Editing Pin Ups (section)

{{short description|1973 studio album by David Bowie}}
{{other uses|Pin-up (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Pin Ups
| type       = Studio album
| artist     = [[David Bowie]]
| cover      = PinUps.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        = A red-haired man with heavy makeup sitting with a female model 
| released   = {{Start date|1973|10|19|df=y}}
| recorded   = July–August 1973
| studio     = [[Château d'Hérouville]] ([[Hérouville-en-Vexin|Hérouville]])
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Glam rock]]
* [[proto-punk]]
}}
| length     = {{duration|m=33|s=42}}
| label      = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| producer   = {{flatlist|
* [[Ken Scott]]
* David Bowie
}}
| prev_title = [[Aladdin Sane]]
| prev_year  = 1973
| next_title = [[Diamond Dogs]]
| next_year  = 1974
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Pinups
 | type        = Studio album
 | single1     = [[Sorrow (The McCoys song)#David Bowie version|Sorrow]]
 | single1date = 12 October 1973
}}
}}

'''''Pin Ups''''' (also referred to as '''''Pinups''''' and '''''Pin-Ups'''''){{efn|An insert included with the original LP has the text "This album is called Pinups" and the title is written as one word, without a hyphen, on the LP cover and spine, although the original UK disc label spells the title with a hyphen.<ref name="liner notes" />}} is the seventh studio album by the English musician [[David Bowie]], released on 19{{nbsp}}October 1973 through [[RCA Records]]. Devised as a "stop-gap" album to appease his record label, it is a [[Cover version|covers album]], featuring [[glam rock]] and [[proto-punk]] versions of songs by 1960s bands who were influential to Bowie as a teenager, including the [[Pretty Things]], [[the Who]], [[the Yardbirds]] and [[Pink Floyd]].

The album was recorded from July to August 1973 at the [[Château d'Hérouville]] in [[Hérouville-en-Vexin|Hérouville]], France following the completion of the [[Ziggy Stardust Tour]]. It was Bowie's final album co-produced with [[Ken Scott]]. Two members of [[the Spiders from Mars]] backing band contributed, the guitarist [[Mick Ronson]] and the bassist [[Trevor Bolder]], while [[Mick Woodmansey]] was replaced by [[Aynsley Dunbar]] on drums. 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. The album cover, featuring Bowie and the 1960s supermodel [[Twiggy]], was taken in [[Paris]] and originally intended for the cover of ''[[British Vogue]]'' magazine.

Released only six months after ''[[Aladdin Sane]]'' and preceded by a cover of [[the Merseys]]' song "[[Sorrow (The Merseys song)|Sorrow]]" as the [[lead single]], ''Pin Ups'' was a commercial success, topping the [[UK Albums Chart]], but received negative reviews from critics, who criticised the songs as generally inferior to the originals. Retrospective reviewers have described it as uneven, while others believe it had a good premise, but suffered from poor execution. Bowie's biographers have noted it as an experiment in [[nostalgia]]. Some publications have regarded it as one of the best covers albums. It has been reissued numerous times and was remastered in 2015 as part of the box set ''[[Five Years (1969–1973)]]''.