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Banarama: The very best of Banarama

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Label: London Recordings
Released: 2001
Time:
 78:39
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.bananarama.co.uk
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2010
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] Venus (VanLeeuwen) - 3:39
[2] Love in the First Degree (Aitken/Dallin/Fahey/Stock/Waterman/Woodward) - 3:28
[3] Robert de Niro's Waiting (Dallin/Fahey/Jolley/Swain/Woodward) - 3:30
[4] Na Na Hey Hey [Kiss Him Goodbye] (DeCarlo/Frashuer/Leka) - 3:24
[5] Really Saying Something (Holland/Stevenson/Whitfield) - 2:41
[6] Cruel Summer (Dallin/Fahey/Jolley/Swain/Woodward) - 3:29
[7] Shy Boy [Don't It Make You Feel Good] (Jolley/Swain) - 3:12
[8] I Want You Back (Aitken/Dallin/Fahey/Stock/Waterman/Woodward) - 3:46
[9] Nathan Jones (Caston/Wakefield) - 3:18
[10] I Heard a Rumour (Aitken/Dallin/Fahey/Stock/Woodward) - 3:25
[11] More/More/More (Diamond) - 3:06
[12] Only Your Love [Single Version] (Caine/Dallin/OSullivan/Woodward/Youth) - 3:59
[13] I Can't Help It (Aitken/Dallin/Fahey/Stock/Woodward) - 3:28
[14] Love/Truth and Honesty (Aitken/Dallin/OSullivan/Stock/Waterman/Woodward) - 3:25
[15] It Aint What You Do It's the Way You Do It (Oliver/Young) - 2:47
[16] Rough Justice (Dallin/Fahey/Jolley/Swain/Woodward) - 3:37
[17] Last Thing on My Mind (Dallin/Stock/Waterman/Woodward) - 3:33
[18] Long Train Running (Johnston) - 3:29
[19] Preacher Man (Caine/Dallin/Glover) - 3:14
[20] Movin' On (Dallin/Stock/Waterman/Woodward) - 4:35
[21] Help! (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:57
[22] Tempus Fugit Mix (Medley) - 6:27

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Keren Woodward - Vocals
Sarah Dallin - Vocals
Siobhan Fahey - Vocals (1981-1987)
Jacquie O'Sullivan - Vocals (1987-1991)

Alma de Noche - Guitar, Vocals

Shep Pettibone - Producer, Remixing
Robin Goodfellow - Producer, Remixing
Steve Jolley - Producer
Tony Swain - Producer
Peter Day - Engineer
Gordon Dennis - Engineer
Dave Ford - Mixing

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2001 CD London Recordings 0927414992



Released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the trio's first single, 1981's "Aie a Mwana," The Very Best of Bananarama is by some distance the most comprehensive collection available. Actually, it's 1988's Greatest Hits in toto (including the early album track "Rough Justice" and the then-new single, a terrible version of the Beatles' "Help!") plus all the singles from 1991's Pop Life and 1994's Please Yourself and a new megamix of three previous hits by their former producer, Pete Waterman, which is just as tacky and embarrassing as it seems it would be. The singles are a handy précis of the two post-Siobhan Fahey albums (neither of which are particularly memorable additions to the canon), and their inclusion, combined with the far superior 1981-1984 singles and the worldwide smash hits from the trio's Stock-Aitken-Waterman era, make this the perfect purchase for the casual Bananarama listener. That said, there are some notable exclusions that make this a frustrating purchase for fans, most notably the original trio's frothy 1998 reunion single, a good-humored and campy cover of ABBA's "Waterloo," and the excellent 1984 single "The Wild Life" (theme from the Cameron Crowe film of the same name), which mysteriously has been missing from nearly every one of the many Bananarama compilations since then. But for those with only room for one Bananarama album in their lives, this is the one.

Stewart Mason - All Music Guide



In the days before "girl power" became slick and over-produced, Bananarama were exuberant and loveably brash. The Very Best of Bananarama starts at the beginning with their first hit (with Fun Boy Three), "It Ain't What You Do, where they mixed a punky attitude with uplifting Motown-inspired pop. As has been said, they had nearly as many hits as the Supremes, and this 22-track collection includes most of them. Their girl-next-door appeal was cemented by the fact that early songs such as "Robert De Niro's Waiting" and the deadpan "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)" sounded like they were singing in a loo. In 1986 they had a complete overhaul when they linked fortunes with Stock, Aitken & Waterman and came up with such hi-energy classics as "Venus" and "Nathan Jones". By the early 1990s, line-up changes had taken their toll, and on songs such as "Movin' On", the Bananas sounded like a shadow of their former selves. Still, it was fun while it lasted.

Lucy O'Brien - Amazon.co.uk
 

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