Five Years (1969–1973)

Five Years (1969–1973)
Five Years (1969–1973)
Box set by David Bowie
Released	25 September 2015
Recorded	June 1969 – July 1973
Genre	Folk rock; glam rock; hard rock;
Length	524:58 (12 CDs / 13 LPs)
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Various
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David Bowie box set chronology

Five Years (1969–1973) is a box set by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in September 2015. The period of Bowie's career from 1969 to 1973 is summarised over twelve discs and thirteen LPs. Exclusive to the box sets is Re:Call 1, a new compilation of non-album singles, single versions and B-sides. The collection is the first in a series of box sets covering Bowie's entire career, and the only one released prior to his death in January 2016.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Released25 September 2015

RecordedJune 1969 – July 1973

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Length524:58 (12 CDs / 13 LPs)

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Pitchfork	8.2/10^[4]
PopMatters	10/10^[5]

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"Space Oddity"	5:16
2.	"Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" (includes the hidden track "Don't Sit Down")	6:52
3.	"Letter to Hermione"	2:36
4.	"Cygnet Committee"	9:39
Total length:		24:23

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Janine"	3:25
6.	"An Occasional Dream"	3:00
7.	"Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud"	4:53
8.	"God Knows I'm Good"	3:22
9.	"Memory of a Free Festival"	7:10
Total length:		21:50 (46:13)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Width of a Circle"	8:10
2.	"All the Madmen"	5:43
3.	"Black Country Rock"	3:36
4.	"After All"	4:00
Total length:		21:29

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Running Gun Blues"	3:15
6.	"Saviour Machine"	4:30
7.	"She Shook Me Cold"	4:17
8.	"The Man Who Sold the World"	4:01
9.	"The Supermen"	3:41
Total length:		19:44 (41:13)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Changes"	3:37
2.	"Oh! You Pretty Things"	3:12
3.	"Eight Line Poem"	2:55
4.	"Life on Mars?"	3:55
5.	"Kooks"	2:53
6.	"Quicksand"	5:06
Total length:		21:38

Five Years (1969–1973)

Overview

Track listing

David Bowie (a.k.a. Space Oddity, 2015 remaster)

The Man Who Sold the World (2015 remaster)

Hunky Dory (2015 remaster)

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2012 remaster)

Aladdin Sane (2013 remaster)

Pin Ups (2015 remaster)

Live Santa Monica '72 (2008 remaster)

Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture Soundtrack (2003 mix)

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2003 Ken Scott mix)

Re:Call 1 (remastered tracks)

Charts

References

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No.	Title	Length
7.	"Fill Your Heart" (Biff Rose, Paul Williams)	3:10
8.	"Andy Warhol"	3:54
9.	"Song for Bob Dylan"	4:13
10.	"Queen Bitch"	3:20
11.	"The Bewlay Brothers"	5:29
Total length:		20:06 (41:44)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Five Years"	4:43
2.	"Soul Love"	3:34
3.	"Moonage Daydream"	4:40
4.	"Starman"	4:14
5.	"It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies)	2:57
Total length:		20:08

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Lady Stardust"	3:21
7.	"Star"	2:47
8.	"Hang On to Yourself"	2:39
9.	"Ziggy Stardust"	3:13
10.	"Suffragette City"	3:28
11.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"	2:58
Total length:		18:26 (38:34)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Watch That Man"	4:30
2.	"Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"	5:08
3.	"Drive-In Saturday"	4:37
4.	"Panic in Detroit"	4:28
5.	"Cracked Actor"	3:01
Total length:		21:44

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Time"	5:15
7.	"The Prettiest Star"	3:31
8.	"Let's Spend the Night Together" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)	3:10
9.	"The Jean Genie"	4:08
10.	"Lady Grinning Soul"	3:55
Total length:		19:59 (41:43)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Artist	Length
1.	"Rosalyn"	Jimmy Duncan, Bill Farley	Pretty Things	2:21
2.	"Here Comes the Night"	Bert Berns	Them	3:09
3.	"I Wish You Would"	Billy Boy Arnold	The Yardbirds	2:48
4.	"See Emily Play"	Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	4:13
5.	"Everything's Alright"	Nicky Crouch, John Konrad, Simon Stavely, Stuart James, Keith Karlson	The Mojos	2:28
6.	"I Can't Explain"	Pete Townshend	The Who	2:15
Total length:				17:14

