Great compilation of Bowie tunes,Amazon shipped FAST. One song is a little off though,I'm afraid of americans is a little disturbing all in all a great disc!

Yes, I purchased this CD. And I have most of the CDs an LPs these titles came from. I have been a Bowie fan since the late 60s, after I heard 12-string guitar opening to Space Oddity, I was hooked. I've read some of the reviews here about Bowie's longevity, peaking in the 80s, his influence on many music forms. I don't disagree with any of it. However, I must point out that the mere quantity and difference in his music is what keeps him fresh to new audiences today. His music can be re-discovered and enjoyed by many. I look at his overall accomplishment in composing and assembling his many recordings using some of the best musicians available to make it happen. His work in the 21st Century, HEATHEN and REALITY are very interesting and rank high in my regard and this is a Ziggy/Aladin Sane/Diamond Dogs diehard speaking. Given any mood, you will find a Bowie recording to reflect it. And that what Bowie really offers is a reflection of the kind of music at given point in time. He did not invent Punk, Plastic-Soul, Techno, etc, but he mirrors these genres and provides his take on it. That is what is most impressive, in addition to his honesty and good humor. For example, I'm not gay, yet I get a big kick out of songs like Queen Bitch just as I did with some of Lou Reed's early tunes. Honesty speaks to everybody. Great talent makes is a good listen.

I'm always amazed when people proclaim the greatness of Bowie. The truth is, no matter how innovative he was at the time/now and how great his voice is(and it really is), his stuff is mostly boring and weird. That said, Ashes to ashes and Loving the Alien are two of the best tracks I've ever heard.

* Preparing to be flamed for this review.

Bought for my boyfriend, I decided to keep it myself! If you don't currently own any of David Bowie's work, this is the CD to buy as it encapsulates his whole career as a musician.

I was born a Formula 1 fan. NASCAR is good, INDY IRL is good, but formula 1 Grand Prix is the ultimate form of racing. Jim Clark, the greatest drive of all time, died in a crash at the German Grand Prix on my 15th birthday April 7th 1968. Every year since then I watch the movie "Grand Prix" just to get a short glimps of him and remember. This book is a collection of memories others have of this great man.

I was not disappointed with this collection of Bowie songs.
Was very pleasantly surprised to find "Putting out Fire" from
Cat People in this collection, it being one of my all time favorites.
This is an absolutely wonderful catalog of his songs.

I have to admit that i do not own the US version of this double album. I own the U.K. version which differs in that there are 39 songs as opposed to 38 on the US double album. It is a brilliant compilation album from maybe trhe most influential artist of the seventies. The fact the he was constantly changing direction is enough to hold my admiration. Most of the songs you know so it is superfluous of me to go into deatil about them. Needless to say, I love nearly all the songs here and own all Bowie's albums of the 70s. The list below shows the songs that are unique to both versions:

USA: /UK:
Moonage Daydream /Oh You Pretty Things
All The Young Dudes /Starman
Panic in Detroit /John I'm Only Dancing
DJ /Drive-in Saturday
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) /Sorrow
Time Will Crawl /Wild Is The Wind
Under The God /Boys Keep Swinging
The Heart's Filthy Lesson /Loving The Alien (edit)
Thursday's Child /Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys Re3mix)
/Little Wonder (on UK Disc)

It is a toss up as to which album you prefer. Th UK version does seem to contain more hits as the omitted songs on the US version were top ten hits in the UK. It does seem to be a glaring omission to leave out STARMAN, JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING, LOVING THE ALIEN, BOYS KEEP SWINGING and one of my favourite Bowie covers; WILD IS THE WIND

Either way, you will get a very comprehensive overview of David Boiwe's genius. These are songs I never get tired of and you could theoretically add another disc of great songs: the nine songs unique to the USA version plus songs like ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE, STATION TO STATION, WILD EYED BOY FROM FREECLOUD, THE SUPERMEN, 1984, LOOK BACK IN ANGER, RIGHT, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, UP THE HILL BACKWARDS, QUEEN BITCH, ALADDIN SANE, VELVET GOLDMINE, BREAKING GLASS, V-2 SCHNEIDER, THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE, KNOCK ON WOOD, LITTLE DRUMMER BOY( with Bing Crosby), WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, even part of his wonderful iterpretation of Prokofiev's PETER AND THE WOLF and others.

