Hits and Assorted Secrets 1984–1993 explained
| Hits and Assorted Secrets 1984–1993 |
| Type: | Compilation album |
| Artist: | The Northern Pikes |
| Cover: | NorthernPikes-HitsandAssortedSecrets.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1984 - 1993 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Prev Title: | Gig |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Live |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
Hits and Assorted Secrets 1984–1993 is a Greatest Hits album by The Northern Pikes released in 1999. Along with some of the band's biggest hits, the album included 3 previously unreleased tracks.
Following the tour in support of Neptune in 1993, the band decided to dissolve. However, in 1999 Virgin Records asked the band members for their input on a "greatest hits" package. To support the package, the band decided to do a short promotional tour. They found themselves enjoying the more relaxed independence of making their own schedule that they continued touring.
Track listing
- "Teenland"
- "Things I Do for Money" (radio edit)
- "Place That's Insane"
- "Hopes Go Astray"
- "Let's Pretend"
- "Wait for Me" (radio edit)
- "She Ain't Pretty" (radio edit)
- "Kiss Me You Fool"
- "Dream Away" (Stasium Re-mix)
- "Girl With a Problem"
- "Wasting Away" (previously unreleased)
- "What She Wants" (previously unreleased)
- "Beautiful Summer" (previously unreleased)
- "Chain of Flowers" (edit)
- "Believe"
- "Worlds Away"
- "Unimportant" (live)
- "Dancing in a Dance Club" (live) (edit)
Song notes
Album credits
Personnel
- Jay Semko - vocals, bass
- Merl Bryck - vocals, guitar
- Bryan Potvin - vocals, guitar
- Don Schmid - drums, percussion
Additional Personnel
- Rick Hutt - piano, keyboards on track 3 - 6
- Ross Nykiforuk - keyboards on tracks 14 - 18
- Greg Johns - mellotron on track 15
- Margo Timmins - vocals on track 16
References
- Liner notes from The Northern Pikes:Hits and Assorted Secrets 1984-1993.
