On the final day of the tour, 3 July 1973, Bowie unexpectedly announced that "this is the last show we'll ever do". Although he had intended his next project to be an adaptation of George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, he devised a record of cover versions as a "stopgap" album. His manager at the time, Tony Defries, was negotiating for larger royalties with Bowie's music publisher and recommended he not record any new compositions until negotiations were finished. Having just completed the Ziggy Stardust Tour, Bowie was exhausted from the extensive touring schedule. Bowie's most recent LP, Aladdin Sane, came out in April, but his label, RCA Records, wanted a new album by Christmas. At the end of July, five of his six albums were in the top 40 and three were in the top 15, according to biographer David Buckley, an "unprecedented feat" for a solo artist. It has been reissued numerous times and was remastered in 2015 as part of the box set Five Years (1969–1973).īy 1973, David Bowie was at his commercial peak. Nevertheless, some publications have regarded it as one of the best covers albums. Bowie's biographers have noted it as an experiment in nostalgia. Some have described it as uneven, while others believe it had a good premise, but suffered from poor execution. Retrospectively, Pin Ups has continued to receive mixed reactions.
However, it received mainly negative reviews from music critics, with many criticising the songs as generally inferior to the originals. Preceded by a cover of the Merseys' song " Sorrow" as the lead single, Pin Ups was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the UK Albums Chart, bringing the total number of Bowie albums concurrently on the UK chart to six. Pin Ups ' release came only six months after Aladdin Sane and coincided with Bryan Ferry's covers album These Foolish Things. The album cover, featuring Bowie and 1960s supermodel Twiggy, was taken in Paris midway through the sessions and originally intended for Vogue magazine. Following a surprise announcement at the end of the tour that the Spiders were breaking up, tensions were high during the sessions, which was reflected in the tracks. Two members of Bowie's backing band the Spiders from Mars contributed, guitarist Mick Ronson and bassist Trevor Bolder, while Mick Woodmansey was replaced by Aynsley Dunbar on drums. It was co-produced by Bowie and Ken Scott, marking the final collaboration between the two. The album was recorded from July to August 1973 at the Château d'Hérouville in Hérouville, France following the completion of the Ziggy Stardust Tour. The tracks mostly stay true to their original counterparts, albeit performed in glam rock and proto-punk styles.
Devised as a "stop-gap" album to appease his record label, it is a covers album, featuring songs by British bands from the 1960s that were influential to Bowie as a teenager, including the Pretty Things, the Who, the Yardbirds and Pink Floyd. Pin Ups (also referred to as Pinups and Pin-Ups) is the seventh studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 19 October 1973 through RCA Records.
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