Album · Compilation
iSELECT
iSelect is a David Bowie compilation in which the singer picked the tracks himself. It first appeared in the UK and Ireland as a free CD given away with The Mail on Sunday, and Astralwerks handled the US release. The release date is June 2008.
Rather than a run of hits, it leans on album cuts, with only three singles: "Life on Mars?", "Loving the Alien" and "Time Will Crawl". That last one is a remix by engineer Mario J. McNulty, with newly recorded parts, revisiting material from Never Let Me Down, an album Bowie was disappointed with. Collectors have more to chase here too. "Some Are" appears nowhere else, having vanished with the mid-1990s deletion of the 1991 edition of Low. The Diamond Dogs medley of "Sweet Thing" and "Candidate", plus the reprise, runs as one track, and a teaser from Live Santa Monica '72 closes things out.
iSELECT: tracklist and credits
12 tracks · 57:56Tracklist
- 1Life on Mars?David Bowie3:50
- 2Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (reprise)David Bowie8:50
- 3The Bewlay BrothersDavid Bowie5:22
- 4Lady Grinning SoulDavid Bowie3:51
- 5WinDavid Bowie4:45
- 6Some AreDavid Bowie and Brian Eno3:15
- 7Teenage WildlifeDavid Bowie6:54
- 8RepetitionDavid Bowie3:01
- 9Fantastic VoyageDavid Bowie and Brian Eno2:56
- 10Loving the AlienDavid Bowie7:08
- 11Time Will Crawl (MM remix)David Bowie4:55
- 12Hang On to Yourself (live)David Bowie3:08
- Produced by
- Ken Scott, David Bowie, Harry Maslin, Tony Visconti, Derek Bramble, Hugh Padgham, Mario J. McNulty, David Richards, Various
- Recorded at
- Trident Studios, Mountain Studios, Power Station at BerkleeNYC, Good Earth Studios, The Record Plant, Le Studio, Looking Glass Studios
- Recorded
- 1971–1987 2008
- Mixed by
- Mick Ronson, Ken Scott, Harry Maslin, Tony Visconti, David Bowie, David Richards, Rod O’Brien, Hugh Padgham, Mario J. McNulty
- Mixed at
- The Record Plant
- Engineered by
- Ken Scott, Mike Moran, David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Rod O’Brien, David Richards, Hugh Padgham, Mario J. McNulty, Malcolm Pollack
- Label
- EMI
- Length
- 57:56
Line-up
- Trevor Bolder · bass guitar · guest
- Mick Ronson · electric guitar, mellotron, guitar, background vocals · guest
- Rick Wakeman · piano · guest
- Mick Woodmansey · drums (drum set) · guest
- David Bowie · lead vocals, 12 string guitar, piano, analog synthesizer, synthesizer, background vocals, keyboard
- Juanita Franklin · background vocals · guest
- Brian Eno · electronic instruments · guest
- Carlos Alomar · guitar
- Roy Bittan · piano · guest
- Dennis Davis · drums (drum set) · guest
- Robert Fripp · guitar · guest
- Chuck Hammer · guitar synthesizer · guest
- George Murray · electric bass guitar, bass · guest
- Lynn Maitland · background vocals · guest
- Chris Porter · background vocals · guest
- Tony Visconti · background vocals, mandolin · guest
- Adrian Belew · guitar, mandolin · guest
- Simon House · violin, mandolin · guest
- Sean Mayes · piano · guest
- Roger Powell · analog synthesizer · guest
- Derek Bramble · analog synthesizer, bass, guitar, keyboard, synthesizer · guest
- Steve Elson · baritone saxophone · guest
- Sammy Figueroa · congas, wood block · guest
- Omar Hakim · drums (drum set) · guest
- Stan Harrison · alto saxophone · guest
- Mark Pender · trumpet · guest
- Lenny Pickett · tenor saxophone · guest
- Carmine Rojas · electric bass guitar · guest
- Guy St. Onge · marimba · guest
- Rob Yale · synthesizer · guest
- Robin Clark · background vocals · guest
- Curtis King · background vocals · guest
- George Simms · background vocals · guest
- Crusher Bennett · percussion · guest
- Peter Frampton · guitar · guest
- Erdal Kızılçay · sampler, synthesizer, keyboard, bass · guest
- Sid McGinnis · guitar · guest
- Philippe Saisse · keyboard · guest
- Sterling Campbell · drums (drum set) · guest
- Robert Chausow · violin · guest
- Krista Bennion Feeney · violin · guest
- Matthew Goeke · cello · guest
- Martha Mooke · viola · guest
- Diva Gray · background vocals · guest
- Gordon Grody · background vocals · guest
- Lani Groves · background vocals · guest
- B. Mitchel Reed · spoken vocals · guest
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| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 3 October 2008 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 29 June 2008 | |
| Wikidata | 2008 | |
| US release | 14 October 2008 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 3 October 2008 | earliest UK or European date |
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| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2008 | XE | EMI | 5099923664029 | other |
| 14 October 2008 | US | — | other |
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