I suppose it is the case with most Greatest Hits albums. What do you include and what do you leave off? I do have some criticisms as some tracks are edited which is a shame. I wish DIAMOND DOGS had the spoken intro. GOLDEN YEARS fades out instead of going the extra 30 seconds to close completely. "HEROES", ASHES TO ASHES, SCARY MONSTERS, FASHION, LET'S DANCE, CHINA GIRL, LOVING THE ALIEN are all edited. The worst editing job goes to YOUNG AMERICANS. It is more like a butcherd job and unlike most edited songs, you know that is hacked in a very unsubtle way for no reason.

I have not heard the more recent albums to know if the more recent tracks are different. I will hopefully list all the track times soon so you can guage if they are edited or not.

This is a fine collection of his more nobler efforts, and a mix of some not-so's as well. I got this for a really good price on Amazon, and am glad I acquired it.

I am 14 years old and in love with this cd. We had the single disk version when I was 10 and I always remembered the song 'Space Oddity'. We soon after lost the cd and I was very sad. I recently bought the two-disk version and love it! Every single song on there is amazing. I reccomend this cd to anyone who wants to get introduced to the great sounds of David Bowie.

If your a Bowie fan and want just the hits then you have got to get this!!!

Let me tell you my story. Originally I purchased the single CD version of greates hits and found it just too inadequate. How could I have a collection of Bowie hits and not have "Life on Mars"?! Not only is it simply worth it for the economy to purchase the two-disc version, it's just smart to have another disc full of Bowie treasures. In a perfect world every Bowie fan would possess every album he put out, but if you can't go that route, check out this wonderful compilation of hits! Great for the neophyte, or the hard-core Bowie fan! I strongly recommend the reader to purchase this great collection. Cheers and Hails!

The Single (1) CD version of the "Best of Bowie" is the one you should get if you are just interested in his all-time greatest hits (the ones that they regularly play on FM radio). The 2 CD version has a lot of junk on it that you do not need. The extra CD only has ONE song that is worth having and that is the "The Man Who Sold The World". You can save your money and buy the 1 CD version and just download "The Man Who Sold The World" from Limewire or Kazza.

We lost our first copy by leaving it accidentally in a rental car in Italy, but liked it so much that we bought a second copy when we came home. Highly recommended!

This CD spans Bowies lengthy career, hitting higlights from each and every style he has done. Good look back at his amazing career, or a good introdution to his massive volume of works.

