Spandau Ballet - Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet

Artist:

Spandau Ballet

See Also:

Simple Minds

Description:

Producers: Tony Swain, Steve Jolley, Spandau Ballet, Richard James Burgess, Trevor Horn.
Includes lines notes by Robert Elms.
GOLD: THE BEST OF SPANDAU BALLET is the perfect introduction to the music of this pioneering British New Romantic outfit. With great concision, it traces the evolution of the band`s sound, from their early trend-setting days as dance-crazed, Bowie-indebted synth-mongers ("To Cut a Long Story Short," "The Freeze") to the more visceral, funky tracks from their second album ("Paint Me Down," "Chant No. 1 [I Don`t Need This Pressure On]"). GOLD covers the "mature" Spandau`s rise to world stardom via the transcendent white-soul ballad "True," and their eventual transformation to straight-ahead mainstream pop merchants ("Only When You Leave," "I`ll Fly for You"). The amount of ground Spandau Ballet covered in the space of a few years just shows the rate at which they were working and evolving, and GOLD captures the entire trajectory note for note.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Gold
2. True
3. Only When You Leave
4. Lifeline
5. Communication
6. Instinction
7. Chant No. 1 (I Don`t Need This Pressure On)
8. To Cut a Long Story Short
9. Freeze, The
10. Musclebound
11. Paint Me Down
12. She Loved Like Diamond
13. Round and Round
14. Highly Strung
15. Fight For Ourselves
16. I`ll Fly For You
17. Through the Barricades

Album Information

Release Date:

01/23/2001

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

New Romantic

Label:

Chrysalis Records (USA)

Catalog Number:

26700

Original Release Year:

1985

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

60 : 20

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