History Music / PinUps

''Pin Ups'' is the seventh studio album by English rock musician Music/DavidBowie, released in 1973. Coming out just six months after ''Music/AladdinSane'' (the shortest between-album gap in Bowie's studio discography), the record is a CoverAlbum centered around [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]]-era songs that Bowie considered to be both personal favorites of his and significant influences on his own work. The songs included on the record range from familiar names such as Music/PinkFloyd, Music/TheYardbirds, Music/TheKinks, and Music/TheWho, to less well-remembered acts such as the [=McCoys=], Music/ThePrettyThings, and the Mojos.

* SpiritualSuccessor: For better or for worse, ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' from 1984 is the closest thing to a ''Pin Ups 2'', on account of roughly half that album consisting of song covers; Bowie even described ''Tonight'' in an interview as "a kind of violent effort at a kind of ''Pin Ups''."

Co-producer Ken Scott stated that the album was envisioned partly as a direct antithesis to Bowie's previous studio albums; rather than being original songs that take musical influence from the past and present, ''Pin Ups'' consisted of preexisting songs with original musical arrangements on Bowie's part. The album was also designed partly to court listeners in America, where Bowie was still a cult hit at best despite his success in Britain, focusing on songs that were fairly obscure in the US so as to be less of a turn-off to audiences over there.

* LighterAndSofter: While the cover songs are tougher than the originals, ''Pin Ups'' as a whole is nowhere as dark as ''Aladdin Sane'' was.

Of course, the album is more well-remembered by Bowie historians for its never-released follow-up: ''Pin-Ups'' was designed as the first part of a diptych centered around covers of songs from the 1960's; the second part, titled ''Bowie-ing Out'', was planned to focus on American hits Bowie admired, including songs by artists such as Music/NeilYoung, Ronnie Spector, and [[OutsiderMusic outsider musician]] the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Bowie repeatedly attempted to revisit the concept over the course of his career, coming closest to it with the cover-heavy ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' in 1984 and the inclusion of songs intended for a ''Pin Ups'' follow up on ''Music/{{Heathen}}'' in 2002 and ''Music/{{Reality}}'' in 2003. However, a true follow-up to the 1973 cover album would never fully come to fruition.

# "Rosalyn"[[note]]Originally by the Pretty Things.[[/note]] (2:27)

# "I Wish You Would"[[note]]Originally by Music/TheYardbirds.[[/note]] (2:40)

# "Don't Bring Me Down"[[note]]Originally by the Pretty Things[[/note]] (2:01)
# "Shapes of Things"[[note]]Originally by Music/TheYardbirds[[/note]] (2:47)
# "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"[[note]]Originally by Music/TheWho[[/note]] (3:04)

* SpiritualSuccessor: For better or for worse, ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' from 1984 is the closest thing to a ''Pin Ups 2'', on account of roughly half that album consisting of song covers; Bowie even described ''Tonight'' in an interview as "a kind of violent effort at a kind of ''Pin Ups''."

''Pin Ups'' is the seventh studio album by English rock musician Music/DavidBowie, released in 1973. Coming out just six months after ''Music/AladdinSane'' (the shortest between-album gap in Bowie's studio discography), the record is a CoverAlbum centered around [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]]-era songs that Bowie considered to be both personal favorites of his and significant influences on his own work. The songs included on the record range from familiar names such as Music/PinkFloyd, Music/TheYardbirds, Music/TheKinks, and Music/TheWho, to less well-remembered acts such as the [=McCoys=], the Pretty Things, and the Mojos.

* SpiritualSuccessor: For better or for worse, ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' from 1984 is the closest thing to a ''Pin Ups 2'', on account of roughly half that album consisting of song covers.

# "Rosalyn" (2:27)
# "Here Comes the Night" (3:09)
# [[Music/TheYardbirds "I Wish You Would"]] (2:40)
# [[Music/PinkFloyd "See Emily Play"]] (4:03)
# "Everything's Alright" (2:26)
# [[Music/TheWho "I Can't Explain"]] (2:07)

# "Friday on My Mind" (3:18)
# "Sorrow" (2:48)
# "Don't Bring Me Down" (2:01)
# [[Music/TheYardbirds "Shapes of Things"]] (2:47)
# [[Music/TheWho "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"]] (3:04)
# [[Music/TheKinks "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"]] (2:35)

# [[Music/BruceSpringsteen "Growin' Up"]] (3:26)
# [[Music/JacquesBrel "Port of Amsterdam"]] (3:19)

* GuestStar: Done with the cover art of all things; the alienlike woman resting her head on Bowie's shoulder is 1960's supermodel Dame Leslie "Twiggy" Dawson.

* SpiritualSequel: For better or for worse, ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' from 1984 is the closest thing to a ''Pin Ups 2'', on account of roughly half that album consisting of song covers.

Of course, the album is more well-remembered by Bowie historians for its never-released follow-up: ''Pin-Ups'' was designed as the first part of a diptych centered around covers of songs from the 1960's; the second part, titled ''Bowie-ing Out'', was planned to focus on American hits Bowie admired, including songs by artists such as Music/NeilYoung, Ronnie Spector, and [[OutsiderMusic outsider musician]] the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Bowie repeatedly attempted to revisit the concept over the course of his career, coming closest to it with the cover-heavy ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' in 1984 and the inclusion of two songs intended for a ''Pin Ups'' follow up on ''Music/{{Heathen}}'' in 2002. However, a true follow-up to the 1973 cover album would never fully come to fruition.

Of course, the album is more well-remembered by Bowie historians for its never-released follow-up: ''Pin-Ups'' was designed as the first part of a diptych centered around covers of songs from the 1960's; the second part, titled ''Bowie-ing Out'', was planned to focus on American artists Bowie admired such as Music/NeilYoung and [[OutsiderMusic outsider musician]] the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Bowie repeatedly attempted to revisit the concept over the course of his career, coming closest to it with the cover-heavy ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' in 1984 and the inclusion of two songs intended for a ''Pin Ups'' follow up on ''Music/{{Heathen}}'' in 2002. However, a true follow-up to the 1973 cover album would never fully come to fruition.

Of course, the album is more well-remembered by Bowie historians for its never-released follow-up: ''Pin-Ups'' was designed as the first part of a diptych centered around covers of songs from the 1960's. Bowie repeatedly attempted to revisit the concept over the course of his career, coming closest to it with the cover-heavy ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' in 1984 and the inclusion of two songs intended for a ''Pin Ups'' follow up on ''Music/{{Heathen}}'' in 2002. However, a true follow-up to the 1973 cover album would never fully come to fruition.