 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2014) |
| Fame and Fashion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | April 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 54:15 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Producer varies from track to track | |||
| David Bowie chronology | ||||
| ||||
| David Bowie compilation chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 5/10[3] |
Fame and Fashion is a compilation album by English musician David Bowie, issued in 1984 by RCA Records featuring songs recorded from 1969's David Bowie through 1980's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). It was released on LP, cassette, and CD formats. The subtitle "David Bowie's All-Time Greatest Hits" appears along with the title on LP and cassette labels, as well as on the CD face and inserts.
After Bowie left RCA Records in the early 1980s, RCA, wishing to continue to capitalize on Bowie's immense popularity at the time, continued to release compilation albums without his permission or input. All the songs except "'Heroes'" were previously issued on the Changesonebowie and Changestwobowie compilation albums, and three, "Golden Years", "Fashion", and "Ashes to Ashes" appeared on the Golden Years compilation less than a year earlier. In addition, on both the LP's second side and the corresponding tracks on the CD, the original stereo channels are swapped.[4]
Soon after the release of this album and the reissue of his entire RCA album catalog on compact disc, Bowie reclaimed the rights to his recordings and his entire RCA catalog went out of print until Bowie struck a deal with Rykodisc to reissue his recordings, beginning in 1989. As this album, and the previous compilation Golden Years were issued without Bowie's authorization, neither album has been reissued in any form.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Review: Fame & Fashion. Allmusic. Retrieved on 8 June 2013.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
- ^ Sheffield 1995, p. 55.
- ^ Pegg, Nicholas (2016). The Complete David Bowie (7th expanded ed.). Titan Books.