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By the time Gold emerged in 2000, Spandau Ballet had gone the full circle, from hip young new romantic things, to pop-soul chart-toppers, to rock burnouts, to unexpected influences, to golden oldies. P.M. Dawn memorably revamped "True" for their own smash, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss," in the early '90s and Negativland did their own tweak with "True" for their True/False tour in 2000. As Chrysalis had already released the Singles Collection in 1985, all that was really needed was to add the couple of random singles from the noted flop Through the Barricades (the title track at least being a wonderfully over-the-top power ballad that actually works) and behold -- a new compilation. With tracks reordered, but like the original Singles Collection not in any apparent pattern, aside from putting the three biggest American cuts -- "Gold," "True," and "Only When You Leave" -- at the start, Gold is all most casual fans will ever need or want.
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From 20 years' worth of perspective, the earliest songs sound astoundingly ham-handed; exceptions like "Musclebound" and its intentionally camp militaristic young-boys-together martial attitude aside, not to mention the rent-boy scenario of "To Cut a Long Story Short," nearly everything sounds like it served the videos rather than vice versa. But there's a reason why "Gold" and especially "True" were the smashes they were: for one brief shining moment, the band stopped pretending they were anything but blue-eyed soul fiends and created a couple of perfect gems in the field. Hearing Tony Hadley's dramatic call before the final chorus of "True" still just plain works, full stop. After that, things were decidedly more miss than hit, smoothness serving no purpose, with George Michael in particular stealing the fame and the accolades for the rest of the decade, but overall Gold fulfills its brief -- it is certainly the best, and they weren't much worse. A reasonable if not revelatory biography and various archive photos complete the package. Collapse ↑ User Reviews There are no user reviews for this album. Sign up or Log In to your AllMusic Account to write a review. Track Listing Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream 1 Gold Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 3:55 SpotifyRdioAmazon 2 True Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 5:40 SpotifyRdioAmazon 3 Only When You Leave Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 4:48 SpotifyRdio 4 Lifeline Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 3:28 SpotifyRdioAmazon 5 Communication Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 3:27 SpotifyRdioAmazon 6 Instinction Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 3:39 7 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 4:09 SpotifyRdioAmazon 8 To Cut a Long Story Short Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 3:22 SpotifyRdioAmazon 9 The Freeze Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 3:33 SpotifyRdioAmazon 10 Musclebound Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 3:56 SpotifyRdioAmazon 11 Paint Me Down Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 3:47 SpotifyRdioAmazon 12 She Loved Like Diamond Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 2:55 SpotifyRdioAmazon 13 Round and Round Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 4:34 SpotifyRdioAmazon 14 Highly Strung Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 4:11 SpotifyRdioAmazon 15 Fight for Ourselves Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 4:24 SpotifyRdioAmazon 16 I'll Fly for You Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 5:14 SpotifyRdioAmazon 17 Through the Barricades Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 5:57 SpotifyRdioAmazon blue highlight denotes track pick AllMusic | AllMovie | SideReel | Celebified Copyright Policy | About | FAQ | Feedback | Advertise | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service ©2015 AllMusic, a division of All Media Network, LLC. | All Rights Reserved
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- When was Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet released?
- Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet was released in 2000 on Parlophone.
- How many tracks are on Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet?
- Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet has 17 tracks, with a runtime of 71 minutes.
- What genre is Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet?
- Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet is catalogued under New Wave.