A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)

The box attracted criticism by fans and music reviewers, including Henry Rollins,{{cite news |url=https://www.laweekly.com/fanatics-avoid-the-new-bowie-box-set-a-new-career-in-a-new-town-1977-1982/ |title=Fanatics! Avoid the New Bowie Box Set, A New Career in a New Town 1977–1982 |newspaper=LAWeekly.com |date=6 October 2017 |access-date=19 October 2017 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029201406/https://www.laweekly.com/fanatics-avoid-the-new-bowie-box-set-a-new-career-in-a-new-town-1977-1982/ |url-status=live }} as heavier changes to the music in the mixing and mastering process through Visconti became clear.{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffrougvie.com/ |title=Bowie NCIANT Box Set Thoughts |publisher=JeffRougvie.com |date=8 October 2017 |access-date=19 October 2017 |archive-date=14 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014232642/http://www.jeffrougvie.com/ |url-status=live }}

A volume shift in the song "{{-'}}Heroes{{'-}}" had received particular notice, which Parlophone proceeded to describe as intentional and unalterable,{{cite web |url=http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/parlophone-respond-to-david-bowie-berlin-box-set-mastering-criticisms/ |title=Parlophone respond to David Bowie 'Berlin' box set mastering criticisms |publisher=SuperDeluxeEdition.com |date=3 October 2017 |access-date=19 October 2017 |archive-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409103244/http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/parlophone-respond-to-david-bowie-berlin-box-set-mastering-criticisms/ |url-status=live }} because of damages in the original master tapes. A statement was later released on the official Bowie website announcing corrected replacement discs for the "Heroes" CD and LP;{{cite web |url=http://www.davidbowie.com/news/heroes-album-update-57416 |title="Heroes" album update |publisher=DavidBowie.com |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=19 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303142224/http://www.davidbowie.com/news/heroes-album-update-57416 |archive-date=3 March 2018 |url-status=dead}} the replacement disc offer lasted until June 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/parlophone-call-time-on-the-david-bowie-heroes-replacement-programme/|title=Parlophone call time on the David Bowie 'Heroes' replacement programme | superdeluxeedition|access-date=13 November 2021|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817222606/https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/parlophone-call-time-on-the-david-bowie-heroes-replacement-programme/|url-status=live}} The amended remaster featured on the replacement discs was also used for the standalone CD and LP release of "Heroes" in early 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/david-bowie-remastered-berlin-albums-available-separately-next-month/|title=David Bowie / Remastered 'Berlin' albums available separately next month | superdeluxeedition|access-date=13 November 2021|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205145514/https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/david-bowie-remastered-berlin-albums-available-separately-next-month/|url-status=live}}

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| all_writing = David Bowie, except where noted

| headline =Side one

| total_length = 19:32

| title1 = Speed of Life

| length1 = 2:47

| title2= Breaking Glass

| length2 = 1:52

| title3 = What in the World

| length3 = 2:24

| title4 = Sound and Vision

| length4 = 3:03

| title5 = Always Crashing in the Same Car

| length5 = 3:35

| title6 = Be My Wife

| length6 = 2:56

| title7 = A New Career in a New Town

| length7 = 2:55

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| all_writing =

| headline =Side two

| total_length = 19:27 (38:59)

|title8= Warszawa

|length8= 6:27

|title9= Art Decade

|length9= 3:48

|title10= Weeping Wall

|length10= 3:29

|title11= Subterraneans

|length11= 5:43

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| headline =Side one

| total_length = 20:04

| title1 = Beauty and the Beast

| length1 = 3:36

| title2= Joe the Lion

| length2 = 3:08

| title3 = {{-'}}Heroes{{'-}}

| length3 = 6:11

| title4 = Sons of the Silent Age

| length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Blackout

| length5 = 3:49

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| headline =Side two

| total_length = 20:35 (40:39)

| title6 = V-2 Schneider

| length6 = 3:11

| title7 = Sense of Doubt

| length7 = 3:59

| title8= Moss Garden

| length8= 5:05

| title9= Neuköln

| length9= 4:34

| title10= The Secret Life of Arabia

| length10= 3:46

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| headline =Side one

| total_length = 9:45

| title1 = "Heroes"" / ""Helden"