This review is 4 the ONE DISC Australian edition of this album
Here are my points of view on the songs:
1. Space Oddity (From the album Space Oddity, 1969)- Bowie's first hit, excellent guitar and percussion, great story 10/10
2. Changes (From the album Hunky Dory, 1971)- K-K-K-K-K-KOOL!!! So what if it didn't crack the Top 40? Changes is a nice, relaxing piano melody you can listen to in the bathtub 10/10
3. Starman (From the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972)- Good blend of acoustic and electric guitars. If they are any starmen up in that sky, I hope you've heard this song! 10/10
4. Ziggy Stardust (From the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972)- CLASSIC BOWIE, YOU ARE NOT A BOWIE FAN IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THIS SONG! 12/10
5. The Jean Genie (From the album Aladdin Sane, 1973) Not as good as Ziggy Stardust, but hey, still a great listen 9/10
6. Sorrow (From the album Pin Ups, 1973)- Sweet song, makes me think about chicks (I'm only 15!) 10/10 Original version by the Merseys in 1966.
7. 1984 (From the album Diamond Dogs, 1974)- Another Bowie essential, just a tiny taste of the grand album that is DIAMOND DOGS! 11/10
8. Young Americans (From album of same name, 1975)- Bye-bye glam, hello soul, Bowie is just as cool. Great backing vocals! 10/10
9. "Heroes" (From album of same name, 1977)- Brian Eno, you are a genius. Eno is also a genius when he was in Roxy Music (back in '72/'73). A killer bass line along with the Robert Fripp's guitar 10/10
10. Ashes to Ashes (From the album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), 1980)- Aka Space Oddity II: Major Tom Reports back! One of Bowie's biggies AND goodies! Catch the video if ya can! 10/10
11. Fashion (From the album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), 1980)- Not as good as Ashes 2 Ashes, but still a good song 8/10
12. Under Pressure (with Queen, found on Queen's 1982 Hot Space album, single released 1981)- David Bowie+Queen= Good song, both artists are clearly on here 9/10
13. Let's Dance (from album of same name, 1983)- Best song from Let's Dance, China Girl and Modern Love aren't as good 9/10
14. China Girl (from the album Let's Dance, 1983)- See above 6/10
15. Modern Love (from the album Let's Dance, 1983)- See above 6/10
16. Blue Jean (from the album Tonight, 1984)- Again, another song I'm not very fond of, possibly the worst Bowie song I've ever listened to 5/10
17. Fame '90 (original version found on Young Americans, 1975) I've never heard the original version, this one has too much 1980s-synth krahp on it, but I still think the original would be better 6/10
18. Dancing With The Street (with Mick Jagger, single only, 1985)- The Live Aid video to this I have not seen, still, a respectable cover of an old song 7/10
19. Slow Burn (From the album Heathen, 2002)- Forget everything Bowie did in the past, this is completely different and only OK compared to his 'gold' period (1969-81) 7/10
Finally, I think Bowie is an excellent artist, much better than the KRAHP on the radio today. This is an excellent place to start listening to his music so buy today!

Mr Bowie should stick to acting - I thought he was excellent in Labyrinth but this spin off album which cynically tries to cash in on that success is unimpressive to say the least. Mr Bowie could learn a thing or two from Will Smith who can both sing and act. For shame!

This CD is a great collection of David Bowie?s most succesfull songs. It shows all his legendaries changes and give you an overview about his carrer.
David Bowie had his first hit in 1969 with "Space Oddity", follwed by the kult album "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" and the later discovered "The Man who sold the World, what?s a real masterpiece and was covered by many artists.
This CD is a great thing for new Bowie fans or old fans who wannna have all the great stuff on one CD. It?s also an amazing party collection and a must for music-lovers, of the 70?s and todays music.

I received the 1-Disc 'Best of Bowie' for Christmas, back when I was just a Bowie novice. With the 18 or 19 song track list, it was a short listen, but covered all of the basics. The problem was; I wanted more. I searched every record shop, EVERY eBay auction, until I got everything OTHER THAN the Tin Machine albums and 'Black Tie White Noise'. I am WORKING on getting those now. I finally came across the best of bowie 2-Disc edition, and boy am I glad I purchased it!

The first extra essential this disc has to offer is the classic 'The Man Who Sold The World'. It was so good, it was covered by Nirvana! I consider it to be one of Bowie's finest; right up there with my all time favorite Bowie song, 'Ziggy Stardust'. It also covers another Bowie essential, 'Life On Mars?'. It's more of a nostalgical piece, the beginning taking place in a girl's dreamworld. He actually performed this with the indie band Arcade Fire. And, of course, it also covers 'Oh! You Pretty Things', which is another classic Bowie song off of 'Hunky Dory'. Other songs that have been put on this album and not on the 1-Disc include 'Sorrow', 'Drive-In Saturday' and the slightly controversial 'John, I'm Only Dancing'.

The second disc is more of the 'present' Bowie. The first track is off of 'Low', which many people title 'technologically ahead of its time'. 'Sound And Vision' is one of the most famous songs Bowie has ever done, because it was featured on BBC (I think...) The title track off of 'Scary Monsters' is also here, thank goodness! It is such a good song and it showcases Bowie's 'Chameleon' technique. I'm also satisfied because 'Loving The Alien' is also on this; it's my all-time favorite Bowie song! It also includes more recent Bowie, like 'Little Wonder' and 'Slow Burn'.

The 1-Disc Bowie is good for beginners, but if you want a real good taste of the most inventive artist in the world, get the 2-Disc edition. It covers more ground than perhaps any other Greatest Hits compilation (with the exception of Van Halen, maybe...). You wouldn't be dissappointed with this purchase. It's a lot better than getting Bowie's albums as a starter, and then not liking them...although I'm sure you would.

