Nothing’s gonna touch you in these golden years…
Next Monday (November 7th) sees the release by
As you’d no doubt expect, we have ten copies to give away to an equal number of lucky BowieNetters…and so straight on to the easy peasy contest question.
The Platinum Collection covers the period 1969 to 1987 covered by the sixteen studio albums listed below.
Space Oddity
The Man Who Sold The World
Hunky Dory
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Aladdin Sane
Pin Ups
Diamond Dogs
Young Americans
Station To Station
Low
“Heroes”
Lodger
Scary Monsters…And Super Creeps
Let’s Dance
Tonight
Never Let Me Down
What we want to know, is: which of the original albums above are represented by just one track each on The Platinum Collection?
Don’t concern yourself with single versions, etc. For example, though Ashes To Ashes is the single version on The Platinum Collection it still represents Scary Monsters…And Super Creeps.
Here’s the tracklisting of the three CDs which make up The Platinum Collection to make things a little easier:
The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974
01 The Jean Genie
02 Space Oddity
03 Starman
04 Ziggy Stardust
05 John, I’m Only Dancing
06 Rebel Rebel
07 Let’s Spend The Night Together
08 Suffragette City
09 Oh! You Pretty Things
10 Velvet Goldmine
11 Drive-in Saturday
12 Diamond Dogs
13 Changes
14 Sorrow
15 The Prettiest Star
16 Life On Mars?
17 Aladdin Sane
18 The Man Who Sold The World
19 Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide
20 All The Young Dudes
The Best Of David Bowie 1974/1979
01 Sound And Vision
02 Golden Years
03 Fame
04 Young Americans
05 John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)
06 Can You Hear Me
07 Wild Is The Wind
08 Knock On Wood
09 TVC 15
10 1984
11 It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City
12 Look Back In Anger
13 The Secret Life Of Arabia
14 D.J.
15 Beauty And The Beast
16 Breaking Glass
17 Boys Keep Swinging
18 “Heroes”
The Best Of David Bowie 1980/1987
01 Let’s Dance
02 Ashes To Ashes
03 Under Pressure (Queen with David Bowie)
04 Fashion
05 Modern Love
06 China Girl
07 Scary Monsters
08 Up The Hill Backwards
09 Alabama Song
10 Drowned Girl
11 Cat People (film version)
12 This Is Not America (David Bowie and The Pat Metheny Group)
13 Loving The Alien
14 Absolute Beginners
15 When The Wind Blows
16 Blue Jean
17 Day-In Day-Out
18 Time Will Crawl
19 Underground
Send your answer to me here.
Usual rules apply: Only one entry per BowieNet account. Also, please remember you must enter using your BowieNet e-mail or at least supply your BowieNet user name.
The competition ends at midnight UK time on Sunday November 6th, and we’ll announce the winners on the following Monday morning. Good luck, folx.