Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet

Product Description
'Best Of' for the new wave/new romantic act best known for their Top Ten hit, 'True'. U.S. release delayed until January2001. 17 tracks including, 'Gold', 'True' & 'Lifeline'. 2000 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

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Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet

Average customer rating:

Some Great Songs, Some Mediocre Songs
True
Solid Gold
A Solid 'Best of..'
I Know This Much Is True.

Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00004UFTT
Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

Gold
True
Only When You Leave
Lifeline
Communication
Instinction
Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
To Cut A Long Story Short
The Freeze
Musclebound
Paint Me Down
She Loved Like Diamond
Round And Round
Highly Strung
Fight For Ourselves
I'll Fly For You
Through The Barricades

Album Description

'Best Of' for the new wave/new romantic act best known for their Top Ten hit, 'True'. U.S. release delayed until January2001. 17 tracks including, 'Gold', 'True' & 'Lifeline'. 2000 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Some Great Songs, Some Mediocre Songs.......2006-08-11

I would buy their studio album "Gold" instead...unless you can't live without "Only When You Leave."

True.......2006-02-06

True is simply a beautiful song. It will be played 100 years from now. Spandau Ballet may be one hit wonders, but who cares? They have left behind something that has touched millions of people, and will continue to touch those that were conceived while their parents played this.

Solid Gold.......2005-08-06

I admit, I rediscovered Spandau Ballet after hearing the song "Gold" over and over while playing Grand Theft Auto-Vice City in 2003. So I bought this CD recently. It's a very complete Spandau collection for the casual fans. Die hard fans may find a missing song they think should be included but the major hits--"Gold," "True," "Communication," "Chant No. 1," are all here. I'm not too much feeling the black and white cover, but the booklet and interior design make the set a very impressive "best of" collection.

A Solid 'Best of..'.......2005-06-17

What we have here is what it says on the front of the jewel case: The Best of Spandau Ballet.

Often unfairly marketed as the poor man's Duran Duran early in their career, Spandau Ballet matured from their new wave-esque beginnings of To Cut a Long Story Short', through the early to mid 80's with True and Gold, probably their strongest songs here and onto 'Through The Barricades'. Personally there are one or two songs on here I would have omitted however I'm not going to complain. In all, a decent (and decently mastered) set of songs.

I Know This Much Is True........2005-05-24

Spandau Ballet were one of the more popular names in the British New Romantic trend in the early 1980s. Owing a debt to Roxy Music, among other bands, the five-man British group wrote smooth, polished pop tunes that often blended blue-eyed soul, new wave, and lite jazz. By the time Spandau Ballet broke into the American market with their famous Top Ten ballad "True," they were already stars in England with a handful of hits. "Gold: The Very Best of Spandau Ballet" is a 2000 compilation released by Capitol/EMI, and it's the best collection on the American market, as it features the band's singles from 1980-86, apparently remastered. (Material from their final album, 1989's "Heart Like a Sky," is MIA). Aside from "True," there's the effortlessly elegant "Only When You Leave," the soaring "Gold," "I'll Fly for You," and the title track of their 1986 CBS release "Through the Barricades." Soon after, the band dissolved, and lead singer Tony Hadley went on to pursue a solo career. But we can always turn to this collection, which gives a clear snapshot of one of the most stylish bands of the 1980s.