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David Bowie (box set)

2007 box set compilation album by David Bowie

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ4950992 ↗
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David Bowie (often referred to as David Bowie Box or Bowie Box Set) is a box set by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in June 2007 by Sony Music Entertainment and Columbia Records. The box set includes expanded versions of all of Bowie's Sony-owned albums: Outside, Earthling, Hours, Heathen and Reality. (Three albums—Outside, Earthling, and Hours—were originally issued on Virgin Records in America, but released by BMG internationally).

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “David Bowie (box set)” as 2007 box set compilation album by David Bowie. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2007. The account is most persuasive where David, Bowie and compilation can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2007 box set compilation album by David Bowie. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4950992. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “David Bowie (box set)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.