Fanfare (Skids album) explained

Fanfare
Type:	Compilation
Artist:	Skids
Cover:	SkidsFanfare.jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	1978–1980
Genre:	Punk rock, new wave, post-punk
Label:	Virgin Records
Producer:	Mick Glossop, Bill Nelson, David Batchelor
Next Year:	1987

Fanfare is a compilation album by Scottish punk and new wave band Skids, released in 1982 via Virgin Records shortly after the group dissolved. John Peel wrote the album's liner notes.^[1]

Despite being a compilation, it doesn't contain any tracks from the band's fourth and final album Joy.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Fanfare "an excellent compilation of singles and album tracks that serves as the perfect introduction to the Skids' magic."^[2]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Into The Valley"
2. "Working For The Yankee Dollar" (live)
3. "Sweet Suburbia"
4. "A Woman in Winter"
5. "Masquerade"
6. "The Saints Are Coming"

Side 2

1. "Animation"
2. "Out Of Town"
3. "T.V. Stars" (live)
4. "Of One Skin" (live)
5. "Charade"
6. "Circus Games"

External links

• Skids: Vinyl Albums

Notes and References

1. Web site: VALLEY HIGH - Record Collector Magazine.
2. Web site: Skids . Trouser Press . 10 November 2020.