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  • Audio CD (7 May 2009)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • ASIN: B00004UFTT
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,264 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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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
9. The Freeze
10. Musclebound
11. Paint me down
12. She loved like diamond
13. Round & round
14. Highly strung
15. Fight for ourselves
16. I'll fly for you
17. Through the barricades

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Amazon.co.uk Review

In the days when boy bands played their own instruments, Spandau Ballet--a bunch of pretty 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 they look like a bunch of old guys in polo necks--but it was the 80s. --Ronita Dutta


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'Gold - The Best Of Spandau Ballet' comprises of seventeen chart hits which span their career from 1980-1986. Includes ten top ten singles alongside their more popular album tracks. 'Gold', 'Through The Barricades' and 'Chant No 1 (I Don'tNeed This Pressure On)' are all featured alongside 'True' which was the band's only no.1 single. Their sound was a fusion of new romantic pop with soul.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Totally fantastic! A brilliant list of amazing tracks., 7 Sep 2001
This CD contains the best tracks that Spandau Ballet recorded.It starts with one of the most well known tracks "Gold", and finished with what i would call,the best track of them all, "Through the Barricades"."Gold" is a very strong, lively song to begin the album with."Through the Barricades" has such a strong feeling to it, which touches the heart, and soul.An absolutely beautiful song,to end such a fantastic album with.All in all this is the best CD I own.Well worth buying!
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars The same old Greatest Hits being churned out again!, 27 Nov 2000
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Obviously I can't fault the songs on this album coz they've chosen their best but..... if you do a Search for Spandau albums you'll see at least two other collections of Greatest Hits, I'm off to buy up one of these instead (quids cheaper with the same songs on!)

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11 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars From New Romantic Inovators to... something else, 25 Aug 2002
Like Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet recorded an inovative New Wave debut album, which successfuly blended guitars and synths in a manor which made Ultravox a household name and has rarely been done since. Both bands soon eschewed this sound for something altogether more commercial. However, while Duran wisely choose to spend the rest of the early eighties as a fun bubblegum pop/rock group, Spandau reinvented themselves as slightly dull stadium-filling balladeers, the turning point being when Norman switched from guitar/miscellanious to saxophone).
The analogue synth-driven sound of "Journey's to Glory" does slap a "79-81" date on it, but seeing as it was the newest most exciting thing around at the time it remains enjoyable. In twenty years nothing has come along which sounds like "Reformation" or hit single "The Freeze" (included here). The other singles TCALSS and "Musclebound" are raw but catchy and brilliant: "Virginia Plain" and "Pyjamarama" for new romantics.
Second album "Diamond" was a bit more funky (and slightly dirgey!), with less synths and guitars and more bass/precussion but overall caried on from the first album in a satisfactory manor for 1982. Included here is the famous "Chant No. 1" and the near flops "Paint Me Down" and "She Loved Like Diamond"
The Trevor Horn Remix/Overdub of "Instinction" is brilliant: Roxy Music meets Haircut 100. The single mixes an ingeneous presenter with an already decent song and is one of Spandau's best moments.
Good as it was, "Instinction" pointed towards the pure pop of most of Spandau's future career. "True" the album is best represented by the title track; it consists mostly of lovesongs, and though the writting is undoubtbly a step up from before, it wont be enjoyed by fans of the earlier stuff. The "Instinction" rewrite "Lifeline" is fun though, as is (though I hate to admit it) "Gold"(except the bloody sax solo!)
"Parade" may as well have been called "Mediocre". My favourite single is the least well-known, "Round and Round" has a nice synth sound and would be the kind of ballad they would have written for the 1st album (musically not lyrically). The other singles are trite though some love "Only when you leave"
"Through the Baricades" was a brave, but ultimately unsatisfying album, though the right tracks were choosen as singles. "Fight for Ourselves" is standad stad-rock fare, the title track is too twee and air(brushed/headed) for my tastes but has obvious mass appeal. Third single "How Many Lies" is not included to the dissapointment of no one.
Last album (to date) "Heart Like a Sky" (1989) couldn't break even the top thirty, is not represented here, and is truly worth skipping over.
Overall this album handily charts the decline of a once creative band. Of course many will be looking for "True", "Gold", "Only When You Leave" and "Through The Barricades". If you are get this or a similar compilation, it will give you all you want. If your looking for music in the style of "To Cut A Long Story Short" or "Chant No. 1" get the first two albums. In all honesty I can probably recommend waiting for the tripple CD "Retrospective" "Reformation" out September 2002 which promises to be more ballanced and interesting.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Only for Fans
Not one the best bands that emerged out of the eighties, not even in the top 100, however, if your a Sapandu Ballet fan, this album is the greatest thing happening. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Peter S

2.0 out of 5 stars Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
Spandau Ballet "Gold" sums up for me everything that was wrong from the greatest musical decade, the 80's. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Coincidence Vs Fate

5.0 out of 5 stars The Gold Comes True
Spandau Ballet were the best Band in early 80's with Duran Duran

and Adam Ant,Tony Hadley and the Kemps having taken the UK Top 10 in the early years by Storm,they Could... Read more

Published on 17 Mar 2006 by Abdu Kay

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic album from my most favuorate band in the world.
this was an album I had to go out and get straight away as I am a big spandau fan. it has all the classic hits such as true,gold,only when you leave,highly strung, and of course... Read more
Published on 23 Jul 2001 by steven@saldridge.fsworld.co.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant all the great songs on one cd
bought the cd today been listening to it ever since its got all the old favourites .including Gold i dont need the pressure through the barricades close your eyes and your back in... Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars They bought a ticket to the world, they've come back again
So true, funny how it seems that it is actually 17 years since Britain fell in love with that mushy ballad and sent it to the top of the charts. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars A few classic 'eighties songs on here.
The majestically named Spandau Ballet recorded principally heavily synthesiser based early 'eighties New Romantic pop which on reflection is not particularly good. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars As always with Spandau ballet, a great album.
If you already have one of the about 6 other Spandau greatest hits albums then I wouldn't bother with this one. Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2000 by gold@burton52.fsnet.co.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars the best in 80s music
my favourite band .great songs and vocals and all my fav songs on one fantastic album.top songs on the album include through the barricades,true,gold,ill fly for you,round and... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2000

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