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Bananarama - The Very Best of Bananarama Audio CD

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Bananarama Band: Bananarama
Title: The Very Best of Bananarama
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Release Date: 2002-11-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Venus 2: Love in the First Degree 3: Robert de Niro's Waiting 4: I Heard a Rumour 5: Cruel Summer 6: Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) 7: T'Aint What You Do It's the Way You Do It - Bananarama, Fun Boy Three 8: Really Saying Something - Bananarama, Fun Boy Three 9: I Want You Back 10: Nothan Jones 11: Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good) 12: More, More, More 13: Only Your Love [Single Version] 14: I Can't Help It 15: Love, Truth and Honesty 16: Rough Justice 17: Last Thing on My Mind 18: Long Train Running 19: Preacher Man 20: Movin' On 21: Help! 22: I Heard a Rumour [Miami Remix] 23: Venus [Hellfire Mix] 24: Love in the First Degree 25: Movin' On [Bumpin' Mix] 26: Cruel Summer [Remix] 27: Only Your Love [Remix] 28: Tripping on Your Love [Euro Trance Mix] 29: I Want You Back [Remix] 30: Nathan Jones [Remix] 31: I Can't Help Myself [Remix]

A Great One
The music here is danceable and quite enjoyable for all!
Cheesy!!?? I don't think so. Now this is a best of you can really appreciate. The title is currently unavailable on Amazon because this ones so good that everybody bought it up.


Absolute Bananarama Heaven
Remastered versions Cruel Summer,Venus,I Heard A Rumour,I Cant Help It etc. This is the ultimate Bananarama album comprising of every hit along with a bonus cd of remixes. . . all sound far better than the originals. For anyone contemplating buying this cd set,you most definetly should. . . It's a limited edition offer so after a while the bonus cd(remixes) will no longer be available. The cd sleeve features a picture of all four members over the years,although the current lineup just consists of Sara and Keren. This compilation sums up the very essential Bananarama material.


2 cds of hits and remixes of the best UK girl group.
The first disc comes with all the classics like "Venus" ,"I Heard A Rumour" and "Cruel Summer"- their only top 40 hits in the USA. This collection of 2 discs features 21 of their hits plus 10 full remixes. Then you get classic hits like "Robert DeNiro's Waiting","Shy Boy","Really Saying Something" ,"Na Na Hey Hey(Kiss Him Goodbye)" and "Rough Justice" with their work by producers Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Then with HUGE producers Stock Aitken & Waterman the hits "Love In The First Degree","I Want You Back ","Movin' On","More More More","Nathan Jones " and "Love , Truth & Honesty". Plus you get their song with Jennifer Saunders & Kathy Burke for Comic relief with The Beatles "Help". The second disc is the remixes of some of their best songs. The remixes are "Venus"(Hellfire Mix-9:21),"Love In The First Degree"(Eurobeat Style Mix-7:19),"Movin' On"(Bumpin' Mix-6:16),"Cruel Summer"(Swingbeat Remix-5:20),"Only Your Love"(Remix-8:15),"Tripping On your Love"(Euro Trance Mix-7:22),"I Want You Back"(Remix-7:57),"Nathan Jones" (Remix-5:13) and "I Can't Help It (Remix-8:02). The Miami Remix(7:12) of "I Heard A Rumour" is tracked onto the 1st disc . There should have been a third disc of remixes because so many were left off. There should have been a remix on here of "More Than Physical" or "A Trick of The Night" or even "Shy Boy" or "Long Train Running" or "Robert DeNiro's Waiting". Oh well it still is a great collection of hits by the best UK girl group.


Great Compilation Disc of the 80s trio
It had all the hits I remembered and a bonus special mix disc that was great! The only thing missing was Trick of the Night. I was very happy when I received this 2 disc set and listened. I think that should have been on this disc.

This is a fun tour down memory lane!.


A missed opportunity
Aside from the fact that there are several singles missing from the first CD (where's Cheers Then, Hotline To Heaven, Do Not Disturb, A Trick Of The Night, etc ?), the worst part of the VBOB is the remixes.

This CD could have been so much more but, alas, it ain't much. Practically every mix on the CD is terrible or there are better mixes in the Bananarama discography than those included on the extra CD.

Case in point: the "I Heard A Rumour Miami Mix" is not one of my favorite. It's positively outdated and cheesy. A much better mix version of IHAR would have been the "Corporation of Bananarama inc" mix, which is a TOTALLY BRILLIANT mix. Probably the best remix done to a Nana song. Then there's the "Nathan Jones" remix, which is the standard extended version when the "Psycho Remix," which is also brilliant, should have been included. Then there's the "Venus Hellfire" remix available on the CD. God, what a terrible remix. This is THE worst remix of a Bananarama song ever. A better choice would have been the "Fire & Brimstone" remix of Venus. The "Hellfire mix" of Venus is DULL! And then they included the "Cruel Summer (Swing Beat Dub)" on the CD which is the dull and lifeless remix of the 1989 version of "Cruel Summer". The original version of "Cruel Summer" is still the best no matter what SAW or others think. It's a classic and the 1989 version of CS is best forgotten. And of all the 20 + mixes "Tripping on Your Love" had, they had to choose the "Euro Trance Mix" which is the dullest mix of all the TOYL mixes. The "Maurice's Wicked Mix" or the "Sweet Exorcist Mix" are killer remixes.

And where's the Shep mix of "Preacher Man"? Or the amazing "Love, Truth & Honesty Hot Power" mix? Or any remixes of earlier songs like "Shy Boy," "Really Saying Something" or even "State I'm in" which is better than the single version?

All in all, this CD is not worth buying. It's a typical half-hearted effort from London Records, who probably hate Bananarama. And there's too much SAW/Pete Waterman, not enough earlier stuff. Skip it.


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