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ChangesOneBowie
Compilation album by David Bowie
Released	May 20, 1976
Recorded	1969-1976
Genre	Rock
Length	44:14
Label	RCA Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide: link Robert Christgau (A) link Rolling Stone link
David Bowie chronology
Station to Station (1976)	ChangesOneBowie (1976)	Low (1977)

ChangesOneBowie was David Bowie's first widely-selling compilation album. It collected songs from the 1969-1976 period, including the first LP appearance of "John, I'm Only Dancing". A 'sax version' of this song, cut during the Aladdin Sane sessions in 1973, appeared on the first 1000 copies of the UK pressing (these can be identified by the lack of RCA logo in the upper-right corner of the cover). Later pressings of ChangesOne featured the original version of the single that had been recorded and released in 1972.

Two of the tracks, "Ziggy Stardust" and "Suffragette City", had never been released as singles when ChangesOneBowie was issued, though the former had been the B-side of "The Jean Genie" in November 1972 and the latter would be released as an A-side in July 1976 to help promote the compilation.

The cover shot was taken by Tom Kelley, who took the famous nude calendar photographs of Marilyn Monroe on red velvet in 1949.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 425 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

RCA released ChangesOneBowie on CD in the 1980s, but as a Bowie compilation it was replaced by Rykodisc's Changesbowie in 1990, on which "Fame" was substituted by the "Fame 90" Gass Mix and "Heroes", "Ashes to Ashes," "Fashion," "Let's Dance," "China Girl," "Modern Love" and "Blue Jean" were added. A 2-LP edition released at the same time had, in addition, "Starman" (following "Space Oddity") "Life on Mars?" (following "The Jean Genie"), and "Sound and Vision" (following "Golden Years").

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Charts 3 Certifications 4 References

All songs written by David Bowie unless otherwise noted.

1. "Space Oddity" (from Space Oddity, 1969) – 5:13
2. "John, I’m Only Dancing" (from "John, I’m Only Dancing" single, 1972) – 2:46
3. "Changes" (from Hunky Dory, 1971) – 3:33
4. "Ziggy Stardust" (from Ziggy Stardust, 1972) – 3:13
5. "Suffragette City" (from Ziggy Stardust, 1972) – 3:25
6. "The Jean Genie" (from Aladdin Sane, 1973) – 4:06

1. "Diamond Dogs" (from Diamond Dogs, 1974) – 6:04
2. "Rebel Rebel" (from Diamond Dogs, 1974) – 4:28
3. "Young Americans" (from Young Americans, 1975) – 5:10
4. "Fame" (Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon) (from Young Americans, 1975) – 3:38
5. "Golden Years" (from Station to Station, 1976) – 3:58

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1976	UK Albums Chart	2
1976	Billboard Pop Albums	10

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	August 2, 1976
RIAA – USA	Platinum	September 15, 1981

• Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). Bowie: An Illustrated Record