''Bowie – The Video Collection'' is a video album by

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...

, released in 1993. It included most official music videos made by Bowie between 1972 and 1990.

Release and reception

This video collection was released as a tie-in to the audio release of Bowie's '' The Singles Collection'', released at the same time and with similar packaging. The release was hailed by '' Q'' magazine at the time as "the greatest video collection ever seen" and contained most, but not all of, Bowie's official videos released between 1972 and 1990. It did not include any videos from Bowie's time with

Tin Machine Tin Machine were a British–American Rock music, rock band formed in 1988. The band consisted of English singer-songwriter David Bowie on lead vocals, saxophone and guitar; Reeves Gabrels on guitar and vocals; Tony Fox Sales on bass and vocals ...

, nor did it include any of the videos from his album ''

Black Tie White Noise ''Black Tie White Noise'' is the eighteenth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 5 April 1993 through Savage Records in the United States and Arista Records in the United Kingdom. Conceived following Bowie's marri ...

'' video collection, which had been released only a few months prior, Real Cool World, which was the soundtrack to the film Cool World, was also not included. It also does not include

Under Pressure "Under Pressure" is a song by the British rock band Queen and singer David Bowie. Originally released as a single in October 1981, it was later included on Queen's tenth studio album ''Hot Space'' (1982). The song reached number one on the U ...

in collaboration with

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and

This is Not America "This Is Not America" is a song by English singer David Bowie and American jazz fusion band the Pat Metheny Group, taken from the The Falcon and the Snowman (album), soundtrack to the 1985 film ''The Falcon and the Snowman''. It was released as ...

in collaboration with the

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, which was the soundtrack for the film The Falcon and the Snowman. Notable video inclusions on this release were the videos for " As the World Falls Down" and "

Never Let Me Down ''Never Let Me Down'' is the seventeenth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 21 April 1987 through EMI America Records. Co-produced by Bowie and David Richards (record producer), David Richards and featuring guit ...

", which until this compilation, had not previously been officially released.

Track listing

All tracks were written by

, except where noted, and include the year the video was originally made. # "Space Oddity" (''

'', December 1972) # "John I'm Only Dancing" (non-album single, September 1972) # "The Jean Genie" ('' Aladdin Sane'', November 1972) # "Life on Mars?" ('' Hunky Dory'', June 1973) # "Be My Wife" ('' Low'', June 1977) # ""Heroes"" (Bowie,

Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...

) ('' "Heroes"'', September 1977) # "Boys Keep Swinging" (Bowie, Eno) ('' Lodger'', April 1979) # "Look Back in Anger" (Bowie, Eno) (''Lodger'', August 1979) # "D.J." (Bowie, Eno,

Carlos Alomar Carlos Alomar (born 7 May 1951) is a Puerto Rican guitarist. He is best known for his work with David Bowie from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s, having played on more Bowie albums than any other musician. History The son of a Pentecostal mi ...

) (''Lodger'', June 1979) # "Ashes to Ashes" ('' Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)'', August 1980) # "Fashion" (''Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)'', October 1980) # "Wild Is the Wind" (Washington, Tiomkin) (''

Station to Station ''Station to Station'' is the tenth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 23 January 1976 through RCA Records. Regarded as one of his most significant works, the album was the vehicle for Bowie's performance perso ...

'', November 1981) # "Let's Dance" ('' Let's Dance'', March 1983) # "China Girl" (Bowie,

Iggy Pop James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster. He was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band the Stooges, who were formed in 1 ...

) (censored version) (''Let's Dance'', May 1983) # "Modern Love" (''Let's Dance'', September 1983) # "Blue Jean" (short version) (''

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'', September 1984) # "Loving the Alien" (censored version) (''Tonight'', May 1985) # " Dancing in the Street" (Hunter, Stevenson, Gaye) (non-album single, August 1985) # "Absolute Beginners" ('' Absolute Beginners'', March 1986) # "Underground" (''

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'', June 1986) # "As the World Falls Down" (previously unreleased until this compilation) (''Labyrinth'', December 1986) # "

Day-In Day-Out "Day-In Day-Out" is a song recorded by the English singer David Bowie, serving as the opening track for his seventeenth studio album, '' Never Let Me Down'' (1987). It was issued as a single on 23 March 1987 ahead of the record's release. The ...

" (censored version) (''

'', March 1987) # " Time Will Crawl" (''Never Let Me Down'', June 1987) # "Never Let Me Down" (Bowie, Alomar) (previously unreleased until this compilation) (''Never Let Me Down'', August 1987) # "Fame '90" (Bowie,

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...

, Alomar) ('' Changesbowie'', March 1990)

References

* 1993 video albums David Bowie video albums Music video compilation albums 1993 compilation albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub