by negative1 » Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:09 pm
Review:
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The Flock of Seagulls have way too many compilations out there,
at least 15 or more. All of them are good to some degree, and
bad also.
Finally this year, we have a 2 cd remix and rarities collection,
so does this finally solve the problem of which one to get.
No, it does not. Granted at this point, for an 80s band that
is mostly known for 1 or 2 hits, it's great for fans that liked
the band, and stuck it out all this time. (Speaking of US fans).
Maybe in Europe or the UK, people still remember them.
Granted they relocated to the US, and still have been touring
after a couple of albums, after the first three classic ones.
That's the era concentrated on these tracks.
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7 Flock of Seagulls
13 Listen
4 Story of a young heart
3 Dream come true
Tracklist
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1-1 I Ran (So Far Away) (U.S. 7" Version) 3:40
1-2 Space Age Love Song (7" Version) 3:22
1-3 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (7" Version) 4:13
1-4 Nightmares (7" Version) 4:12
1-5 Rosenmontag (Shorter Version) 4:05
1-6 Transfer Affection (7" Version) 4:19
1-7 I Ran (So Far Away) (Live) 5:15
1-8 (It's Not Me) Talking (7" Version) 3:36
1-9 Never Again (The Dancer) (7" Version) 3:43
1-10 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (Long Version) 9:11
1-11 Nightmares (12" Version) 5:05
1-12 Committed (Short Version) 2:53
1-13 The Traveller (Live) 3:32
1-14 The More You Live The More You Love (Full Moon Mix) 6:14
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2-1 I Ran (So Far Away) (Longer Version) 5:08
2-2 Never Again (The Dancer) (12" Version) 5:15
2-3 Heartbeat Like A Drum (Full Length Version) 6:58
2-4 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (U.S. Edit 12" Promo Version) 6:03
2-5 The Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin (Full Length Version) 7:02
2-6 Rosenmontag (Long Version) 8:05
2-7 Nightmares (U.S. 12" Promo Version) 4:37
2-8 I Ran (So Far Away) (Edited Version) 3:59
2-9 Never Again (The Dancer) (Re-Mix) 7:43
2-10 Space Age Love Song (Live) 3:46
2-11 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (Short Version) 4:59
2-12 Who's That Girl (She's Got It) (Instrumental) 4:20
2-13 Single Medley 5:36
The good part is that a lot of tracks have not appeared on CD before,
mostly the edits, and a few of the live tracks, also the remixes were
spread across the remasters.
Also, the sound quality is very good.
This collection is actually aimed at the 80s fan of the group thats a
little beyond the casual collector. But the actual fans are missing out
on at least one other disc of missing tracks, with at least 80 minutes.
The actual tracklisting in order should be:
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disc 1
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1-1 I Ran (So Far Away) (U.S. 7" Version) 3:40
1-2 I Ran (So Far Away) (Longer Version) 5:08
1-3 I Ran (So Far Away) (Edited Version) 3:59
1-4 Space Age Love Song (7" Version) 3:22
1-5 I Ran (So Far Away) (Live) 5:15
1-6 Space Age Love Song (Live) 3:46
1-7 The Traveller (Live) 3:32
1-8 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (7" Version) 4:13
1-9 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (Short Version) 4:59
1-10 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (U.S. Edit 12" Promo Version) 6:03
1-11 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (Long Version) 9:11
1-12 Committed (Short Version) 2:53
1-13 Nightmares (7" Version) 4:12
1-14 Nightmares (U.S. 12" Promo Version) 4:37
1-15 Nightmares (12" Version) 5:05
disc 2
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2-1 Rosenmontag (Shorter Version) 4:05
2-2 Rosenmontag (Long Version) 8:05
2-3 The Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin (Full Length Version) 7:02
2-4 Transfer Affection (7" Version) 4:19
2-5 (It's Not Me) Talking (7" Version) 3:36
2-6 The More You Live The More You Love (Full Moon Mix) 6:14
2-7 Never Again (The Dancer) (7" Version) 3:43
2-8 Never Again (The Dancer) (12" Version) 5:15
2-9 Never Again (The Dancer) (Re-Mix) 7:43
2-10 Heartbeat Like A Drum (Full Length Version) 6:58
2-11 Who's That Girl (She's Got It) (Instrumental) 4:20
2-12 Single Medley 5:36
I would say this is basically a slightly above average collection.
Given that's its relatively cheap and easy to find, if you like the band
or 80s remix collections, then get it, but don't expect to get any kind of
comprehensive or thought put into it.
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Ultimately, this collection fails, in just randomly putting the tracks on there,
with no order, and no thought as to which tracks or mixes are on it. This is
not a good way to represent a band that should have gotten a much better
view back on their output.
later
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