David Bowie - Best Of K-tel Now

“K-Tel at least gave fans their money's worth... tracking the artist's career as he moved from the sci-chedelic "Space Oddity" to the aggrieved observer of "Boys Keep Swinging."” AllMusic Tracklist (1980 K-Tel Edition)

To fit 16 songs onto one disc, many tracks were significantly edited. For example, the K-Tel edit of "Diamond Dogs" removes the "Future Legend" intro and cuts nearly two minutes of the song. David Bowie - Best of K-Tel

The album is split between Bowie’s early glam/rock years on Side A and his soul/experimental phases on Side B. Side A (1969–1973) Side B (1974–1979) 1. Space Oddity 9. Diamond Dogs (Edit) 2. Life on Mars? 10. Young Americans 3. Starman 11. Fame (Edit) 4. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide 12. Golden Years (Edit) 5. John, I’m Only Dancing 13. TVC 15 (Edit) 6. The Jean Genie 14. Sound and Vision 7. Breaking Glass (Live/Stage version) 15. "Heroes" (Edit) 16. Boys Keep Swinging “K-Tel at least gave fans their money's worth

“This was the only K-Tel artist compilation that might appeal to me... it's lacking most of my absolute peak favorites, but this was still a very strong selection.” Post-Punk Monk · 3 years ago The album is split between Bowie’s early glam/rock

Critics and collectors often note that the high track count leads to "horrific sound quality" or a "thin" audio profile due to the narrower grooves required to fit nearly an hour of music on a single platter.