It's just that good!

I ALREADY OWN A COUPLE OF BOWIE ALBUMS BUT I STILL WANTED TO GO OUT AND GET THIS ONE AND I LOVE IT! IT HAS BEEN STUCK IN MY CD CHANGER IN MY CAR SINCE CHRISTMAS. AND I STILL AM LISTENING TO IT. MY GIRLFIEND WHO IS A NU-METAL, MODERN ROCK LOVER. SHE IS INTO BANDS LIKE LAMB OF GOD, FOO FIGHTERS, SOAD, BREAKING BENJAMIN AND SOME OTHER CRAPPY BANDS AS WELL, BUT ANYWAY LET ME GET BACK TO THE POINT I WAS PLAYING THIS FOR HER AND EVERY OTHER SONG SHE WOULD MAKE THE COMMENT OF HOW MUCH SHE LIKED THE SONG AND DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS BOWIE UP UNTIL THAT MOMENT. AND IT JUST SHOCKED ME THAT SHE WAS THAT UNINFORMED ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS OF THE LAST 30 YEARS. JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW PATHETIC RADIO TRULLY IS THESE DAYS!

This 2 disc compilation of David Bowie is the definitive collection - it has all of his big hits and songs most associated with him. You really can't go wrong with this compilation. Some songs have been shortened, but in my opinion, this still stands as the best 2 CD set of David Bowie that you're going to find. I highly recommend this to anyone that likes David Bowie and 70's-80's rock.

dude-I'm not "under thirteen" but w/e. This album is absolutely great! It really does have most of Bowie's best songs and the order of the songs is smashing! This album has a variety of up-beat songs as well as slower tunes so you can basically say "let's do Bowie" no matter what mood you're in. OH! and the pamphlet has the most ludacrisly best pictures in the world! So, this is definitely a must buy for any Bowie/Glam Rock/Rock/70s/80s...well music lovers in general. I am incredibly pleased with it and I just want to say that it's BLOODY AWESOME!

Ok David Bowie is an amazing musician, songwriter etc. His music has paved a new road in rock history for the more bizarre and outgoing. From glame rock, pop rock, blues rock, jazz rock, dance rock, space rock, and even some industrial work with later stuff.

Bowie is incredible and his music is very fun, impressive, different, happy, upbeat and quite moving. This cd is amazing and contains his best hits, but owning most of his records like "Station to Station", "Scary Monsters", "Space Oddity", "Hunky Dory", "Outside", "The Man Who Sold the World", "Aladdin Sane" and of course "Ziggy Stardust" are well worth it. I love Bowie, at first I was a bit iffy on him for some reason, but man did that change fast, I now own 14 of his albums, and love them all. He is my favorite singer song writer next to Neil Young. I got huge on Bowie and you should too, and with that said here are some other bands I got into that are similar to the style of Bowie in some way.......

ROXY MUSIC: A band I've always heard of, but when I actually heard them, I thought they were great. Very cool glame rock band with tons of talent.

TALKING HEADS: Iffy on them for a while as well, but grew out of that, because they are great! I'd say they are a cross between Roxy Music + a happier version of Joy Division.

JOY DIVISION: Really cool, and a nice find. Very dark version of The Cure in my book, very cool mellow strange band. Dark and ahead of their time.

THE CURE: Very moving inspiring band that girls tend to really dig. Very upbeat and at times very nice and mellow.

NINE INCH NAILS: Inspired by Bowie, but sounds quite different, for fans of Bowies darker, hard rock, industrial, electronic approach. Try out Bowies album "Outside" underated, Trent Reznor and Bowie cover a Bowie song from "Outside", Hearts Filthy Lesson.

Elton John: Has a sound like Bowies Pop Rock songs. Great classic piano rock artist that everyone should already know.

U2: Great band, but only really great in the early 80s, U2 in the 90s didn't do it for me, they just don't sound like they do with "October", "Joshua Tree", "The Unforgettable Fire", "Boy and "War".

