The Greatest Hit

The Greatest Hit Artist: The Teardrop Explodes
Label: Universal/Polygram
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731458639121
EAN: 0731458639121
ASIN: B00005OMB1


Release Date: 2001-10-25

The Greatest Hit


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Tracks:

  1. Reward
  2. Passionate Friend
  3. Treason (It's Just a Story) [Remixed Version]
  4. Ha Ha I'm Drowning
  5. Culture Bunker
  6. Colours Fly Away
  7. Sleeping Gas
  8. Suffocate [Previously Unreleased Strings]
  9. When I Dream
  10. Tiny Children
  11. ...and the Fighting Takes Over
  12. In-Psychlopedia
  13. Christ Versus Warhol
  14. You Disappear from View
  15. Great Dominions

Album Description

UK mid-price compilation for new wave act fronted by Julian Cope. 20 tracks including their 1979 debut single 'Sleeping Gas', 'Treason', 'When I Dream', 'Reward', 'Passionate Friend' & 'You Disappear From View'.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Anthology of 15 Great Tracks from their Four Albums, featuring Julian Cope in the Driver's Seat.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Proof that acid can be good for you?.......2004-08-06

Gone as quickly as they arrived, The Teardrop Explodes were a more colourful alternative to the other, decidedly greyer post-punk bands of the late 70's/early 80's. Led by Tamworth's finest, Julian Cope, they managed to fit as much invention into their 2 albums as many long term bands could muster. This compilation does a pretty great job of providing an introduction to all things Teardrop-related... there are the stunning singles, such as 'Reward', 'Passionate Friend' and 'Treason', but also a few surprises (such as 'Suffocate' and 'Culture Bunker') which stand up well with the better-known material. The album loses its way a little in the 2nd half ('Tiny Children' and 'The In-Psychlopedia' fill up space which could have been better filled by tracks like 'Books' or 'Bent Out Of Shape') but it's hard to complain when the album closes with 'The Great Dominions', probably Cope's best attempt at a Scott Walker-style epic.

Music Album:

  1. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs ~ Derek and the Dominos
  2. July 21 2002 Lowell Ma: On the Road ~ String Cheese Incident
  3. White Witch ~ White Witch
  4. Razorblade Smile ~ Hope & Suicide
  5. Smoke and Mirrors ~ Robbie Dupree
  6. ...Your Bloated Corpse Has Washed Ashore ~ Puerto Muerto
  7. Erotic Experience ~ Calvert DeForest
  8. New World ~ The Zombies
  9. Big Band Classics: The Crooners in the Beginning ~ Various Artists
  10. Leading Ladies Sing The Movie Classics ~ Various Artists

Music Album

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Jimmy O'Bryant, Vol. 2 & Vance Dixon (1923-1931): Hot Clarinet ~ Jimmy O'Bryant

Jazzin' the Blues (1943-1952) ~ Various Artists

New Orleans: The Living Legends, Vol. 2 ~ Kid Thomas and His Algiers Stompers

Alternative Takes 1: 1928-37 ~ Benny Goodman

Close Up ~ Patrizia Scascitelli

Man ~ King Errisson

Djezair ~ Kadda Cherif Hadria

Rangey Rashey Jaal Bune ~ Rezwana Choudhury Bannya

Cuba ~ Various Artists

No Ka Oi ~ Leinaala Haili