The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987

Infobox Album
Name = The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987
Type = compilation
Artist = David Bowie


Released = start date|2007|3|19
Recorded = 1979-1987
Genre = Rock
Length = 77:14 (CD only)
Label = EMI/Virgin
Producer = "Producer varies from track to track"
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pfixz95ldae link]
*Music Box Rating|3|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/best-of-david-bowie-07152007.html link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/43240-best-of-bowie-1980-1987 link]
*Prefix Magazine rating-10|4 [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/D/david-bowie/the-best-of-david-bowie-19801987/3205]
Last album = "The Platinum Collection"
(2005)
This album = "The Best of 1980/1987"
(2007)
Next album = "Live in Santa Monica '72"
(2008)

"The Best of David Bowie 1980-1987" is a David Bowie compilation album. The CD was originally released by EMI as part of "The Platinum Collection" in 2005/06. The 2007 release is part of EMI's two-disc Sight & Sound series, each of which features a CD and DVD of material from the same artist. The DVD portion of the collection features two videos previously unreleased on DVD - "When the Wind Blows" and "The Drowned Girl".

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie except as noted.
# "Let's Dance" (single version) – 4:07
# "Ashes to Ashes" (single version) – 3:36
# "Under Pressure" (Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, Roger Taylor) (single version) – 4:05
# "Fashion" (single version) – 3:26
# "Modern Love" (single version) – 3:58
# "China Girl" (single version) – 4:17
# "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" (single version) – 3:32
# "Up the Hill Backwards" – 3:15
# "Alabama Song" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) – 3:52
# "The Drowned Girl" – 2:26
# "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (Bowie, Giorgio Moroder) (single version) – 4:12
# "This Is Not America" (with Pat Metheny Group) (Bowie, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) – 3:51
# "Loving the Alien" (with Tina Turner) (Bowie, Iggy Pop) – 7:08
# "Absolute Beginners" – 5:37
# "When the Wind Blows" (Bowie, Erdal Kizilcay) – 3:34
# "Blue Jean" – 3:11
# "Day-In Day-Out" – 4:11
# "Time Will Crawl" – 4:18
# "Underground" (single version) – 4:26

DVD

# "Ashes to Ashes"
# "Fashion"
# "Under Pressure"
# "The Drowned Girl" (previously unreleased)
# "Let's Dance"
# "China Girl"
# "Modern Love"
# "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"
# "Blue Jean"
# "Loving the Alien"
# "Absolute Beginners"
# "Underground"
# "When the Wind Blows" (previously unreleased)
# "Day-In Day-Out"
# "Time Will Crawl"