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A Comprehensive List of UK Releases

The following is a detailed overview of David Bowie's UK releases, categorized into studio albums, live albums, compilation albums, and singles. This includes his solo works, collaborations, and posthumous releases. Information is sourced from reliable discographic records and includes release dates, labels, and chart positions where available.

Studio Albums

David Bowie

Release Date: June 1, 1967

Label: Deram

UK Chart Position: —

Space Oddity

Release Date: November 4, 1969

Label: Philips/Mercury

UK Chart Position: 17

The Man Who Sold the World

Release Date: April 1971

Label: Mercury

UK Chart Position: —

Hunky Dory

Release Date: December 17, 1971

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 3

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Release Date: June 16, 1972

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 5

Aladdin Sane

Release Date: April 13, 1973

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 1

Pin Ups

Release Date: October 19, 1973

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 1

Diamond Dogs

Release Date: May 24, 1974

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 1

Young Americans

Release Date: March 7, 1975

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 2

Station to Station

Release Date: January 23, 1976

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 5

Low

Release Date: January 14, 1977

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 2

"Heroes"

Release Date: October 14, 1977

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 3

Lodger

Release Date: May 18, 1979

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 4

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

Release Date: September 12, 1980

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 1

Let's Dance

Release Date: April 14, 1983

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 1

Tonight

Release Date: September 24, 1984

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 1

Never Let Me Down

Release Date: April 27, 1987

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 6

Black Tie White Noise

Release Date: April 5, 1993

Label: Arista/Savage

UK Chart Position: 1

The Buddha of Suburbia

Release Date: November 8, 1993

Label: Arista

UK Chart Position: 87

1. Outside

Release Date: September 25, 1995

Label: Arista

UK Chart Position: 8

Earthling

Release Date: February 3, 1997

Label: Arista

UK Chart Position: 6

Hours...

Release Date: October 4, 1999

Label: Virgin

UK Chart Position: 5

Heathen

Release Date: June 10, 2002

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 5

Reality

Release Date: September 15, 2003

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 3

The Next Day

Release Date: March 8, 2013

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 1

Blackstar

Release Date: January 8, 2016

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 1

Live Albums

David Live

Release Date: October 29, 1974

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 8

Stage

Release Date: September 8, 1978

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 5

Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

Release Date: October 1983

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 17

Santa Monica '72

Release Date: September 1994

Label: Golden Years

UK Chart Position: —

Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks) (with Arcade Fire)

Release Date: October 2005

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: —

David Bowie Live at the BBC Radio Theatre 2000

Release Date: October 2000

Label: Virgin

UK Chart Position: —

Glass Spider (Live)

Release Date: November 30, 2008

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: —

A Reality Tour

Release Date: January 25, 2010

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 53

Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)

Release Date: June 16, 2017

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 20

Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)

Release Date: April 21, 2018

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 37

Glastonbury 2000

Release Date: November 30, 2018

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 25

Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas '95)

Release Date: October 30, 2020

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

Something in the Air (Live Paris '99)

Release Date: August 14, 2020

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham '95)

Release Date: November 20, 2020

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival '97)

Release Date: February 12, 2021

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

At the Kit Kat Klub (Live New York '99)

Release Date: November 12, 2021

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

Compilation Albums

The World of David Bowie

Release Date: March 1970

Label: Decca

UK Chart Position: —

Images 1966–1967

Release Date: March 1973

Label: Deram

UK Chart Position: —

ChangesOneBowie

Release Date: May 20, 1976

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 2

The Best of Bowie

Release Date: December 1980

Label: K-tel

UK Chart Position: 16

ChangesTwoBowie

Release Date: November 1981

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 29

Golden Years

Release Date: November 1983

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 33

Fame and Fashion

Release Date: May 1984

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 24

The Singles Collection

Release Date: November 15, 1993

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: 9

The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974

Release Date: October 7, 1997

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: 13

The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979

Release Date: April 20, 1998

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: 39

Bowie at the Beeb

Release Date: September 26, 2000

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: 7

Best of Bowie

Release Date: October 22, 2002

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: 11

The Platinum Collection

Release Date: November 7, 2005

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: 29

The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987

Release Date: March 19, 2007

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: 34

iSelect

Release Date: June 29, 2008

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: —

Nothing Has Changed

Release Date: November 17, 2014

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 5

Bowie Legacy

Release Date: November 11, 2016

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 5

Singles

Liza Jane / Louie, Louie Go Home (as Davie Jones with the King Bees)

Release Date: June 5, 1964

Label: Vocalion Pop

UK Chart Position: —

I Pity the Fool / Take My Tip (as The Manish Boys)

Release Date: March 5, 1965

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

You've Got a Habit of Leaving / Baby Loves That Way (as Davy Jones)

