ISELECT

"iSelect" (or "iSELECT: BOWIE") [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/145212-david-bowie-digs-into-his-catalog-for-new-compilation David Bowie Digs Into His Catalog for New Compilation] ] is a David Bowie compilation CD first released 29 June, 2008 in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland only.

This CD is a collection of personal favourites compiled by Bowie himself [The Mail On Sunday, June 29th, 2008 edition] and was available exclusively as a free gift with the June 29th edition of British newspaper The Mail On Sunday.

The compilation is notable for two reasons. Firstly that Bowie avoided the usual greatest hits route and instead compiled a selection of favourite album tracks. Indeed the album contains only three singles (Life On Mars, Loving the Alien, and Time Will Crawl), of which only Life On Mars dates from his "classic" 1970's period.

Secondly, it is the only release to contain the track "Some Are" which has been unavailable since the mid-1990's deletion of the 1991 edition of Bowie's 1977 album Low on which it was included as a bonus track.

Further release

Due to popular demand, it was announced that Virgin/EMI would release the CD on October 14, 2008. [ [http://www.davidbowie.com/news/ bowieNet July 15, 2008 News] ; URL accessed July 15, 2008] [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/145212-david-bowie-digs-into-his-catalog-for-new-compilation David Bowie Digs Into His Catalog for New Compilation] ] It will be identical to the one released by "The Mail On Sunday" except it will be in a standard jewel case and the booklet will contain the song-by-song comments that were published in the newspaper.

Track listing

# "Life on Mars?" – (from the album "Hunky Dory")
# "Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)" – (from the album "Diamond Dogs")
# "The Bewlay Brothers" – (from the album "Hunky Dory")
# "Lady Grinning Soul" – (from the album "Aladdin Sane")
# "Win" – (from the album "Young Americans")
# "Some Are" – (bonus track on the 1991 re-issue of the album "Low" [ [http://www.nndb.com/music/559/000039442/ David Bowie ] ] )
# "Teenage Wildlife" – (from the album "Scary Monsters")
# "Repetition" – (from the album "Lodger")
# "Fantastic Voyage" – (from the album "Lodger")
# "Loving the Alien" – (from the album "Tonight")
# "Time Will Crawl (MM Remix)" – (original version on album "Never Let Me Down")
# "Hang on to Yourself (Live)" – (from the album "Live Santa Monica '72")

External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/release/1399318 iSelect] (CD, Compilation, Promo) on Discogs.

References