David Bowie : Pin Ups (Expanded Deluxe Edition)

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Pin Ups

 also referred to as

 Pinups and Pin-Ups 

 is the seventh 

studio album

 by the English 

musician 

David Bowie 

released on

 October,19th 1973

 through RCA Records.

 Devised as a

 "stop-gap" 

album to 

appease his

 record label, 

it is a covers album, 

featuring 

Glam Rock 

and 

proto-punk versions

 of songs by

 1960s bands 

who were influential

 to Bowie 

as a teenager,

 including 

the Pretty Things,

 the Who,

 the Yardbirds

 and

 Pink Floyd.

The album was recorded

 from July

 to August 1973 

at the

 Château d'Hérouville

 in Hérouville, France 

following the completion 

of the 

Ziggy Stardust Tour.

 It was Bowie's 

final album

 co-produced with

 Ken Scott. 

Two members of

 the Spiders from Mars

 backing band contributed,

 the guitarist

 Mick Ronson

 and the bassist

 Trevor Bolder, 

while 

Mick Woodmansey 

was replaced by

 Aynsley Dunbar

 on drums. 

Following a 

surprise announcement 

at the end of the tour

 that the Spiders

 were breaking up, 

tensions were high

 during the sessions, 

which was reflected

 in the tracks. 

The album cover,

 featuring Bowie 

and the 1960s

 supermodel 

Twiggy, 

was taken in 

Paris 

and

 originally intended

 for Vogue magazine.

Released only

 six months after

 Aladdin Sane 

and preceded by

 a cover of

 the Merseys' song

 "Sorrow" 

as the lead single, 

Pin Ups 

was a

 commercial success, 

topping the 

UK Albums Chart, 

but received 

negative reviews 

from critics,

 who criticized

 the songs

 as generally inferior

 to the originals. 

Retrospective reviewers 

have described it 

as uneven, 

while others believe it 

had a good premise,

 but suffered from 

poor execution. 

Bowie's biographers 

have noted it as an 

experiment in nostalgia. 

Some publications have

 regarded it as one

 of the

 best covers albums.

TRACKLIST

Rosalyn

Here Comes The Night

Growing Up

I Wish You Would

See Emily Play

Everything's Alright

I Can't Explain

Friday On My Mind

White Light, White Heat

Sorrow

Mother

Don't Bring Me Down

Shapes Of Things

Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere

Where Have All The Good Times Gone

Waiting For The Man

Dancing In The Street 

(w/Mick Jagger)

Let's Spend The Night Together

Working Class Hero

 (w/ Tin Machine)

Like a Rolling Stone

Comfortably Numb

 (w/David Gilmour) 

(Live)

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