The Platinum Collection

by David Bowie

Overview

Diving into a new David Bowie collection is all about comfort. The listener should land somewhere between the reliable pool of radio staples like "Golden Years," "Suffragette City," and "Let's Dance" and the deep water of fan favorites like "TVC 15" and "Look Back in Anger." EMI's three-disc Platinum Collection does an awfully good job of placating fans of both reservoirs, focusing on the Thin White Duke's mercurial 1969-1987 offerings. Each disc covers an era -- 1969-1974, 1974-1979, and 1980-1987 -- allowing time for both classics ("Starman") and obscurities ("Velvet Goldmine"). The Platinum Collection gets high marks for the inclusion of oft-overlooked gems such as "All the Young Dudes" and "Wild Is the Wind," but it's the appearance of soundtrack nuggets like "When the Wind Blows," from the animated nuclear war fable of the same name, "Underground" from Labyrinth, and "Drowned Girl" from the play Baal that sets this anthology apart from others. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/15/2005
Label:	Emi Music Distribution
UPC:	0094634407625
Rank:	18210

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Jean Genie
2. Space Oddity
3. Starman
4. Ziggy Stardust
5. John I'm Only Dancing [Sax Version]
6. Rebel Rebel
7. Let's Spend The Night Together
8. Suffragette City
9. Oh You Pretty Things
10. Velvet Goldmine
11. Drive-In Saturday
12. Diamond Dogs
13. Changes
14. Sorrow
15. Prettiest Star
16. Life On Mars
17. Aladdin Sane
18. Man Who Sold World
19. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
20. All The Young Dudes

Disc 2

21. Sound And Vision
22. Golden Years [Single Version]
23. Fame
24. Young Americans [Single Version]
25. John I'm Only Dancing (Again)
26. Can You Hear Me
27. Wild Is The Wind
28. Knock On Wood [Live]
29. TVC 15 [Single Version]
30. 1984
31. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
32. Look Back In Anger
33. Secret Life Of Arabia
34. DJ
35. Beauty And The Beast
36. Breaking Glass
37. Boys Keep Swinging
38. Heroes [Single Version]

Disc 3

39. Let's Dance [Single Version]
40. Ashes To Ashes [Single Version]
41. Under Pressure
42. Fashion [Single Version]
43. Modern Love [Single Version]
44. China Girl [Single Version]
45. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps ) [Single Version]
46. Up The Hill Backwards
47. Alabama Song (Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny)
48. Drowned Girl
49. Cat People (Putting Out fire) [Single Version]
50. This Is Not America
51. Loving The Alien
52. Absolute Beginners [Single Version]
53. When The Wind Blows
54. Blue Jean
55. Day-In Day-Out [Single Version]
56. Time Will Crawl
57. Underground [Single Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Bowie   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards,Mellotron,Saxophone,Tambourine,Moog Synthesizer
Pat Metheny Group   Primary Artist,Vocals
Queen   Primary Artist,Vocals
George Simms   Vocals (Background)
Curtis King   Vocals (Background)
Earl Slick   Guitar
Tony Visconti   Bass,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Laurie Frink   Trumpet
Omar Hakim   Drums
Carlos Alomar   Synthesizer,Vocals (Background),Guitar,Tambourine
Krusher Bennett   Percussion
Sid McGinnis   Guitar
Loni Groves   Vocals (Background)
Pat Metheny   Vocals
Carmine Rojas   Bass
Erdal Kizilcay   Bass,Drums,Guitar,Trumpet,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Robert Fripp   Guitar
Derek Bramble   Bass,Guitar,Synthesizer
Dennis Davis   Drums,Percussion
Warren Peace   Vocals (Background)
Earl Gardner   Trumpet
Roy Bittan   Piano
Peter Frampton   Guitar
Diva Gray   Vocals (Background)
Lenny Pickett   Clarinet,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Sammy Figueroa   Percussion
Robin Clark   Vocals (Background)
Gordon Grodie   Vocals (Background)
Chris Porter   Vocals (Background)
Philippe Saisse   Piano,Keyboards
Lynn Maitland   Vocals (Background)
Guy St. Onge   Marimba
Stan Harrison   Saxophone,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Mark Pender   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
George Murray   Bass
Steve Elson   Saxophone,Sax (Baritone)

Technical Credits

Ned Washington   Composer
Joe Brooks   Project Manager
Tony Visconti   Mixing,Producer,Remixing
Eddie Floyd   Composer
Lyle Mays   Composer
Bruce Springsteen   Composer
David Bowie   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Mixing Assistant
Brian May   Composer
Paul Buckmaster   Arranger
Ted Jensen   Mastering Engineer
Bertolt Brecht   Composer
Bob Feldman   Composer
Bob Clearmountain   Mixing,Engineer
Edward Elgar   Composer
Larry Alexander   Assistant
Freddie Mercury   Composer
Iggy Pop   Composer
Gus Dudgeon   Producer
Roger Taylor   Composer,Composer
Andre Gauchat   Engineer
Henry Wrenn-Meleck   Coordination
Dominic Muldowney   Arranger
Greg Gorman   Cover Photo
Steve Schapiro   Cover Photo
Darren Evans   Layout Design
Pat Metheny   Composer,Producer
Erdal Kizilcay   Composer
Jeff Hendrickson   Assistant
Mike Moran   Engineer
John Deacon   Composer
David Richards   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Assistant
John Lennon   Composer
Derek Bramble   Producer
Dennis Davis   Composer
Jon Goldberger   Engineer
Hugh Padgham   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Justin Shirley-Smith   Engineer
Dimitri Tiomkin   Composer
Richard Gottehrer   Composer
Queen   Producer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Jerry Goldstein   Composer
Peter Mew   Engineer,Mastering
Nigel Reeve   Engineer,Coordination
Nile Rodgers   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Assistant
Mick Ronson   Mixing,Arranger
Harry Maslin   Producer
Dave Greenberg   Engineer
Arif Mardin   Producer
Alan Winstanley   Producer
Brian Eno   Composer,Lyricist
George Murray   Composer
Giorgio Moroder   Composer,Producer
Malcolm Pollack   Engineer,Recording
Kurt Weill   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Ken Scott   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Remix Engineer
Keith Richards   Composer
James Osterberg   Composer
Clive Langer   Producer
Carlos Alomar   Composer