| length1 = 6:07

| title2= "Helden"

| length2 = 3:38

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| headline =Side two

| total_length = 9:38 (19:23)

| title3 = "Heroes"" / ""Héros"

| length3 = 6:05

| title4 = "Héros"

| length4 = 3:33

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| headline =Side one

| total_length = 16:25

| title1 = Hang On to Yourself

| length1 = 3:25

| title2= Ziggy Stardust

| length2 = 3:33

| title3 = Five Years

| length3 = 3:57

| title4 = Soul Love

| length4 = 2:56

| title5 = Star

| length5 = 2:34

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| headline =Side two

| total_length = 17:37

| title6 = Station to Station

| length6 = 8:51

| title7 = Fame

| length7 = 4:08

| title8= TVC 15

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| headline =Side three

| total_length = 19:29

| title9 = Warszawa

| length9 = 6:53

| title10 = Speed of Life

| length10 = 2:44

| title11= Art Decade

| length11= 3:10

| title12= Sense of Doubt

| length12= 3:12

| title13= Breaking Glass

| length13= 3:30

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| headline =Side four

| total_length = 19:59 (73:30)

| title14 = "Heroes"

| length14 = 6:20

| title15 = What in the World

| length15 = 4:25

| title16 = Blackout

| length16 = 4:03

| title17 = Beauty and the Beast

| length17 = 5:11

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| total_length = 17:37

| title1 = Warszawa

| length1 = 6:53

| title2= "Heroes"

| length2 = 6:19

| title3 = What in the World

| length3 = 4:25

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| headline =Side two

| total_length = 16:13

| title4 = Be My Wife

| length4 = 2:49

| title5 = The Jean Genie

| length5 = 6:17

| title6 = Blackout

| length6 = 4:00

| title7 = Sense of Doubt

| length7 = 3:07

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| all_writing =

| headline =Side three

| total_length = 15:21

| title8 = Speed of Life

| length8 = 2:40

| title9 = Breaking Glass

| length9 = 3:22

| title10= Beauty and the Beast

| length10= 5:06

| title11= Fame

| length11= 4:13

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| headline =Side four

| total_length = 17:43

| title12 = Five Years

| length12 = 3:57

| title13 = Soul Love

| length13 = 2:56

| title14 = Star

| length14 = 2:28

| title15 = Hang On to Yourself

| length15 = 3:22

| title16 = Ziggy Stardust

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| title17 = Suffragette City

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| headline =Side five

| total_length = 15:39

| title18 = Art Decade

| length18 = 3:01

| title19 = Alabama Song

| length19 = 3:55

| title20 = Station to Station

| length20 = 8:43

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| headline =Side 6

| total_length = 11:57 (94:30)

| title21 = Stay

| length21 = 7:21

| title22 = TVC 15

| length22 = 4:36

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| all_writing =

| headline =Side one

| total_length = 17:09

| title1 = Fantastic Voyage

| length1 = 2:55

| title2= African Night Flight

| length2 = 2:56

| title3 = Move On

| length3 = 3:20

| title4 = Yassassin

| length4 = 4:13

| title5 = Red Sails

| length5 = 3:45

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| headline =Side two

| total_length = 17:46 (34:55)

| title6 = DJ

| length6 = 4:01

| title7 = Look Back in Anger

| length7 = 3:08

| title8= Boys Keep Swinging

| length8= 3:18

| title9= Repetition

| length9= 3:00

| title10= Red Money

| length10= 4:19

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| all_writing =

| headline =Side one

| total_length = 17:12

| title1 = Fantastic Voyage

| length1 = 2:53

| title2= African Night Flight

| length2 = 2:56

| title3 = Move On

| length3 = 3:24

| title4 = Yassassin

| length4 = 4:13

| title5 = Red Sails

| length5 = 3:46

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| headline =Side two

| total_length = 17:49 (35:01)