Release Date: August 20, 1965

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

Can't Help Thinking About Me / And I Say to Myself (as David Bowie with The Lower Third)

Release Date: January 14, 1966

Label: Pye

UK Chart Position: —

Do Anything You Say / Good Morning Girl

Release Date: April 1, 1966

Label: Pye

UK Chart Position: —

I Dig Everything / I'm Not Losing Sleep

Release Date: August 19, 1966

Label: Pye

UK Chart Position: —

Rubber Band / The London Boys

Release Date: December 2, 1966

Label: Deram

UK Chart Position: —

The Laughing Gnome / The Gospel According to Tony Day

Release Date: April 14, 1967

Label: Deram

UK Chart Position: —

Love You Till Tuesday / Did You Ever Have a Dream

Release Date: July 14, 1967

Label: Deram

UK Chart Position: —

Space Oddity / Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud

Release Date: July 11, 1969

Label: Philips

UK Chart Position: 5

Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola / Space Oddity

Release Date: November 1969

Label: Philips

UK Chart Position: —

The Prettiest Star / Conversation Piece

Release Date: March 6, 1970

Label: Mercury

UK Chart Position: —

Memory of a Free Festival (Part 1) / Memory of a Free Festival (Part 2)

Release Date: June 12, 1970

Label: Mercury

UK Chart Position: —

Holy Holy / Black Country Rock

Release Date: January 15, 1971

Label: Mercury

UK Chart Position: —

Changes / Andy Warhol

Release Date: January 7, 1972

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: —

Starman / Suffragette City

Release Date: April 28, 1972

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 10

John, I'm Only Dancing / Hang On to Yourself

Release Date: September 1, 1972

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 12

The Jean Genie / Ziggy Stardust

Release Date: November 24, 1972

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 2

Drive-In Saturday / Round and Round

Release Date: April 6, 1973

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 3

Time / The Prettiest Star

Release Date: —

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: —

Life on Mars? / The Man Who Sold the World

Release Date: June 22, 1973

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 3

Sorrow / Amsterdam

Release Date: October 12, 1973

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 3

Rebel Rebel / Queen Bitch

Release Date: February 15, 1974

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 5

Rock 'n' Roll Suicide / Quicksand

Release Date: April 11, 1974

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 22

Diamond Dogs / Holy Holy

Release Date: June 14, 1974

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 21

Knock on Wood / Panic in Detroit

Release Date: September 1974

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 10

Young Americans / Suffragette City

Release Date: February 21, 1975

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 18

Fame / Right

Release Date: August 1975

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 17

Golden Years / Can You Hear Me

Release Date: November 21, 1975

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 8

TVC 15 / We Are the Dead

Release Date: April 30, 1976

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 33

Suffragette City / Stay

Release Date: July 9, 1976

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: —

Sound and Vision / A New Career in a New Town

Release Date: February 11, 1977

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 3

Be My Wife / Speed of Life

Release Date: June 17, 1977

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: —

"Heroes" / V-2 Schneider

Release Date: October 7, 1977

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 24

Beauty and the Beast / Sense of Doubt

Release Date: January 6, 1978

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 39

Boys Keep Swinging / Fantastic Voyage

Release Date: April 27, 1979

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 7

DJ / Repetition

Release Date: June 1979

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 29

Yassassin / Red Money

Release Date: —

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: —

John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) / John, I'm Only Dancing

Release Date: December 7, 1979

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 12

Alabama Song / Space Oddity (1979 re-recording)

Release Date: February 15, 1980

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 23

Crystal Japan / Alabama Song

Release Date: —

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: —

Ashes to Ashes / Move On

Release Date: August 8, 1980

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 1

Fashion / Scream Like a Baby

Release Date: October 24, 1980

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 5

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) / Because You're Young

Release Date: January 2, 1981

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 20

Up the Hill Backwards / Crystal Japan

Release Date: March 1981

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 32

Under Pressure (with Queen) / Soul Brother

Release Date: October 26, 1981

Label: EMI

UK Chart Position: 1

Wild Is the Wind / Golden Years

Release Date: November 1981

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 24

Baal's Hymn / Ballad of the Adventurers (as David Bowie in Baal)

Release Date: February 1982

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 29

Cat People (Putting Out Fire) / Paul's Theme

Release Date: March 1982

Label: MCA

UK Chart Position: 26

Let's Dance / Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

Release Date: March 14, 1983

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 1

China Girl / Shake It

Release Date: May 31, 1983

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 2

Modern Love / Modern Love (Live)

Release Date: September 1983

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 2

Blue Jean / Dancing with the Big Boys

Release Date: September 1984

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 6

Tonight / Tumble and Twirl

Release Date: November 1984

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 53

This Is Not America (with Pat Metheny Group) / This Is Not America (Instrumental)

