David Live [Virgin] David Bowie

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  • Release Date: 03/15/2005
  • Original Release: 1974
  • 2 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 48,805
  • Label: VIRGIN RECORDS US
  • UPC: 724387430426

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David Live [Virgin]

Disc 1
1LISTEN1984 3:23
2LISTENRebel Rebel 2:42
3LISTENMoonage Daydream 5:08
4LISTENSweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise) 8:35
5LISTENChanges 3:35
6LISTENSuffragette City 3:45
7LISTENAladdin Sane 4:59
8LISTENAll the Young Dudes 4:15
9LISTENCracked Actor 3:25
10LISTENRock 'N' Roll with Me 4:18
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Disc 2
1LISTENKnock on Wood 3:29
2LISTENHere Today, Gone Tomorrow 3:40
3LISTENSpace Oddity 6:27
4LISTENDiamond Dogs 6:25
5LISTENPanic in Detroit 5:41
6LISTENBig Brother 4:11
7LISTENTime 5:22
8LISTENThe Width of a Circle 8:11
9LISTENThe Jean Genie 5:19
10LISTENRock 'N' Roll Suicide 4:47

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Editorial Reviews

During the supporting tour for 1974's Diamond Dogs, David Bowie shifted away from the arch camp of glam rock and turned toward a highly stylized variation of Philly soul -- a transition captured on the 1974 double live album David Live. It's an interesting idea for a record, although his concerts are equal parts visual spectacle and musical concert, so having just the aural portion of the show misses a crucial part of the story. The performances often turn into groove-oriented vamps here, but the soul reworkings of Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and Diamond Dogs material are intriguing conceptually, and the version of "All the Young Dudes," a song Bowie gave Mott the Hoople, is inspired. David Live is primarily of interest as a historical document, yet there's enough good material to make it worthwhile for fanatics. [Virgin's expanded 2005 edition contains the bonus tracks that were on Rykodisc's 1991 CD reissue, but they're inserted into the running order of the album instead of being tacked onto the end, which is where they were on the 1991 edition.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Bowie's best live album bar none!by Anonymous

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November 23, 2009: The conventional wisdom seems to rate "Stage" as Bowie's best live album. While I certainly do think that "Stage" is one of the best live albums ever recorded, I give the edge to "David Live." Several of the tracks included here arguably surpass their recorded versions ("1984," "Sweet Thing," "Changes," "Cracked Actor," "Time" and "Width of a Circle." The live version of "All the Young Dudes" included here also surpasses all of Bowie's other versions of this song and almost blows Mott the Hoople's cover out of the water. The LP, and initial CD, versions of this album contained an edited version of Bowie's performance due to space limitations. This CD edition preserves the entire concert by including five songs that were not included on the original, including "Space Oddity" and "Time." Bowie performs the "Diamond Dogs" material (every track except for "Future Legend" and "We are the Dead" is included in this performance) and several of his classics in a style that presages the blue eyed soul thrust that would cahracterize his next album, "Young Americans." This is an underrated classic that will not disappoint.

As I remembered when it was first released. This is Bowie at his best!by EdC

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April 20, 2009: I have searched the (so called) record stores more than a few times for this release and was unsucsesful. It was a great suprise to find it on your website. This is Bowie at his best.


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