Fame and Fashion

Fame and Fashion
Compilation album by
David Bowie
ReleasedApril 1984
Recorded1969–1980
GenreRock
Length54:15
LabelRCA
ProducerProducer varies from track to track
David Bowie chronology
Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture
(1983) 		Fame and Fashion
(1984) 		Love You till Tuesday
(1984)
David Bowie compilation chronology
Golden Years
(1982) 		Fame and Fashion
(1984) 		Changesbowie
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[3]

Fame and Fashion is a compilation album by English musician David Bowie, issued in 1984 by RCA Records featuring songs recorded from 1969's David Bowie through 1980's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). It was released on LP, cassette, and CD formats. The subtitle "David Bowie's All-Time Greatest Hits" appears along with the title on LP and cassette labels, as well as on the CD face and inserts.

After Bowie left RCA Records in the early 1980s, RCA, wishing to continue to capitalize on Bowie's immense popularity at the time, continued to release compilation albums without his permission or input. All the songs except "'Heroes'" were previously issued on the Changesonebowie and Changestwobowie compilation albums, and three, "Golden Years", "Fashion", and "Ashes to Ashes" appeared on the Golden Years compilation less than a year earlier. In addition, on both the LP's second side and the corresponding tracks on the CD, the original stereo channels are swapped.[4]

Soon after the release of this album and the reissue of his entire RCA album catalog on compact disc, Bowie reclaimed the rights to his recordings and his entire RCA catalog went out of print until Bowie struck a deal with Rykodisc to reissue his recordings, beginning in 1989. As this album, and the previous compilation Golden Years were issued without Bowie's authorization, neither album has been reissued in any form.

Track listing

All tracks written by David Bowie except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Space Oddity" (from David Bowie, 1969) – 5:15
  2. "Changes" (from Hunky Dory, 1971) – 3:33
  3. "Starman" (from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972) – 4:10
  4. "1984" (from Diamond Dogs, 1974) – 3:24
  5. "Young Americans" (from Young Americans, 1975) – 5:10
  6. "Fame" (Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon) (from Young Americans) – 4:00

Side two

  1. "Golden Years" (from Station to Station, 1976) – 4:03
  2. "TVC 15" (from Station to Station) – 5:29
  3. "'Heroes'" (Bowie, Brian Eno) (from "Heroes", 1977) – 6:07
  4. "D.J." (Bowie, Eno, Alomar) (from Lodger, 1979) – 3:59
  5. "Fashion" (from Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), 1980) – 4:51
  6. "Ashes to Ashes" (from Scary Monsters) – 4:21

Chart performance

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Review: Fame & Fashion. Allmusic. Retrieved on 8 June 2013.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
  3. ^ Sheffield 1995, p. 55.
  4. ^ Pegg, Nicholas (2016). The Complete David Bowie (7th expanded ed.). Titan Books.
  5. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). ISBN 9781094705002.
  7. ^ "David Bowie > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. ^ "David Bowie Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

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