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1980 greatest hits album by David Bowie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Best of Bowie is a compilation album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 1980 by K-tel. The cover was based on the 12-inch single sleeve design of Bowie's "Fashion".[3] It made No. 3 in the UK Albums Chart.
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Released | 15 December 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1969–1979 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 58:17 | |||
Label | K-tel | |||
Producer | David Bowie, Gus Dudgeon, Ken Scott, Tony Visconti, Harry Maslin | |||
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In addition to including the rare 7" edits of "Fame" and "Golden Years", the compilation contains unique edits of "Life on Mars?" and "Diamond Dogs", ostensibly to allow all 16 tracks to fit on one LP. Early copies of the LP had a sticker on the back cover showing the track listing. If the sticker was removed, the original track listing could be seen, showing "Drive-In Saturday" (from Aladdin Sane, 1973) as track 7 in place of the live version of "Breaking Glass", which explains the latter's appearance out of chronological sequence here.
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
Chart (1981) | Position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] | 12 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] | 4 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] | 25 |
UK Albums (OCC)[7] | 3 |
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