Changesonebowie

Changesonebowie is a compilation album by English musician David Bowie, issued through RCA Records in 1976. It collected songs from the 1969–1976 period, including the first LP appearance of "John, I'm Only Dancing". A "sax version" of this song, cut during the Aladdin Sane sessions in 1973, appeared on the first 1000 copies of the UK pressing (identified by the lack of the RCA logo in the upper-right corner of the cover). Later pressings of Changesonebowie featured the original version of the single that had been recorded and released in 1972. All US pressings of the LP contain this original version as well.

Changesonebowie
Compilation album by David Bowie
Released	21 May 1976[1]
Recorded	1969–1976
Genre	Rock, glam rock, art rock
Length	44:14
Label	RCA Records
Producer	David Bowie, Gus Dudgeon, Ken Scott, Tony Visconti, Harry Maslin
David Bowie chronology
Station to Station (1976) Changesonebowie (1976) Low (1977)
Singles from Changesonebowie
"Suffragette City" Released: 9 July 1976

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Pitchfork	8.8/10[4]
Robert Christgau	A[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[7]

Two of the tracks, "Ziggy Stardust" and "Suffragette City", had never been released as singles when Changesonebowie was issued, though the former had been the B-side of "The Jean Genie" in November 1972 and the latter would be released as an A-side in July 1976 to help promote the compilation.

The album was followed up by a companion compilation, Changestwobowie, in 1981.

Album history

RCA Records reissued Changesonebowie on CD in 1984, but it was withdrawn shortly afterwards, along with the rest of Bowie's RCA catalogue, due to a conflict between Bowie and RCA. The RCA CD contains the original single version of "John, I'm Only Dancing".

When the Bowie catalogue was reissued by Rykodisc beginning in 1990, Changesonebowie was replaced by a new compilation, Changesbowie, on which "Fame" was superseded by the "Gass Mix" of "Fame 90" (produced and remixed by Jon Gass) and "'Heroes'", "Ashes to Ashes", "Fashion", "Let's Dance", "China Girl", "Modern Love", and "Blue Jean" were added. In addition to the above, Rykodisc added the songs "Starman" (following "Space Oddity"), "Life on Mars?" (following "The Jean Genie"), and "Sound and Vision" (following "Golden Years") to the double-LP editions of the album.

A remastered edition of the original Changesonebowie compilation was released on 20 May 2016, on vinyl and CD, to mark its 40th anniversary.^[1] On 13 April 2018, Changesonebowie was released in digital/streaming formats, along with a newly remastered edition of its follow-up, Changestwobowie, on vinyl, CD and digital/streaming.^[8]

The cover provided the inspiration for the 2009 expanded edition of the Morrissey album Southpaw Grammar.

Acclaim

In 1987, as part of their 20th anniversary, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 96 on "The Top 100 Albums of the Last Twenty Years." In 2003, the album was ranked number 425 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.^[9]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Space Oddity"	Space Oddity (1969)	5:14
2.	"John, I'm Only Dancing" (sax version)	Single A-side (1972)	2:43
3.	"Changes"	Hunky Dory (1971)	3:33
4.	"Ziggy Stardust"	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)	3:13
5.	"Suffragette City"	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	3:25
6.	"The Jean Genie"	Aladdin Sane (1973)	4:03
Total length:			22:11

All tracks are written by David Bowie, except where noted

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Diamond Dogs"		Diamond Dogs (1974)	5:56
2.	"Rebel Rebel"		Diamond Dogs	4:30
3.	"Young Americans"		Young Americans (1975)	5:10
4.	"Fame"	Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon	Young Americans	4:12
5.	"Golden Years"		Station to Station (1976)	3:59
Total length:				22:03 (44:14)

Personnel

• David Bowie – vocals, guitars, keyboards, saxophone, harmonica, stylophone, Moog, Mellotron, backing vocals
• Tim Renwick – guitar (side one-1)
• Mick Wayne – guitar (side one-1)
• Rick Wakeman – mellotron (side one-1)
• Herbie Flowers – bass (side one-1, side two 1,2)
• Terry Cox – drums (side one-1)
• Mick Ronson – guitars, piano, moog, backing vocals (side one 2–6)
• Trevor Bolder – bass (side one 2–6)
• Mick Woodmansey – drums (side one 2–6)
• Tony Newmark – drums (side two 1)
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums (side two 2)
• Carlos Alomar – guitars (side two 3,4,5)
• Earl Slick – guitars (side two 4,5)
• John Lennon – guitar, backing vocals (side two 4)
• Mike Garson – Piano, keyboards (side one 2–6, side two 1–4)
• Roy Bittan – piano (side two 5)
• Willy Weeks – bass (side two 9)
• Emir Ksasan – bass (side two 10)
• George Murray – bass (side two 5)
• Andy Newmark – drums (side two 3)
• Dennis Davis – drums (side two 4,5)
• David Sanborn – saxophone (side two 3)
• Pablo Rosario – percussion (side two 3)
• Larry Washington – percussion (side two 3)
• Ralph Mcdonald – percussion (side two 4)
• Ava Cherry, Robin Clark, Anthony Hinton, Diane Sumler, Luther Vandross – backing vocals (side two 3)
• Warren Peace – backing vocals (side two 3,5)
• Jean Millington, Jean Fineberg – backing vocals (side two 4)
• Harry Maslin, Editing, Assembling, and Mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 8 UK Albums (OCC)[11] 2 US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[12] 10 Chart (2016) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 59 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 89 French Albums (SNEP)[15] 197 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[16] 14 Irish Albums (IRMA)[17] 49 UK Albums (OCC)[11] 32

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[18] 19 UK Albums (OCC)[19] 17

Certifications

Certifications for "Changesonebowie"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[20]	Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "CHANGESONEBOWIE random vinyl out now". David Bowie Official Website. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
2. Thompson, Dave. "Changesonebowie – David Bowie". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Bowie, David". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (24 May 2016). "David Bowie: Changesonebowie Album Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
5. "CG: bowie". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
6. Sheffield, Rob (2004). "David Bowie". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York City: Simon & Schuster. pp. 97–99. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
7. Sheffield, Rob (1995). "David Bowie". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-0-679-75574-6.
8. "CHANGESTWO black or blue?". David Bowie Official Website. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
9. "News". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 9 April 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
10. "Charts.nz – David Bowie – Changesonebowie". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
11. "Changesonebowie – full Official Chart History". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
12. "Changesonebowie Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
13. "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Changesonebowie" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
14. "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Changesonebowie" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
15. "Lescharts.com – David Bowie – Changesonebowie". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
16. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 20. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
17. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 21, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
18. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 428. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
19. "Top 50 Albums of 1976" (PDF). Music Week. 25 December 1976. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
20. "American single certifications – David Bowie – Changesonebowie". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

External links

• Changesonebowie at Discogs (list of releases)