The David Bowie album released in 1973 that consists entirely of cover songs is Pin Ups.
Released on 19 October 1973, Pin Ups was Bowie's seventh studio album and a deliberate detour from writing new material. Its songs reinterpret music by artists who had influenced Bowie during the 1960s, including the Pretty Things, the Who, the Yardbirds and Pink Floyd. The album followed Aladdin Sane by only six months.
Pin Ups emerged partly as a stopgap project. Bowie had just completed the Ziggy Stardust era and was exhausted from touring, while his manager advised him to delay new compositions during negotiations with his music publisher. Bowie instead recorded a set of energetic glam-rock versions, with Mick Ronson and Trevor Bolder contributing from the Spiders from Mars lineup.
A common mix-up is treating it as a typical Bowie originals album because it arrived during one of his most creative periods. It is also sometimes written Pinups or Pin-Ups; the original cover and spine use Pinups, while other releases use Pin Ups.