Changestwobowie
1981 compilation album by David Bowie
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Changestwobowie is a compilation album by English rock musician David Bowie, issued in November 1981 through RCA Records.[5] It is a companion volume to the 1976 compilation Changesonebowie, and its title and artwork follow the format of that album.
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| Released | 16 November 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1971–1980 | |||
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| Length | 42:37 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| Singles from Changestwobowie | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[4] |
In addition to selected post-1976 singles, the album collected five songs from earlier in Bowie's career that had not appeared on Changesonebowie, including "Wild Is the Wind" from Station to Station, which was released as a single to promote the album, along with a newly filmed video for the track.[6] However, the album did not repeat the chart success of the earlier compilation, reaching No. 24[7] on the UK Album Chart and No. 68 in the United States.
RCA reissued the album on CD in 1984, but it was soon deleted, along with Bowie's other albums, owing to a conflict between Bowie and RCA. Changestwobowie was not reissued when Rykodisc obtained the rights to re-release the Bowie catalog in 1990; Rykodisc assembled a new compilation, Changesbowie, an expanded version of RCA's Changesonebowie, instead.
Changestwobowie was reissued in its original form by Rhino, on vinyl, CD, and digital/streaming formats, on 13 April 2018.[8]
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)/On Broadway" (Bowie, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller[9]) | Aladdin Sane (1973) | 5:10 |
| 2. | "Oh! You Pretty Things" | Hunky Dory (1971) | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Starman" | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) | 4:14 |
| 4. | "1984" | Diamond Dogs (1974) | 3:28 |
| 5. | "Ashes to Ashes" (single edit) | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980) | 3:37 |
| Total length: | 19:42 | ||
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Sound and Vision" | Low (1977) | 3:03 |
| 2. | "Fashion" (single edit) | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) | Station to Station (1976) | 6:03 |
| 4. | "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) 1975" | Recorded 1974; single A-side (1979) | 6:59 |
| 5. | "DJ" (single edit; Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar) | Lodger (1979) | 3:25 |
| Total length: | 22:55 (42:37) | ||
Charts
Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| BPI – UK | Gold | 12 January 1982 |