The Best of Spandau Ballet explained

The Best of Spandau Ballet
Type:greatest
Artist:Spandau Ballet
Cover:Spandau Ballet - The Best Of Spandau Ballet Coverart.png
Released:16 September 1991
Recorded:1980–1989
Genre:
Length:1:22:20 (LP/Cassette) 1:15:38 (CD)
Label:Chrysalis
Producer:
Prev Title:Heart Like a Sky
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:The Collection
Next Year:1997

The Best of Spandau Ballet is a greatest hits album by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released on 16 September 1991 by Chrysalis Records. It features most of the band's singles between 1980 and 1989 in chronological order of release. All tracks were taken from the 7-inch singles for each song, and some of those versions were also included on their respective studio albums. The CD version of the compilation omits "She Loved Like Diamond" and "Raw" in order to facilitate a single disc release.

Critical reception

The editors of Music Week wrote, "'True' and all the rest sounding pretty strong when collected together."[1]

Commercial performance

The Best of Spandau Ballet peaked at number 44 on the UK Albums Chart. It also reached number 15 in the Netherlands and number 41 in Australia.

Track listing

LP version

All tracks are written by Gary Kemp and taken from the 7" single recordings.*Same version also released on original album
#Same version also released on 12" single

CD version

Notes and References

  1. 14 July 1991. New Releases: Albums > Highlights. Music Week. 12. 27 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240927211820/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-09-14.pdf#search=%22spandau%20best%22 . 27 September 2024.