REM: Great band, I must say I pretty much like all of their albums almost equaly, well except for their most recent, its just decent. 80s and early 90s stuff is amazing.

Billy Joel: 2 Disc Greatest Hits is all I really need, I grew up on him, all those hits on his 2 discer bring back old memories of my first house.

Yes: Great band, well I like them anyways, even though they go a little overboard with some of their songs and make them really long, but very cool and fun.

Bands David Bowie got inspiration from:
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Bob Dylan
Anything else good before him

David Bowie (The Man Who Sold The World)(Ziggy)(Rock Legend)

Buy this greatest hits, its the best introduction to David Bowie. Has Huge Hits that go like this, "Ground Control to major Tom...", "Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes", "Ffaaaamme!" etc. Awesome musician!

Well for starters this is the perfect way to get into to David Bowie. When I started getting into Bowie I bought his albums like The Man Who Sold The World and of course The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars. For someone who is just descovering Bowie this is the way to go I feel. This gives a taste of everything Bowie ever did, weather it be his folk, glam, techno, electronic, new wave, or white soul man faze there all here. This 'cd' basically does what it should, with a few left off songs I do think this is a great collection.

The one thing I dont like about this is that it did leave off a few songs, which every compalation ever made has done. I think 'Width Of A Circle' from The Man Who Sold The World, and 'Andy Warhol' from Hunky Dory and 'Rock And Roll Suicide' from Ziggy Stardust should have been on here because those are three of Bowies all time best songs. Those were three very important song in his carear.

Other then those two minor mistakes this is like I said before perfect. You get all Bowies best songs, with those three exceptions of course. You get 'Changes' 'Space Oddity' 'Ashes To Ashes' the amazing duet with Queen, 'Under Pressure' and Bowie's all time best song, 'Moonage Daydream' along with many many more killer rock and roll classics. This is one of the FEW collection's in rock history that show why people like David Bowie are rock Gods and legends.

So for those of you out there that just want a good overview of Bowie's carear then this is the way to go, or if you are someone who is looking to get into David Bowie but dont know much about him then this is the right thing for you, and if your just a David Bowie completest like myself then you cant go wrong with this Best of which really does deserve the label.

David Bowie is one of the greaetst rock artists ever, no question about it. He's quite possibly the most diverse as well, as he's experimented with just about every form of music know to man. In 2002, the two disc 38 track "Best Of Bowie" was released. How does it hold up? Here are the (inevitable) positived and negatives.

Positives:
-It includes all the essential Bowie hits, including "Space Oddity", "Changes", "Rebel Rebel", "Fame", "Golden Years", "Let's Dance" and "China Girl".
-A lot of underrated stuff is included.
-Everything's arranged chronologically. With an artists like Bowie, who's gone through various changes in his style over the years, you have to do it chronogically.
-It includes his two hit duets, "Under Pressure" with Queen and the notorious cover of "Dancing In The Streets" with Mick Jagger. I didn't expect them to be here since they were not one of his own albums but the ones of his collaborators.
-The trakc sound excellent.
-Is very easy to locate and is cheap.

Negatives:
-Several songs are edited.
-His duet with Tina Turner, "Tonight", is absent. I like that song.
-The liner notes are horrible.

Overall, this is an excellent collection of David Bowie's work. I recommend to most people.

When I saw David Bowie on many movies and tv shows, I never knew he was a singer. David Bowie would have to be another of my fav singers. With songs written well, and a voice that you cant stop listenin to. "Space Oddity" "Rebel Rebel" and even "Dancing In the Streets" with Mick Jagger. David Bowie may not be a looker, but who cares?..Hes a great singer and writer. This is his album with all his great hits on it, If you havent heard much from Bowie, this would be the one you would want to have. I admire David Bowie for his work.

If you're a casual Bowie fan like I am, then this is the cd package you want. All of the hits are here and the sound quality is very good. The booklet and the overall package are excellent.

Purest don't like the fact that many of the tunes have been edited/shortened to fit on the double cd package, however for the most part, the casual fan like myself wont ever notice the missing parts as they are usually just longer solo sections or longer endings. All the songs are great for the most part and they flow well together in this package. Personally I could do without Under Pressure and Dancing In The Streets as they are both sub par in my opinion. I like the Stones and Queen, but those tunes do neither band or Mr. Bowie any justice.