Release Date: February 1985

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 14

Loving the Alien / Don't Look Down

Release Date: May 1985

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 19

Dancing in the Street (with Mick Jagger) / Dancing in the Street (Instrumental)

Release Date: August 12, 1985

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 1

Absolute Beginners / Absolute Beginners (Dub Mix)

Release Date: March 3, 1986

Label: Virgin

UK Chart Position: 2

Underground / Underground (Instrumental)

Release Date: June 2, 1986

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 21

When the Wind Blows / When the Wind Blows (Instrumental)

Release Date: October 1986

Label: Virgin

UK Chart Position: 44

Day-In Day-Out / Julie

Release Date: March 23, 1987

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 17

Time Will Crawl / Girls

Release Date: June 1987

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 33

Never Let Me Down / '87 and Cry

Release Date: August 1987

Label: EMI America

UK Chart Position: 34

Jump They Say / Pallas Athena

Release Date: March 15, 1993

Label: Arista

UK Chart Position: 9

Black Tie White Noise / You've Been Around

Release Date: June 1993

Label: Arista

UK Chart Position: 36

Miracle Goodnight / Looking for Lester

Release Date: October 1993

Label: Arista

UK Chart Position: 40

Buddha of Suburbia / Dead Against It

Release Date: November 1993

Label: Arista

UK Chart Position: —

The Hearts Filthy Lesson / I Am with Name

Release Date: September 11, 1995

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 35

Strangers When We Meet / The Man Who Sold the World (Live)

Release Date: November 20, 1995

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 39

Hallo Spaceboy / Under Pressure (Live)

Release Date: February 19, 1996

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 12

Telling Lies / Telling Lies (Adam F Mix)

Release Date: November 4, 1996

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: —

Dead Man Walking / Telling Lies (Live)

Release Date: April 1997

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 32

Little Wonder / Telling Lies (Mix)

Release Date: January 27, 1997

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 14

Seven Years in Tibet / Seven Years in Tibet (Mandarin Version)

Release Date: August 1997

Label: RCA

UK Chart Position: 61

I'm Afraid of Americans / I'm Afraid of Americans (Remix)

Release Date: October 14, 1997

Label: Virgin

UK Chart Position: —

Perfect Day (Various Artists for Children in Need) / Perfect Day (Instrumental)

Release Date: November 17, 1997

Label: BBC

UK Chart Position: 1

Thursday's Child / We All Go Through

Release Date: September 20, 1999

Label: Virgin

UK Chart Position: 16

Survive / The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell

Release Date: January 24, 2000

Label: Virgin

UK Chart Position: 28

Seven / I'm Afraid of Americans

Release Date: July 17, 2000

Label: Virgin

UK Chart Position: 32

Slow Burn / Wood Jackson

Release Date: June 2002

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: —

Everyone Says 'Hi' / Safe

Release Date: September 16, 2002

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 20

I've Been Waiting for You / Shadow Man

Release Date: October 2002

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: —

New Killer Star / Love Missile F1-11

Release Date: September 29, 2003

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 22

Never Get Old / Love Missile F1-11

Release Date: —

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: —

Rebel Never Gets Old / Rebel Rebel

Release Date: —

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: —

Where Are We Now? / Where Are We Now? (Instrumental)

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 6

The Stars (Are Out Tonight) / Where Are We Now?

Release Date: February 25, 2013

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 102

The Next Day / The Next Day (Instrumental)

Release Date: June 17, 2013

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: —

Valentine's Day / Plan

Release Date: August 19, 2013

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: —

Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy) / I'd Rather Be High

Release Date: October 2013

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: —

Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) / Tis a Pity She Was a Whore

Release Date: November 17, 2014

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 81

Blackstar / Lazarus

Release Date: November 19, 2015

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart position: 61

Lazarus / Lazarus (Radio Edit)

Release Date: December 17, 2015

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 45

Posthumous Releases

Live Albums

LiveAndWell.com

Release Date: April 2020

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

Compilation Albums

Legacy

Release Date: November 11, 2016

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 5

Loving the Alien (1983–1988)

Release Date: October 12, 2018

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 74

Spying Through a Keyhole

Release Date: April 5, 2019

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

Clareville Grove Demos

Release Date: April 5, 2019

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

The Mercury Demos

Release Date: June 28, 2019

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: —

Conversation Piece

Release Date: November 15, 2019

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 62

Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001)

Release Date: November 26, 2021

Label: Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 94

Toy (Toy:Box)

Release Date: January 7, 2022

Label: ISO/Parlophone

UK Chart Position: 5

Singles

I Can't Give Everything Away

Release Date: April 6, 2016

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: —

No Plan / Killing a Little Time / When I Met You

Release Date: January 8, 2017

Label: ISO/Columbia

UK Chart Position: 92