David Bowie ChangesBowie CD - Import

Long before Madonna started changing hairstyles between albums, David Bowie set the standard (and continues to do so) for chameleonic music styles that go beyond mere hair dye. CHANGESBOWIE is the perfect road map that allows the listener to hear the different pitstops Bowie made into the mid-'80s. Throughout the '70s, Bowie's personas included space alien ("Ziggy Stardust," "Suffragette City"), theatrical raconteur ("Rebel, Rebel"), blue-eyed soulster ("Young Americans") and Thin White Duke ("Golden Years"). After spending time in Berlin under self-imposed exile ("Heroes"), he returned to the West and within a few short years, David Bowie was back on the top of the charts thanks to a dance-rock collaboration with Nile Rodgers ("Let's Dance"). Bowie's constant need to reinvent himself is so pervasive that upon originally releasing this collection on Rykodisc, he returned to the studio and recorded an updated, '90s remix of "Fame" that sounds as if Art Of Noise were his back-up band.

Bowie's 1990 hits compilation, deleted in the U.S. Contains 18 of the Thin White Duke's finest from 1969-1990, all digitally remastered. Includes 'Space Oddity', 'Changes', 'Suffragette City', 'Rebel Rebel', 'Young Americans', 'Golden Years', 'Ashes To Ashes', 'Let's Dance' and 'Blue Jean'. 1990 release.

A notable reissue of the heretofore out-of-print in the U.S. collection from England's premier glam rocker. This latter day edition incorporates tracks from 'Changestwobowie' into this single volume, 'Changesbowie'. Originally released at the end of the 'Sound + Vision' reissue series. Includes the exclusive track 'Fame '90.' 1999.

Personnel includes: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, stylogram, saxophone, keyboards); John Lennon (vocals, guitar); Mick Ronson, Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick, Robert Fripp, Nile Rodgers, Stevie Ray Vaughan (guitar); Lenny Pickett (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Steve Elson (flute, baritone saxophone); Stan Harrison (alto & tenor saxophone); David Sanborn (saxophone); Mike Garson (piano, keyboards); Roy Bittan (piano, drums); Rick Wakeman (piano); Brian Eno (keyboards); Herbie Flowers, Willie Weeks, Carmine Rojas (bass); Mick Woodmansey, Aynsley Dunbar, Andy Newmark, Omar Hakim (drums); Larry Washington (congas); Pablo Rosario (percussion); Robin Clark, Luther Vandross, Tony Visconti, Frank Simms, George Simms, David Spinner (background vocals).