If you don't mind slightly edited tunes here and there, then this is probably the Bowie Best Of you want!

I noticed by reading most of the reviews here that this particular release is the American one. I have the Australian release which has three tracks that are not on the US edition for some inexplicable reason, namely 'Starman', 'John, I'm only Dancing' and the ironic 'Boy's keep Swinging'. These are amongst his most popular tunes. Mind you, at least the US one has the 'D.J' and 'Cat People (Putting out the Fire)'.

Still, it would have been nice if the punchy 'Look Back in Anger' was on both releases as well as the instrumental 'V2 Schneider' or even 'When I'm Five'.

As this seems to be an incomplete collection of his best it only warrants 4 stars from me.

David Bowie's influence on modern pop, rock and alternative music has been pondered countless times - let's just say that if you find yourself on this page, you agree that he's at least an accomplished hit-maker if not a full-fledged musical icon.

When a musician achieves such a high level of critical and commercial success for as long as Bowie has, he or she is bound to release multiple retrospective packages, each with slightly different aims/audiences - just the hits, hits with rarities, singles only, etc. The "Best of Bowie" two-disc edition is a great compilation that will primarily target both casual fans who want all of the familiar material that they grew up hearing and more serious fans who appreciate the convenience of having so much of Bowie's career in one ready-to-go release.

The first disc focuses on his early, more straightforward rock songs. It includes the mega-hits that everyone knows ("Changes", "Heroes") as well as the Classic-AOR standards that everyone should know ("Panic in Detroit", "Suffragette City"). Imagine a younger Nirvana fan discovering the original "The Man Who Sold the World" - that's the beauty of a "best-of" that's this well done.

The second disc starts with the experimental glam/new wave ("Fashion", "Ashes to Ashes") sound and moves through the 80s pop hits ("Modern Love", "Blue Jean") and 90s creative renaissance ("The Heart's Filthy Lesson" - the music under the credits of the film "Seven", "I'm Afraid of Americans" - a super collaboration with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails). It also includes a number of tracks that had previously been unavailable on Bowie releases: "Under Pressure" with Queen, "This is not America" (from the movie "The Falcon and the Snowman") with Pat Methany, "Under the God" from Bowie's hard-rock side project Tin Machine, and (unfortunately, according to some) the "Dancing in the Streets" duet with Mick Jagger. While none of these songs are rare per se, it's a nice bonus to have them collected here so that you don't have to track them down on their respective releases.

There will always be those who nitpick any retrospective over song selection, but think of the audience. I love the "Low" album, but anyone who appreciates it that much likely owns it outright, while anyone who just knows the hits wouldn't like it very much except for "Sound and Vision" (which is included here). As others have mentioned, some of the songs such as "Young Americans" and "Golden Years" are the edited single versions, but again, I believe that anyone attuned enough to Bowie's music to notice this should already have the originals on their initial recordings. So get over it - this best-of does a fantastic job of showcasing the talent and groundbreaking creativity that David Bowie has given to popular music.

The two-disc edition of "Best of Bowie" is a must-have for anyone looking to introduce themselves to his works or sweep up all of the familiar hits at once. It's more of a nice-to-have for more serious fans who don't feel like lugging out the "Sound+Vision" box set to relive his entire history.

Bowie has, without question, been one of the most interesting and daring artists of the last 35 years. His longevity in his feild has to be a measure of his skill. This the perfect collection to masterfully chronicle his work, for me the 1st CD is the superior since I beleive Bowie's early career to be the gritty essence of his artistry. Here you get the daring songs that speak of rebellion to convention, chronicling of early 70's drug culture and gender bendering in all it's outlandish glory. You get the tangs of dissaffected Bowie seeking new direction that dissappear in his later work which is cleaned up and commercially focussed. You can even get the last remaining twangs of his South London accent, long since ironed away.
Bowie is important in his early career for not only was a major glam rock player but he had the seeds of punk intentionally peppered in his work, while others were too interested in getting more glitter into the game.
Fabulous stuff.