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Artist	Length
7.	"Friday on My Mind"	George Young, Harry Vanda	The Easybeats	2:56
8.	"Sorrow"	Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer	The Merseys	2:53
9.	"Don't Bring Me Down"	Johnnie Dee	Pretty Things	2:06
10.	"Shapes of Things"	Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf	The Yardbirds	2:53
11.	"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"	Roger Daltrey, Townshend	The Who	3:13
12.	"Where Have All the Good Times Gone"	Ray Davies	The Kinks	2:41
Total length:				16:42 (33:56)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction"	0:13
2.	"Hang On to Yourself"	2:46
3.	"Ziggy Stardust"	3:22
4.	"Changes"	3:27
5.	"The Supermen"	2:55
6.	"Life on Mars?"	3:27
Total length:		16:10

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Five Years"		4:32
8.	"Space Oddity"		5:04
9.	"Andy Warhol"		3:49
10.	"My Death"	Eric Blau Mort Shuman Jacques Brel	5:50
Total length:			19:15

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Width of a Circle"	10:43
2.	"Queen Bitch"	3:00
3.	"Moonage Daydream"	4:53
4.	"John, I'm Only Dancing"	3:16
Total length:		21:52

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Space Oddity" (original UK mono single edit)		4:42
2.	"Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" (original UK mono single version)		4:52
3.	"Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola" (Italian version of "Space Oddity")	Bowie Mogol	5:06
4.	"The Prettiest Star" (original mono single version (with Marc Bolan on guitar))		3:13
5.	"Conversation Piece" (B-side to "The Prettiest Star")		3:07
Total length:			21:00

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Memory of a Free Festival (Part 1)"	4:03
7.	"Memory of a Free Festival (Part 2)"	3:34
8.	"All the Madmen" (mono single edit; previously unreleased)	3:15
9.	"Janine" (mono version)	3:23
10.	"Holy Holy" (original mono single version; only ever issued on original '71 Mercury single)	3:13
11.	"Moonage Daydream" (The Arnold Corns single version)	3:53
12.	"Hang On to Yourself" (The Arnold Corns single version)	2:52
Total length:		24:13

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Round and Round"	Chuck Berry	2:42
8.	"Time" (U.S. single edit)		3:43
9.	"John, I'm Only Dancing" (sax version)		2:45
10.	"Amsterdam"	Brel	3:27
11.	"Holy Holy" (Spiders version)		2:18
12.	"Velvet Goldmine" (B-side to the 1975 single reissue of "Space Oddity")		3:10
Total length:			18:05 (85:19)

Chart (2015–16)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[10]	46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[11]	82
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[12]	68
French Albums (SNEP)^[13]	156
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	63
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[15]	24
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[16]	100
UK Albums (OCC)^[17]	45
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[18]	23
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[19]	23

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Waiting for the Man"	Lou Reed	5:44
6.	"The Jean Genie"		4:00
7.	"Suffragette City"		4:11
8.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"		3:01
Total length:			16:56 (74:13)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction" (incorporating Beethoven's Ninth Symphony arranged and performed by Wendy Carlos) (Ludwig van Beethoven)	1:06
2.	"Hang On to Yourself"	2:56
3.	"Ziggy Stardust"	3:19
4.	"Watch That Man"	4:14
5.	"Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud"	3:15
6.	"All the Young Dudes"	1:38
7.	"Oh! You Pretty Things"	1:46
Total length:		18:14

No.	Title	Length
8.	"Moonage Daydream"	6:25
9.	"Changes"	3:36
10.	"Space Oddity"	5:05
11.	"My Death" (Blau, Shuman, Brel)	7:21
Total length:		22:27

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction" (incorporating the William Tell Overture) (Gioacchino Rossini)	1:02
2.	"Cracked Actor"	3:04
3.	"Time"	5:31
4.	"The Width of a Circle"	15:45
Total length:		25:22

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Let's Spend the Night Together"	Jagger Richards	3:02
6.	"Suffragette City"		4:32
7.	"White Light/White Heat"	Reed	4:01
8.	"Farewell Speech"		0:39
9.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"		5:17
Total length:			17:31 (83:34)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Changes" (mono single version)	3:39
2.	"Andy Warhol" (mono single version)	3:07
3.	"Starman" (original single mix)	4:17
4.	"John, I'm Only Dancing" (original single version)	2:47
5.	"The Jean Genie" (original single mix)	4:08
6.	"Drive-In Saturday" (German single edit)	4:03
Total length:		22:01