Consumer Guide Album

David Bowie: Changesonebowie [RCA Victor, 1976]
The way La Bowie's vaunted concept albums reduce to greatest hits is a revelation. Non-dross form the likes of Diamond Dogs and Young Americans holds its own with the best discrete songs from Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, and what's more, chronology resembles progress--like the Supremes regressing from "Where Did Our Love Go" to "Love Child" in reverse, although not as important aesthetically. A