David Bowie's influence from his works of the 70's and early 80's cast him as one of rock's giants. His ever-evolving persona combined with his always seeming to be in the right place at the right time musically set the bar very high for his contempararies, as well as those who followed in his footsteps. That wide range and his larger than life persona though makes it difficult to assemble a solid retrospective of his works.

Though Bowie's star shined brightest in the early years of his career, he has continued to make music for the past 20-some years while the quality of his releases noticably declined. Do you throw in the towel and pretend his career ended in the early 80's or try to paint a picture of what he's been up to at the expense of crucial early tracks? Well, this anthology tries the latter path. Though it does a decent job of cherrypicking worthy tracks from Bowie's weaker releases, Disk 2 is definately inferior when compared to the first disk, That plus the fact that a couple of his crucial tracks such as YOUNG AMERICANS, TVC15 and GOLDEN YEARS are represented by inferior, ham-fisted single edits make this far from the ideal package.

Aside from the edits just mentioned, the first disk is an excellent representation of Bowies classic years, covering his early glam hits, the Philly sould inflected middle years and the arty Eno collaborations that wound up the decade. The only thing that I would do different would be to replace the single edits with the full album length tracks, remove ALL THE YOUNG DUDES (Mott the Hoople beats Bowie at his own song) and add ALLADIN SANE or HANG ON TO YOURSELF, pushing the final tracks into disk 2.

Disk 2 is far from terrible, but I usually find myself returning to it only for a track or two at a time. The collabaration with Mick Jagger on DANCING IN THE STREETS is downright embarrassing, and BLUE GENE is one of Bowie's lamest singles. On the other hand the first 8 tracks do continue the quality of the first disk for the most part, and TIME WILL CRAWL and I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS are both solid. The rest of the tracks basically leave me ambivilant.

The bottom line would be, if you've read this far, is this a worthy introduction or summery of the man's work? Well, the answer would be yes, but with reservations. You do get most of the "best" of Bowie, that is, most of his hits and highest profile songs. If you already are a fan, there are no real rare of alternate tracks here to draw you in, just the bread and butter of the man's career which you may already own. You do get a good career spanning summery, although you I'm sure you would want to make certain additions and subtractions as i had. Aside from assuming artistic control and burning your own 2 Cd set , I will admit that this is a pretty good deal, and until a better collection comes along the best "Best of Bowie" you will find.

I absolutely love this 2 CD collection of all of David Bowie's works over the years. The music is timeless and the beat just makes you want to dance. My favourite songs are "Under Pressure", "Modern Love", "Rebel Rebel" and I love the upbeat feel of this CD. Thank you Amazon for a great collection!

All songs are remastered in an anthology of his greatest songs..Ziggy Stardust, Under Pressure, Changes, China Girl...too many here to mention. Bowie was the originator of the new wave/rock sound, and one that is copied by so many punk and new wave artists of now. But he is the real deal. There will never be another Bowie.

this ways easier to review but im not a kid.. this is a great collection for beginners and older fans wishing for a good mix of new and old bowie.. but what tha fkuc is with bowie now adays.. basically charging to go on his website.. idk hopefully hell come back down to earth

David Bowie is one of the more interesting and confounding artists of the past 30+ years. If you're considering buying a greatest hits compilation of his, I will assume you're not entirely familiar with his works.

His material has often been brilliant and challenging, from his early folk days, to Ziggy Stardust, to his Berlin era electronic excursions. Although much of his catolgue is worth celebrating, even a devoted fan such as myself would have to admit that he isn't necessarily the most original or innovative musician, and his post 1980 work is far from essential.

That said, if one is not familiar with David Bowie's work, I would have no issue recommending this compilation as it does offer much of his best work, all in one place and could be a safer proposition than jumping right into his albums (although ...Ziggy Stardust would be a great start for anyone). The one real drawback would be that the two disk set is rather evenly divided in regards to eras. This could be seen as problematic given that the first half of his career has been superior to what has followed.

these cd's are the best and i'm only 12. IT has all the best songs including Changes which has been stuck in my head from a girl in my school . If u buy it you will be very content