Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie)
2016 greatest hits album by David Bowie
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Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) (also known as Legacy) is a greatest hits album by English musician David Bowie, released on 11 November 2016 through Sony Music Entertainment in the US and Warner Music Group in the UK and several territories. Legacy marks Bowie’s first title to reach 400 weeks on the UK albums chart and is one of the albums which have spent the most weeks on the chart.[2]
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| Released | 11 November 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–2015 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 150:55 (2-disc) 77:04 (1-disc) | |||
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The album's contents are mostly identical to the two-disc edition of Bowie's previous greatest hits album Nothing Has Changed (2014).[3] "Love Is Lost" and "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", which were present on Nothing Has Changed, are replaced by three new selections: "Lazarus" and "I Can't Give Everything Away", both from Bowie's final studio album Blackstar (2016), and the radio edit of the Heathen song "Slow Burn" (which also appears on the three-disc version of Nothing Has Changed).[4] Additionally, a new mix of "Life on Mars?" by Ken Scott, the song's original co-producer, replaces the original version from Hunky Dory (1971), and was released as a single and a special music video to promote the compilation.[4]
A one-disc version, with a non-chronological track listing, was also made available in some markets.[3] A vinyl LP is also available.
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
Two-disc version
Disc one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Space Oddity" | David Bowie | 5:14 | |
| 2. | "The Man Who Sold the World" | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | |
| 3. | "Changes" | Hunky Dory | 3:35 | |
| 4. | "Oh! You Pretty Things" | Hunky Dory | 3:12 | |
| 5. | "Life on Mars?" (2016 mix) | Hunky Dory | 3:40 | |
| 6. | "Starman" (original single mix) | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 4:12 | |
| 7. | "Ziggy Stardust" | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 3:12 | |
| 8. | "Moonage Daydream" | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 4:39 | |
| 9. | "The Jean Genie" (original single mix) | Aladdin Sane | 4:05 | |
| 10. | "All the Young Dudes" | outtake from Aladdin Sane | 3:08 | |
| 11. | "Drive-In Saturday" | Aladdin Sane | 4:30 | |
| 12. | "Sorrow" |
| Pin Ups | 2:53 |
| 13. | "Rebel Rebel" | Diamond Dogs | 4:30 | |
| 14. | "Young Americans" (US single version) | Young Americans | 3:13 | |
| 15. | "Fame" | Young Americans | 4:16 | |
| 16. | "Golden Years" (single version) | Station to Station | 3:27 | |
| 17. | "Sound and Vision" | Low | 3:03 | |
| 18. | ""Heroes"" (single version) |
| "Heroes" | 3:33 |
| 19. | "Boys Keep Swinging" |
| Lodger | 3:17 |
| 20. | "Fashion" (single version) | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | 3:26 | |
| 21. | "Ashes to Ashes" (single version) | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | 3:35 |
Disc two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Under Pressure" (with Queen) | Hot Space | 4:08 | |
| 2. | "Let's Dance" (single version) | Let's Dance | 4:08 | |
| 3. | "China Girl" (single version) |
| Let's Dance | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Modern Love" (single version) | Let's Dance | 3:56 | |
| 5. | "Blue Jean" | Tonight | 3:11 | |
| 6. | "This Is Not America" (with the Pat Metheny Group) |
| The Falcon and the Snowman soundtrack | 3:51 |
| 7. | "Dancing in the Street" (with Mick Jagger) | Non-album single | 3:10 | |
| 8. | "Absolute Beginners" (single version) | Absolute Beginners soundtrack | 4:46 | |
| 9. | "Jump They Say" (radio edit) | Black Tie White Noise | 3:54 | |
| 10. | "Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix; with the Pet Shop Boys) |
| 1. Outside | 4:25 |
| 11. | "Little Wonder" (single version) | Earthling | 3:42 | |
| 12. | "I'm Afraid of Americans" (V1 Trent Reznor remix) (Radio edit) |
| Earthling | 4:25 |
| 13. | "Thursday's Child" (radio edit) |
| 'hours...' | 4:26 |
| 14. | "Slow Burn" (radio edit) | Heathen | 3:58 | |
| 15. | "Everyone Says 'Hi'" (edited version) | Heathen | 3:29 | |
| 16. | "New Killer Star" (radio edit) | Reality | 3:43 | |
| 17. | "Where Are We Now?" | The Next Day | 4:09 | |
| 18. | "Lazarus" (single edit) | ★ | 4:05 | |
| 19. | "I Can't Give Everything Away" (single edit) | ★ | 4:26 |
Single-disc version / Vinyl LP version
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Let's Dance" (single version) | Let's Dance | 4:08 | |
| 2. | "Ashes to Ashes" (single version) | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | 3:35 | |
| 3. | "Under Pressure" (with Queen) |
| Hot Space | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Life on Mars?" (2016 mix) | Hunky Dory | 3:35 | |
| 5. | "Changes" | Hunky Dory | 3:35 | |
| 6. | "The Man Who Sold the World" | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | |
| 7. | "Space Oddity" | David Bowie | 5:14 | |
| 8. | "Starman" (single version) | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 4:08 | |
| 9. | "Ziggy Stardust" (single version) | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 4:08 | |
| 10. | "The Jean Genie" (single version) | Aladdin Sane | 4:05 | |
| 11. | "Rebel Rebel" | Diamond Dogs | 4:30 | |
| 12. | "Young Americans" (single version) | Young Americans | 3:15 | |
| 13. | "Golden Years" (single version) | Station to Station | 3:27 | |
| 14. | "Modern Love" (single version) | Let's Dance | 3:58 | |
| 15. | "China Girl" (single version) | Let's Dance | 4:15 | |
| 16. | "Fame" (single version) | Young Americans | 4:16 | |
| 17. | "Sound and Vision" | Low | 3:03 | |
| 18. | "'Heroes'" (single version) | "Heroes" | 3:33 | |
| 19. | "Where Are We Now?" | The Next Day | 4:09 | |
| 20. | "Lazarus" (single version) | ★ | 4:05 |
"Modern Love" is found in the US version only. In the UK/Europe version, Mick Jagger & David Bowie's "Dancing in the Street" is in its place. The UK/Europe vinyl LP version includes “Oh, You Pretty Things” that is not included on the US vinyl LP version.
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