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Title: The Platinum Collection
By: David Bowie
Year’: (of release) 2005
Genre: Glam Rock
Summery: The Platinum Collection is a 3-disc album comprised of three albums that can be bought individually: The Best of David Bowie 1969 / 1974 (purple), The Best of David Bowie 1974 / 1979 (blue) and The Best of David Bowie 1980 / 1987 (orange), each with an approximate of 20 tracks per disc ((more accurately, 20 on purple, 19 on blue and 18 on orange)). As the title suggests, these discs do contain "the best" – or in my opinion, those that are more known and mainstream –hits of David Bowie, from The Jean Genie, to Sound and Vision, to Let’s Dance; all the popular tracks we grew up with are in this collection.
Being world renound, very few can say they have never heard of David Bowie or heard any of his songs; shows like Daria (series), A Knight's Tale (film), School of Rock (series with Gene Simmons), Zoolander (film) and Extras (series) have all contained Bowie songs at one point or another – even David Bowie himself! His music is used so often that some are surprised when they realise that some of the songs they grew up listening to were all done by the same artist!
This was the case for me, I admit. Growing up, songs like Ashes to Ashes, China Girl, Rebel Rebel, Under Pressure and Sorrow were always playing on the lunch-time radio. Not having the fortune of growing up in the 60s, 70s and 80s, I didn't come to realise who David Bowie was until somewhere in the mid 90s. Still, it was refreshing to know that all my childhood songs would be easier to track down. Most are catchy, many are meaningful, and some are slightly confusing when first listened to ((if you do not know the meaning behind the songs, at least)). The fact remains that here is an album with the majority of Bowie’s classics rolled up into one, and anyone new to Bowie would be bound to go through some Changes upon hearing their childhood favourites in the mix.
Rating: Kiss, darling. It's the absolute Must Have album for anyone seeking to introduce themselves to the works of David Bowie, as well as for Areaologists who just want to collect as many of his albums as possible.
By: David Bowie
Year’: (of release) 2005
Genre: Glam Rock
Summery: The Platinum Collection is a 3-disc album comprised of three albums that can be bought individually: The Best of David Bowie 1969 / 1974 (purple), The Best of David Bowie 1974 / 1979 (blue) and The Best of David Bowie 1980 / 1987 (orange), each with an approximate of 20 tracks per disc ((more accurately, 20 on purple, 19 on blue and 18 on orange)). As the title suggests, these discs do contain "the best" – or in my opinion, those that are more known and mainstream –hits of David Bowie, from The Jean Genie, to Sound and Vision, to Let’s Dance; all the popular tracks we grew up with are in this collection.
Being world renound, very few can say they have never heard of David Bowie or heard any of his songs; shows like Daria (series), A Knight's Tale (film), School of Rock (series with Gene Simmons), Zoolander (film) and Extras (series) have all contained Bowie songs at one point or another – even David Bowie himself! His music is used so often that some are surprised when they realise that some of the songs they grew up listening to were all done by the same artist!
This was the case for me, I admit. Growing up, songs like Ashes to Ashes, China Girl, Rebel Rebel, Under Pressure and Sorrow were always playing on the lunch-time radio. Not having the fortune of growing up in the 60s, 70s and 80s, I didn't come to realise who David Bowie was until somewhere in the mid 90s. Still, it was refreshing to know that all my childhood songs would be easier to track down. Most are catchy, many are meaningful, and some are slightly confusing when first listened to ((if you do not know the meaning behind the songs, at least)). The fact remains that here is an album with the majority of Bowie’s classics rolled up into one, and anyone new to Bowie would be bound to go through some Changes upon hearing their childhood favourites in the mix.
Rating: Kiss, darling. It's the absolute Must Have album for anyone seeking to introduce themselves to the works of David Bowie, as well as for Areaologists who just want to collect as many of his albums as possible.
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