Master Series (Visage album) explained

Master Series
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Visage
Cover:	Vis-master.jpg
Released:	10 September 1997
Recorded:	1978–1983
Genre:	Synth-pop
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Midge Ure, Visage
Prev Title:	Beat Boy
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	The Damned Don't Cry
Next Year:	2000

Master Series is a compilation album by the British synth-pop band Visage released in 1997.^[1]

Background

The album was released only in continental Europe as a part of the Master Series collection, and it is now one of the most hard-to-find Visage records. The compilation includes most of the band's UK singles as well as rare tracks "In the Year 2525" (a 1978 cover of Zager and Evans' original), "We Move" (1983 remix by John Hudson) and "Der Amboss", the German-language version of "The Anvil". Master Series also featured 2 album tracks from Visage and 3 from Beat Boy, remaining (until March 2009) the only way to find album tracks from the Beat Boy album on digital format. Track 15, "Motivation", was added to the track listing by mistake and is not a Visage song but the instrumental version of the Motivation track Motivation (Are You Ready).^[2]

Track listing

1. "Fade to Grey" (Billy Currie, Midge Ure, Chris Payne) – 3:49
2. "Damned Don't Cry" (Steve Strange, M. Ure, B. Currie, Rusty Egan, Dave Formula) – 3:55
3. "Love Glove" (S. Strange, R. Egan, Steve Barnacle) – 4:00
4. "Mind of a Toy" (S. Strange, M. Ure, B. Currie, John McGeoch, R. Egan, D. Formula) – 3:32
5. "Der Amboss" (S. Strange, M. Ure, B. Currie, R. Egan, D. Formula) – 5:37
6. "Questions" (S. Strange, R. Egan, S. Barnacle) – 6:11
7. "Visage" (S. Strange, M. Ure, B. Currie, J. McGeoch, R. Egan, D. Formula) – 3:47
8. "The Promise" (S. Strange, R. Egan, S. Barnacle, Andy Barnett) – 3:59
9. "In the Year 2525" (Rick Evans) – 3:41
10. "The Anvil" (S. Strange, M. Ure, B. Currie, R. Egan, D. Formula) – 4:26
11. "Beat Boy" (S. Strange, R. Egan, S. Barnacle, D. Formula, A. Barnett) – 6:46
12. "The Steps" (Instrumental) (S. Strange, M. Ure, B. Currie, J. McGeoch, R. Egan, D. Formula) – 3:14
13. "We Move" (Remix) (S. Strange, M. Ure, B. Currie, J. McGeoch, R. Egan, D. Formula) – 3:45
14. "Only the Good Die Young" (S. Strange, R. Egan, S. Barnacle, D. Formula, A. Barnett, B. Currie) – 5:58
15. "Motivation" (Instrumental) – 5:46
16. "Blocks on Blocks" (S. Strange, M. Ure, B. Currie, J. McGeoch, R. Egan, D. Formula) – 4:00

Notes and References

1. Web site: Visage - Visage (CD) at Discogs . www.discogs.com . 2012-10-13.
2. Book: Strange, Steve . Steve Strange

   . Blitzed! The Autobiography of Steve Strange . Steve Strange . 2002 . . London . 0-75284-936-0 . 191.