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One year after issuing expanded and remastered versions of the Teardrop Explodes' two studio albums, the spectacular Kilimanjaro and the not-so-spectacular Wilder, Mercury U.K. released The Greatest Hit, which fuses selections from both releases and adds the requisite completist bait with "Christ Versus Warhol," the B-side to the Passionate Friend single. Though the track selection -- which mixes A-sides like "Sleeping Gas," "Reward," "Ha Ha I'm Drowning," and "Colours Fly Away" with album cuts like "The Great Dominions," "The Culture Bunker," and "...and the Fighting Takes Over" -- is rather serviceable, there's a big gaping hole in any Teardrop Explodes collection that doesn't house "Bouncing Babies" and "Books." Kilimanjaro is probably a better one-shot deal than this package, because it's superior to Wilder and it's such a great record from front to back. It also plugs that gaping hole that this particular package loses marks for. Better yet, track down the Kilimanjaro/Wilder two-fer, which was released by Collector's Choice Music in the U.S. the same year. All of this is code for decrying The Greatest Hit's pointlessness. While the recycled material is terrific, it is annoying and rather incomplete recycling nonetheless. Now where's the live record? Where's the next archival release?
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Alan David Gill, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Alan Gill, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alan Winstanley, Producer - COLIN FAIRLEY, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Luke Tunney, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hammer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Agius, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Troy Tate, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Emmet, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Neil Finkler, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Martinez, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - The Chameleons, Producer - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Neil Finkler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Hurricane Smith, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Gill, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - COLIN FAIRLEY, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Troy Tate, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - COLIN FAIRLEY, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Troy Tate, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Martinez, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - The Chameleons, Producer - Paul Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Neil Finkler, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Hurricane Smith, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Finkler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, MainArtist - David Balfe, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - MIKE HOWLETT, Producer - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Neil Finkler, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Alan Gill, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - COLIN FAIRLEY, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Troy Tate, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - COLIN FAIRLEY, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Troy Tate, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Chris Sheldon, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - CLIVE LANGER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Cullum, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Cope, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ron François, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Merrick Hughes, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Andrew Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Troy Tate, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Producer - Gary Andrew Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Chris Sheldon, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - CLIVE LANGER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Cullum, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Cope, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ron François, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Merrick Hughes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Luke Tunney, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Troy Tate, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Emmet, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 Mercury Records Limited
CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - COLIN FAIRLEY, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Troy Tate, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
One year after issuing expanded and remastered versions of the Teardrop Explodes' two studio albums, the spectacular Kilimanjaro and the not-so-spectacular Wilder, Mercury U.K. released The Greatest Hit, which fuses selections from both releases and adds the requisite completist bait with "Christ Versus Warhol," the B-side to the Passionate Friend single. Though the track selection -- which mixes A-sides like "Sleeping Gas," "Reward," "Ha Ha I'm Drowning," and "Colours Fly Away" with album cuts like "The Great Dominions," "The Culture Bunker," and "...and the Fighting Takes Over" -- is rather serviceable, there's a big gaping hole in any Teardrop Explodes collection that doesn't house "Bouncing Babies" and "Books." Kilimanjaro is probably a better one-shot deal than this package, because it's superior to Wilder and it's such a great record from front to back. It also plugs that gaping hole that this particular package loses marks for. Better yet, track down the Kilimanjaro/Wilder two-fer, which was released by Collector's Choice Music in the U.S. the same year. All of this is code for decrying The Greatest Hit's pointlessness. While the recycled material is terrific, it is annoying and rather incomplete recycling nonetheless. Now where's the live record? Where's the next archival release?
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:44
- Main artists: THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2001 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 2001 Mercury Records Limited
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