3:33

[edit] Disc three (1980-1987)

All songs written by David Bowie except "Under Pressure" by David Bowie; Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor; "China Girl" by David Bowie and Iggy Pop; "Alabama Song", "Drowned" Girl by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill; "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" by David Bowie and Giorgio Moroder; "This Is Not America" by David Bowie, Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays; "When The Wind Blows" by David Bowie and Erdal Kisilcay.

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" (Album version) – 7:08
14. "Absolute Beginners" (Single version) – 5:37
15. "When the Wind Blows" – 3:34
16. "Blue Jean" – 3:11
17. "Day-In Day-Out" (Single version) – 4:11
18. "Time Will Crawl" – 4:18
19. "Underground" – 4:26

v • d • e David Bowie Studio albums David Bowie • Space Oddity • The Man Who Sold the World • Hunky Dory • The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars • Aladdin Sane • Pin Ups • Diamond Dogs • Young Americans • Station to Station • Low • "Heroes" • Lodger • Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) • Let's Dance • Tonight • Never Let Me Down • Black Tie White Noise • Outside • Earthling • 'hours...' • Heathen • Reality With Tin Machine Tin Machine • Tin Machine II Live albums David Live • Stage • Ziggy Stardust – The Motion Picture • Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby • Santa Monica '72 • LiveAndWell.com • Bowie at the Beeb • Live Santa Monica '72 Soundtracks Christiane F. • Love You Till Tuesday • Labyrinth • The Buddha of Suburbia Compilations The World of David Bowie • Images 1966-1967 • ChangesOneBowie • ChangesTwoBowie • The Best of Bowie • Rare • Golden Years • Fame and Fashion • Sound + Vision • Changesbowie • Early On (1964-1966) • The Singles Collection • The Deram Anthology 1966–1968 • The Best of 1969/1974 • The Best of 1974/1979 • All Saints • Best of Bowie • The Collection • The Platinum Collection • The Best of 1980/1987 • Bowie Box Set (Outside, Earthling, Hours, Heathen, Reality- 10CD) Concert videos Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars • Serious Moonlight • Glass Spider • A Reality Tour Promotional films and compilations Love You Till Tuesday • Bowie – The Video Collection • Black Tie White Noise • Best of Bowie Tours Ziggy Stardust Tour • Diamond Dogs Tour • Isolar • Isolar II • Serious Moonlight Tour • Glass Spider Tour • Tin Machine Tour • Sound and Vision Tour • It's My Life Tour • Outside Tour • Outside Summer Festivals Tour • Earthling Tour • The 'hours...' Tour • Mini Tour • Heathen Tour • A Reality Tour Related articles Discography • Filmography • Tony Visconti • Brian Eno • Mick Ronson • Mick Woodmansey • Trevor Bolder • Iggy Pop • Mike Garson • Reeves Gabrels • Earl Slick • Major Tom • "Bowie"