Nothing Has Changed (stylised as Nothing has changed.) is a compilation album by English musician David Bowie. It was released on 18 November 2014 through Parlophone in the United Kingdom, and Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings in the United States. It is the first album to showcase Bowie's entire career and includes a new composition, "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", which was later re-recorded for his final album ★ (pronounced Blackstar) (2016). Nothing Has Changed is notable for including songs from Bowie's unreleased 2001 album Toy: "Your Turn to Drive", previously an internet-only single, and a previously unreleased re-recorded version of "Let Me Sleep Beside You",[12] both of which are found on the triple CD version of the album. The album's title comes from a lyric in the song "Sunday" from Bowie's album Heathen (2002).[13]
The album was released in four formats: a triple CD version (sequenced in reverse chronological order), a double CD version (sequenced in chronological order), a double LP version,[14] and a single CD version released exclusive to select countries.[15][16] The track listed as "Fashion (single version)" is not in fact the original single edit and has been incorrectly re-edited from the remastered album version of "Fashion". The original single edit can be heard on the compilations Best of Bowie, The Platinum Collection, The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 and Changestwobowie. Silly Boy Blue, track 18 on disc 3, is incorrectly listed as being from David Bowie (1969): it is from David Bowie (1967).
The album debuted at number 9 in the United Kingdom, becoming Bowie's 29th top 10 album, going on to peak at number 5 following Bowie's death in early 2016. It has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 100,000.
A revised version of the two-disc Nothing Has Changed, re-titled Bowie Legacy, was released on 11 November 2016[17][18] and includes selections from Blackstar.[n 1]
On 9 September 2014, an announcement was posted on Bowie's website and Facebook page: "It is with much pleasure that we can exclusively announce a career-spanning collection of Bowie’s music covering fifty years of recorded works from his 1964 debut, Liza Jane, through to a brand new recording made this year. Nothing Has Changed (named after a lyric from the Heathen album opener 'Sunday') compiles tracks from every period of Bowie's career and features new single; "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", which was specially recorded for the compilation with long-term collaborator Tony Visconti."[19]
Commercial performance
Nothing Has Changed entered the official UK Albums Chart at number 9 upon its release, becoming Bowie's 29th UK Top 10 album,[20] although it quickly fell out of the Top 30.[21] Despite having four more separate successive runs in the Top 100 during 2015, it never got any higher than number 40.[21]
On 15 January 2016, the album re-entered the chart at a new peak of number 5, after the news of Bowie's death earlier that week.[22] Two weeks later, Nothing Has Changed remained at number 5 on 29 January, in a week which saw four other Bowie albums in the top 10, making him the first artist to achieve five simultaneous UK top 10 albums since Michael Jackson, who achieved six in July 2009 after his own death,[23] and a total of twelve in the top 40. This meant he equalled the record set by Elvis Presley after his death in 1977.[23]Nothing Has Changed also gained new peaks worldwide in countries where it had never made the top 10, rising to number 1 in New Zealand (where it spent 4 weeks), number 3 in Australia, number 4 in Austria and Germany, and number 5 in Switzerland. It also rose into the top 10 in Belgium, Hungary, Italy and the Netherlands.
Track listings
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
"You've Got a Habit of Leaving" (Davy Jones (Bowie's professional name before changing it to his current one); released under the name "Davy Jones (& The Lower Third)")
Non-album single (1965)
2:29
21.
"Liza Jane" (released under the name "Davie Jones & The King Bees")
Leslie Conn
Non-album single (1964)
2:15
2-CD edition
Disc one
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Place of origin
Length
1.
"Space Oddity"
David Bowie
5:14
2.
"The Man Who Sold the World"
The Man Who Sold the World
3:57
3.
"Changes"
Hunky Dory
3:35
4.
"Oh! You Pretty Things"
Hunky Dory
3:12
5.
"Life on Mars?"
Hunky Dory
3:49
6.
"Starman" (original single mix)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars; single mix released a few months before the parent album's release
4:12
7.
"Ziggy Stardust"
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
3:12
8.
"Moonage Daydream"
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
4:39
9.
"The Jean Genie" (original single mix)
Originally from Aladdin Sane; single mix released in 1972
4:05
10.
"All the Young Dudes" (previously unreleased stereo mix given by Bowie to Mott the Hoople)
Recorded for Aladdin Sane and re-recorded/released on the Mott the Hoople album All the Young Dudes
3:08
11.
"Drive-In Saturday"
Aladdin Sane
4:30
12.
"Sorrow"
Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer
Pin Ups
2:53
13.
"Rebel Rebel"
Diamond Dogs
4:30
14.
"Young Americans" (2007 Tony Visconti mix of US single version)
Young Americans
3:13
15.
"Fame"
Bowie, Lennon, Alomar
4:16
16.
"Golden Years" (single version)
Station to Station; single version released the year before
3:27
17.
"Sound and Vision"
Low
3:03
18.
""Heroes"" (single version)
Bowie, Eno
"Heroes"
3:33
19.
"Boys Keep Swinging"
Bowie, Eno
Lodger
3:17
20.
"Fashion" (single version)
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
3:26
21.
"Ashes to Ashes" (single version)
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
3:35
Disc two
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Place of Origin
Length
1.
"Under Pressure" (with Queen)
Bowie, Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor
Non-album single later released on the Queen album Hot Space
4:08
2.
"Let's Dance" (single version)
Let's Dance
4:08
3.
"China Girl" (single version)
Bowie, Osterburg (a.k.a. Pop)
Let's Dance; originally from the Iggy Pop album The Idiot
4:15
4.
"Modern Love" (single version)
Let's Dance
3:56
5.
"Blue Jean"
Tonight
3:11
6.
"This Is Not America" (with the Pat Metheny Group)
Bowie, Mays, Metheny
The Falcon and the Snowman soundtrack
3:51
7.
"Dancing in the Street" (with Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones)
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