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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 ... Read review
In the days when boy bands played their own instruments, Spandau Ballet--a bunch of pretty ... more
boys from north London with kilts, shoulder pads, bad 1980s hair, eyeliner and unmistakable good looks--caused quite a stir and soon had both major record labels...
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In the days when boy bands played their own instruments, Spandau Ballet--a bunch of pretty ... more
boys from north London with kilts, shoulder pads, bad 1980s hair, eyeliner and unmistakable good looks--caused quite a stir and soon had both major record labels...
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Gold True Only When You Leave Lifeline Communication Instinction (Edit) Chant No 1 (I ... more
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...
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In the days when boy bands played their own instruments, Spandau Ballet--a bunch of pretty ... more
boys from north London with kilts, shoulder pads, bad 1980s hair, eyeliner and unmistakable good looks--caused quite a stir and soon had both major record labels...
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In the days when boy bands played their own instruments, Spandau Ballet--a bunch of pretty ... more
boys from north London with kilts, shoulder pads, bad 1980s hair, eyeliner and unmistakable good looks--caused quite a stir and soon had both major record labels and teenage girls monitoring their every move. Major-league players among the New Romantic movement, the five piece lived the high life and churned out hit after hit between 1980 and 1986. This compilation features pretty much all of their offerings ("Gold", "True", "Lifeline", "Highly Strung")--some more memorable than others.Gold's sleeve notes boldly proclaim "...this is where it all began. Club culture, endless nocturnal adventures, white boys high on soul and funk-making electric dance music which moves the city." It's hard to imagine music like this doing that now--on the cover theylook like a bunch of old guys in polo necks--but it was the 80s.--Ronita Dutta
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Advantages: Great tracks, and that saxophone! Disadvantages: May not be everyone's cup of tea
...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 ... ...to 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 ... more
I've spent the last few years travelling backward through my musical history, looking at the artists that I used to like, and ones that passed me by - to see how they stand up today. I found some to laugh at (purely in a "I liked THAT?!" type way), and some absolute gems. Spandau Ballet is one of these jewels in the crown of music, and I've been meaning to get myself a 'best of' for a while now. Thanks to Christmas - 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. They stand out as one of the real bands to 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 Short' and the rather sentimental ballad 'Through The Barricades'. The other tracks on the album are also great, but mostly have trouble living up to the standard set by the well known tracks! However, they're still great, favourites of mine being 'Musclebound', 'Round And Round', 'I'll Fly For You' and 'Instinction'. I also love the way they parody themselves at one point - in 'Highly Strung' there is the line 'Just like the song the pressure's on again', a subtle reference to Chant No. 1 maybe?
The musical quality is excellent, I particularly love the sax solos we get every now and again - they give the music a certain something else. However, the rhythm and bass guitar are played with style, you can expect some impressive riffs and a few beautiful solos.
Overall, this 'best of' album is everything it should be. It has a great mixture of tracks, and the Kemp brothers keep belting out one great song after another. If you're a fan with no albums, then I'd certainly recommend you get this one - it's worth the money, and you'll enjoy it over and over again.
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 ...
emmajane 18.09.2000
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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.
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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 ...
mentalmickey100 06.05.2003
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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>
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I think it's better to play a few at a ...
belinda9 18.02.2001
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I used to enjoy this group when i was in my teens. I love Martin Kemp who plays Eastenders. There were four men in the group but i can only remember three of them. If any one can remember the other let me know. There were Martin and Gary Kemp the brothers and Tony Hadley. They made plenty of good music like True, gold, just to name a couple. I loved listening to this music along with many other groups. I used to have all of their music but don't ...
moonlightmist 29.08.2000
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