Gold (The Best Of Spandau Ballet) - Spandau Ballet

Advantages: Great tracks, and that saxophone!
Disadvantages: May not be everyone's cup of tea

...I now have one. Gold is a 'best of' released just this year. There have been others which have since been deleted, but this one has all the best tracks that any fan or musical traveller like myself would be looking for. Spandau Ballet have many classic tracks - one of the more memorable bands of the early to mid-eighties. They were formed in a transition period between the soul and disco of the 70s, and the musical mish-mash that was the eighties. ...
...capture the imagination, with some innovative lyrics and a musical style all of their own - which is more than can be said for a lot of artists of the time. So, what of the album? It has all the tracks you'd expect of it, and some you might not expect. Of the most well known tracks, we have the immortal 'Gold', the rather more serene 'True', the cool 'Only When You Leave', the funky 'Chant No.1(I Don't Need This Pressure On), 'To Cut A Long Story ... Read review

Advantages: wonderful
Disadvantages: none

I did not want to admit to buying this album let alone liking it and telling people how much i've enjoyed it, but I have to say it is fantastic and I am so pleased that i spent money on it. All the old classis are on this album and it is just wonderful. I was not really old enough to really like Spandau Ballet in the 80s but this really shows me what i had missed out on. You may think that it is not worth buying but give it a chance and go out and ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant, Fantastic Band,
Disadvantages: Nothing At All.

...one day we could hear gold like from the band again......... we can hope. This cd is the Quality it is meant to be, it is Spandau Ballet, it has the best tracks they have produced, and it is amazingly simple to listen to, and love, you can sit down and enjoy Through the Barricades, you can really relax to that song. Or get up and boogy to Gold. it is your choice, you do whatever you like, but i do recommend, as much as i can do with just words, ...
...download a sample of there site, whatever you like, but you will never ever regret it, they are great, fantastic, and will still be around for 15 years at least, probably 100, but they will be around. Spandau Ballet, they are great, and this cd, truly world class. --------------------------------------------------- I have been asked to say some more about the album, which i suppose i should really, as that is what this is about, i am sorry about ... Read review

Advantages: Some excellent songs
Disadvantages: quite repetitive

...thought I would buy the Gold album from Spandau Ballet. Tony Hadleys voice is so powerful and still could send shivers down my spine years later. The tracks listed are. 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 (First song I heard) 9:The freeze 10:Musclebound(Not one of their best) 11:Paint me down 12:She love like diamond 13:Round ...
...you 17:Through the Barricades. Through the Barricades was sang by a young man on Stars in your eyes last year and I thought he was wonderful. That song is beautiful, very haunting. I didn't realise the band had made so many songs until I listened to the album and thought "OH yes I remember that one". The album is very good but after listening to about half the songs on the album I got a bit fed up> , I think it's better to play a few at a ... Read review