| title6 = DJ

| length6 = 3:59

| title7 = Look Back in Anger

| length7 = 3:09

| title8= Boys Keep Swinging

| length8= 3:22

| title9= Repetition

| length9= 3:01

| title10= Red Money

| length10= 4:18

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| all_writing =

| headline =Side one

| total_length = 22:01

| title1 = It's No Game (No. 1)

| length1 = 4:17

| title2= Up the Hill Backwards

| length2 = 3:15

| title3 = Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

| length3 = 5:13

| title4 = Ashes to Ashes

| length4 = 4:26

| title5 = Fashion

| length5 = 4:50

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| all_writing =

| headline =Side two

| total_length = 23:42 (45:43)

| title6 = Teenage Wildlife

| length6 = 6:58

| title7 = Scream Like a Baby

| length7 = 3:36

| title8= Kingdom Come

| length8= 3:47

| writer8=Tom Verlaine

| title9= Because You're Young

| length9= 4:55

| title10= It's No Game (No. 2)

| length10= 4:26

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| all_writing =

| headline =Side one

| total_length = 18:18

| title1 = "Heroes"

| length1 = 3:35

| title2= Beauty and the Beast

| length2 = 5:20

| title3 = Breaking Glass

| length3 = 2:51

| title4 = Yassassin

| length4 = 3:07

| title5 = DJ

| length5 = 3:25

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| all_writing =

| headline =Side two

| total_length = 19:21

| title6 = Alabama Song

| length6 = 3:53

| title7 = Space Oddity

| length7 = 4:52

| title8= Ashes to Ashes

| length8= 3:37

| title9= Fashion

| length9 = 3:24

| title10= Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

| length10= 3:35

|extra_column=|note6=|writer6=Brecht, Weill|extra6=|note7=1979 version|writer7=|extra7=|note8=Single version|writer8=|extra8=|note9=Single version|writer9=|extra9=|note10=Single version|writer10=|extra10=}}

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| headline =Side three

| total_length = 18:24

| title11= Crystal Japan

| length11= 3:09

| title12= Under Pressure

| length12= 4:08

| title13= Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

| length13= 6:41

| title14= Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy

| length14= 4:26

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| headline =Side four: Bertolt Brecht’s Baal

| total_length = 11:25 (67:28)

| title15 = Baal’s Hymn

| length15 = 4:04

| title16 = Remembering Marie A

| length16 = 2:09

| title17 = Ballad of the Adventurers

| length17 = 2:02

| title18 = The Drowned Girl

| length18 = 2:31

| title19 = The Dirty Song

| length19 = 0:39

|extra_column=|note15=|writer15=Brecht, Dominic Muldowney|extra15=|note16=|writer16=Traditional; adapted by Brecht and Muldowney|extra16=|note17=|writer17=Brecht, Muldowney|extra17=|note18=|writer18=Brecht, Weill|extra18=|note19=|writer19=Brecht, Muldowney|extra19=}}

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| headline =CD edition

| total_length = 67:28

| title1 = "Heroes"

| length1 = 3:35

| title2 = Beauty and the Beast

| length2 = 5:20

| title3 = Breaking Glass

| length3 = 2:51

| title4 = Yassassin

| length4 = 3:07

| title5 = DJ

| length5 = 3:25

| title6 = Alabama Song

| length6 = 3:53

| title7 = Space Oddity

| length7 = 4:52

| title8 = Ashes to Ashes

| length8 = 3:37

| title9 = Fashion

| length9 = 3:24

| title10 = Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

| length10 = 3:35

| title11 = Crystal Japan

| length11 = 3:09

| title12 = Under Pressure

| length12 = 4:08

| title13 = Baal's Hymn

| length13 = 4:04

| title14 = Remembering Marie A

| length14 = 2:09

| title15 = Ballad of the Adventurers

| length15 = 2:02

| title16 = The Drowned Girl

| length16 = 2:31

| title17 = The Dirty Song

| length17 = 0:39

| title18 = Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

| length18 = 6:41

| title19 = Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy

| length19 = 4:26

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