Very Best of: Bronski Beat and the Communards [Import]

Very Best of: Bronski Beat and the Communards [Import]

ASIN: B00005O0Q6

Track Listings

1. Smalltown Boy

2. Dont Leave Me This Way

3. Why

4. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

5. Disenchanted

6. Never Can Say Goodbye

7. So Cold The Night

8. To Love Somebody

9. Theres More To Love (Than Boy Meets Girl)

10. Comment Te Dire Adieu

11. You Are My World

12. I Feel Love Johnny Remember Be

13. Tomorrow

14. Hurt So Good

15. Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)

16. For A Friend

17. Aint Necessarily So

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
From Bronski Beat and The Communards, Sommerville's soaring falsetto topped the charts throughout the decade with the classic hits 'Smalltown Boy', 'Don't Leave Me This Way', 'Never Can Say Goodbye', 'Why', 'I Feel Love' & 'So Cold The Night'. This unique collection of great pop songs features 17 tracks that will take you back in time and make you want to dance. 2001.

Tracks:

Smalltown Boy
Dont Leave Me This Way
Aint Necessarily So
Never Can Say Goodbye
You Are My World
Theres More To Love (Than Boy Meets Girl)
Why
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)
Hurt So Good
Comment Te Dire Adieu
To Love Somebody
For A Friend
I Feel Love Johnny Remember Me
So Cold The Night
Tomorrow
Disenchanted

Album Description

Full title - Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards. A collection of his best moments including tracks from Bronski Beat, The Communards & Jimmy Somerville's solo career. 17 tracks in all. Warner. 2002.

Album Details

A Collection of his Best Moments Including Tracks from Bronski Beat, the Communards and Jimmy Somerville's Solo Career.

Very Best of Jimmy Somerville: Bronski Beat and the Communards

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One of Britain's best eighties pop singers
There's more to love than Bronski Beat

Very Best of Jimmy Somerville: Bronski Beat and the Communards
Jimmy Somerville
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005O0Q6
Release Date: 2001-10-15

Tracks:

Smalltown Boy
Dont Leave Me This Way
Why
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Disenchanted
Never Can Say Goodbye
So Cold The Night
To Love Somebody
Theres More To Love (Than Boy Meets Girl)
Comment Te Dire Adieu
You Are My World
I Feel Love Johnny Remember Be
Tomorrow
Hurt So Good
Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)
For A Friend
Aint Necessarily So

Album Description

From Bronski Beat and The Communards, Sommerville's soaring falsetto topped the charts throughout the decade with the classic hits 'Smalltown Boy', 'Don't Leave Me This Way', 'Never Can Say Goodbye', 'Why', 'I Feel Love' & 'So Cold The Night'. This unique collection of great pop songs features 17 tracks that will take you back in time and make you want to dance. 2001.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Update CD of the Former Bronski Beat Vocalist's Biggest Hits with that Group, the Communards and his Solo Recordings.

Customer Reviews:

One of Britain's best eighties pop singers.......2005-03-15

The eighties are not my favorite decade when it comes to pop music. Nevertheless, some great pop music was recorded during those years, some of it by Jimmy Somerville, who was lead singer of Bronski beat and, later, the Communards. Both of those groups are represented here but there are also some of Jimmy's solo songs, too. Jimmy's distinctive falsetto voice could not be mistaken for any other. It is worth pointing out that Jimmy was gay and this is reflected in the lyrics of many of the original songs. I'm not sure how well Jimmy's music did in America but he was, for a while, an important singer on the British scene.

Bronski beat had six UK hits but only the first four are included here. Hit that perfect beat (a top three hit) and Come on come on are missing. Two of the others also made the top three, these being Small town boy and an unlikely medley (with Marc Almond) of I feel love (Donna Summer) and Johnny remember me (John Leyton). Why made it to number six while It ain't necessarily so made the top twenty.

The Communards had a UK number one hit with Don't leave me this way, a cover of a song that had been a hit in the seventies for two different singers - Thelma Houston and Harold Melvin. Harold's version charted higher in the UK but Thelma's version went to number one in America. I enjoy all three versions but the Communards' version features not only Jimmy's excellent lead singing but also excellent vocal support by Sarah Jane Morris, a singer otherwise unknown to me.

The Communards had one other UK top five hit - another cover, this time Never can say goodbye, originally a hit for Gloria Gaynor - and one other UK top ten hit, the original song, So cold the night. Their other UK hits were You are my world, Disenchanted, Tomorrow, For a friend and There's more to love.

Jimmy had five UK hits without either group, the biggest of which was You make me feel mighty real, a top three hit. A cover of To love somebody (Bee Gees) made the UK top ten. Comment te Dire adieu (featuring June Miles Kingston) made the UK top twenty. Read my lips was a minor UK hit.

Despite the omission of one major UK hit and a couple of minor hits, this is an excellent collection of music by one of the best British pop singers of the eighties.

There's more to love than Bronski Beat.......2002-10-21

This a GREAT collection of singles. Try to find the Collector's edition because there's another 80 (!) minutes of original remixes on it... I like this release very and its on heavy rotation in my CD-player. It deserves a five star, but only if you own the double-CD version with all the remixes on it. Great stuff, enjoy it!!

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