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Bananarama - Greatest Hits Collection Audio CD

A fair review of the Bananarama "Greatest Hits Collection" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Bananarama reviews here, or go back to the Bananarama tabs.

Bananarama Band: Bananarama
Title: Greatest Hits Collection
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Release Date: 2000-01-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Venus 2: I Heard A Rumour 3: Love In The First Degree 4: I Can't Help It 5: I Want You Back 6: Love Truth And Honesty 7: Nathan Jones 8: Really Saying Something 9: Shy Boy 10: Robert De Niro's Waiting 11: Cruel Summer 12: It Ain't What You Do 13: Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) 14: Rough Justice 15: Trick Of The Night 16: Aie A Mwana 17: Venus (12 Inch Hellfire Mix) 18: Love In The First Degree (Eurobeat Style) 19: Preacher Man (7-Inch Mix) 20: Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo Help

GREAT GROUP, FROM A GREAT ERA!!!!!!!
Back then everything was a breath of fresh air, and funny at times. Everytime i hear any 80's music i wonder what happened to the music industry these days. Bananarama was the best Girl group of the 80's. I really wish they come back with a new album soon cause they are really talented.


If only the Spice Girls had taken note...
Infinitely more talented than the Spice Girls (and decidedly less annoying), Bananarama were, up until the mid-90's, the biggest British girl band of all-time. Why Bananarama usually falls under "guilty pleasure" material or a mere single track on an '80s retrospective is beyond this reviewer, as they deserve better analysis and appreciation than that. Yes, they were sometimes not polished (see bandmember Keren Woodward's being unable to mime correctly for a performance on Top of the Pops), but they were eminently catchy (okay, and they were major babes as well). . . and better than most pop groups of their epoch.

That said, Bananarama's albums did not include a "Rubber Soul" or an "Abbey Road" - they were a singles group, and are best discovered through a singles compilation. This is a very interesting retrospective, covering everything from the very beginnings of Bananarama and their collaboration with Specials-splinter group Fun Boy Three on "Really Saying Something" to the late '80s and their dabblings with Stock-Aitken-Waterman production. "Cruel Summer" is one of the greatest pop songs of the mid-80's, and the Stock-Aitken-Waterman "I Heard A Rumour" is probably Bananarama's musical apotheosis. While it would have been more interesting to have the tracks sequenced chronologically, the track-list flows well and despite one glaring omission (the oh-so-catchy "Cheers Then") covers all the Bananarama bases.

Worth the album price alone for "Cruel Summer" and their cover of Steam's "Na Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)", there are plenty more pop gems for the uninitiated to discover within this collection. Recommended.


must have for bananrama collector
Preacher man 7 inch mix, venus hellfire mix, love in the first degree eurobeat style mix, and it aint what you do. Includes 4 xtra songs than the original greatest hits mix.


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