The Collection (David Bowie album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Collection
Type = compilation
Artist = David Bowie


Released = start date|2005|5|3
Recorded = 1969-1980
Genre = Rock
Length = 57:27
Label = EMI/Virgin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfpxqqsld0e link]
Last album = "Reality"
(2003)
This album = "The Collection"
(2005)
Next album = "Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks)" (2005)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = David Bowie compilation
Type = compilation
Last album = "Best of Bowie" (2002)
This album = "The Collection"
(2005)
Next album = "The Platinum Collection"
(2005)

"The Collection" is a 2005 compilation album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It contains one song from every studio album Bowie released from "Space Oddity" (1969) to "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" (1980). This compilation omits the hits and focuses on lesser known album tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie.
#"Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" (from "Space Oddity", 1969) – 6:15
#"The Width of a Circle" (from "The Man Who Sold the World", 1970) – 8:07
#"Andy Warhol" (from "Hunky Dory", 1971) – 3:47
#"Soul Love" (from "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars", 1972) – 3:36
#"Cracked Actor" (from "Aladdin Sane", 1973) – 2:58
#"Sweet Thing" (from "Diamond Dogs") – 3:40
#"Somebody Up There Likes Me" (from "Young Americans", 1975) – 6:31
#"Word on a Wing" (from "Station to Station", 1976) – 6:02
#"Always Crashing in the Same Car" (from "Low", 1977) – 3:31
#"Beauty and the Beast" (from ""Heroes"", 1977) – 3:37
#"Repetition" (from "Lodger", 1979) – 3:01
#"Teenage Wildlife" (from "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)", 1980) – 6:55