Spandau Ballet-Greatest Hits

Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet '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.	True Digitally Remastered Edition of their Most Popular Album, featuring the Hit Single of the Title Track 'true'.	Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC UK compilation features nine of the eleven tracks on the closest domestic equivalent (the U.S. features 'Vanity Kills' (The Abigails Party Mix) (the standard version appears here & ' Theme From Mantrap ') but adds seven additional tracks, 'Night You Murdered Love', 'Peace & T...	Richard Marx - Greatest Hits It's telling that Richard Marx broke into the music business singing backup vocals for Lionel Richie and writing songs with Kenny Rogers and Chicago, for he kept to the straightforward, middle-of-the-road approach of those acts once he became a recording artist in his own right--...	Parade Budget price reissue of the new romantic act's 1984 fourth album. Eight tracks including, 'Only When You Leave', 'Highly Strung' and 'I'll Fly for You'. Standard jewel case.
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Okay . .
I found the CD to be ok. After listening to "True" being played on the radio every two months, I decided to go ahead and by an album that had the track. I was, somewhat, disappointed because I expected a lot from the group. I thought since "True" was so good, there is a great chance I'll like a lot of their other songs. I've only listened to it once and was, somewhat pleased. I plan to listen to it a little more, but even this effort is uncertain.

They Dressed Well...
Gold...Only When You Leave Love these two songs. I always thought S.B. was soooo cool.

Rescue Me!
Years ago Robert Chirstgau inspired a generation of pithy rock critics. Before our current zeitgeist of political correctness gave backhand slaps to our choices of rhetoric one forgotten reviewer's memorable take of Spandau Ballet's song "True" has stuck in my head forever: "All I can think of when I hear this song is two fags kissing on a dance floor." Transcending that now discredited expression one still wonders how this breathy stand out single has stood the test of time so long, and remains their best work in comparison to their mediocre and forgettable other offerings. This is music for which the MUZAK orchestrations are an improvement. Mercifully those who were already on a trajectory to the Lay-Z-Boy and Cadillac set of the "rock" music new Romantic movement departed to the soft-rock stations that now pollute our dying airwaves. Inspiring data point: "True" was released the same year as the Angry Samoans "They Saved Hitler's Cock." The Deus Ex Machina or three cord thrash has rescued us all.

Fabulous Music
There is not one song on the CD that I do not like. I listen to it every day. Good quality, value for money and a CD must have.

I just heard it today..loved ALL of it!
I just saw this album and bought it! This group was far more than just the mega hit True. This whole album sounded good--all 10 songs are very well done pop songs! Even Spandau Ballet rocked on some guitar heavy rockers like Highly Strung and To Cut a Long Story Short, Paint Me Down and Communication. Only When You Leave still sounds fabulous as well as their more famous True in 2004. I'll Fly For You is like the companion to True with its own jazzy meets pop vibe. It sounds pretty too. On some of the uptempo songs, they kind of sound like Culture Club, especially on Only When You Leave. The album is very '80s in its sound and musical landscapes (makes me feel like I'm in South Carolina, Georgia or sunny Florida), but sounds so fresh and never outdated now. This was a group that took it and ran with it creatively with their success in the '80s and I think that they compiled a good compilation in its 42 minute span.