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By the time Gold emerged in 2000, Spandau Ballet had gone the full circle, from hip young new romantic things, to pop-soul chart-toppers, to rock burnouts, to unexpected influences, to golden oldies. P.M. Dawn memorably revamped "True" for their own smash, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss," in the early '90s and Negativland did their own tweak with "True" for their True/False tour in 2000. As Chrysalis had already released the Singles Collection in 1985, all that was really needed was to add the couple of random singles from the noted flop Through the Barricades (the title track at least being a wonderfully over-the-top power ballad that actually works) and behold -- a new compilation. With tracks reordered, but like the original Singles Collection not in any apparent pattern, aside from putting the three biggest American cuts -- "Gold," "True," and "Only When You Leave" -- at the start, Gold is all most casual fans will ever need or want. From 20 years' worth of perspective, the earliest songs sound astoundingly ham-handed; exceptions like "Musclebound" and its intentionally camp militaristic young-boys-together martial attitude aside, not to mention the rent-boy scenario of "To Cut a Long Story Short," nearly everything sounds like it served the videos rather than vice versa. But there's a reason why "Gold" and especially "True" were the smashes they were: for one brief shining moment, the band stopped pretending they were anything but blue-eyed soul fiends and created a couple of perfect gems in the field. Hearing Tony Hadley's dramatic call before the final chorus of "True" still just plain works, full stop. After that, things were decidedly more miss than hit, smoothness serving no purpose, with George Michael in particular stealing the fame and the accolades for the rest of the decade, but overall Gold fulfills its brief -- it is certainly the best, and they weren't much worse. A reasonable if not revelatory biography and various archive photos complete the package.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Jess Bailey, Keyboards - Steve Jolley, Producer - Tony Swain, Producer, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Richard Lengyel, AssistantEngineer - Andy Walter, AdditionalEngineer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Lead Vocals - John Keeble, Drums - Steve Norman , Percussion, Saxophone
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Jolley, Producer - Tony Swain, Producer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Composer, Writer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983 Parlophone Records Limited
Jess Bailey, Keyboards - Steve Jolley, Producer - Tony Swain, Producer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Richard Lengyel, AssistantEngineer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Lead Vocals - John Keeble, Drums - Steve Norman , Percussion, Saxophone
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984 Parlophone Records Limited
Jess Bailey, Keyboards - Steve Jolley, Producer - Tony Swain, Producer, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Richard Lengyel, AssistantEngineer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Lead Vocals - John Keeble, Drums - Steve Norman , Percussion, Saxophone
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1982 Parlophone Records Limited
Jess Bailey, Keyboards - Steve Jolley, Producer - Tony Swain, Producer, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Richard Lengyel, AssistantEngineer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - John Keeble, Drums - Steve Norman , Percussion, Saxophone
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983 Parlophone Records Limited
Trevor Horn, Producer - Steve Norman, Percussion, Vocals, Tabla - Gary Langan, Engineer - John Etchells, Engineer - Andy Jackson, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Horns Arranger - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Tony Hadley, Vocals - John Keeble, Drums, Vocals - Richard James Burgess, Producer, Horns Arranger - Kenny Wellington, Trumpet - David 'Baps' Baptiste, Flute, Saxophone - Pete Walsh, Engineer - Nicholas Froome, Engineer - Nathaniel Augustin, Trombone - Canute Wellington, Trumpet - Colin Fariley, Engineer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Steve Norman, Percussion, Vocals, Tabla - Gary Langan, Engineer - John Etchells, Engineer - Andy Jackson, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Horns Arranger - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Tony Hadley, Vocals - John Keeble, Drums, Vocals - Richard James Burgess, Producer, Horns Arranger - Kenny Wellington, Trumpet - David 'Baps' Baptiste, Flute, Saxophone - Pete Walsh, Engineer - Nicholas Froome, Engineer - Nathaniel Augustin, Trombone - Canute Wellington, Trumpet - Colin Fariley, Engineer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Norman, Guitar - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Hugh Padgham, Engineer - John Etchells, Engineer - Andy Jackson, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Writer, Synthesizer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Vocals, Synthesizer - John Keeble, Drums - Richard James Burgess, Producer - Stephen Short, Engineer - Marlis Duncklau, Engineer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1980 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Steve Norman, Guitar - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Hugh Padgham, Engineer - John Etchells, Engineer - Andy Jackson, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Writer, Synthesizer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Vocals, Synthesizer - John Keeble, Drums - Richard James Burgess, Producer - Stephen Short, Engineer - Marlis Duncklau, Engineer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Norman, Guitar - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Hugh Padgham, Engineer - John Etchells, Engineer - Andy Jackson, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Writer, Synthesizer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Vocals, Synthesizer - John Keeble, Drums - Richard James Burgess, Producer - Stephen Short, Engineer - Marlis Duncklau, Engineer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Norman, Percussion, Vocals, Tabla - Gary Langan, Engineer - John Etchells, Engineer - Andy Jackson, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Horns Arranger - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Tony Hadley, Vocals - John Keeble, Drums, Vocals - Richard James Burgess, Producer, Horns Arranger - Kenny Wellington, Trumpet - David 'Baps' Baptiste, Flute, Saxophone - Pete Walsh, Engineer - Nicholas Froome, Engineer - Nathaniel Augustin, Trombone - Canute Wellington, Trumpet - Colin Fariley, Engineer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Norman, Percussion, Vocals, Tabla - Gary Langan, Engineer - John Etchells, Engineer - Andy Jackson, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Horns Arranger - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Tony Hadley, Vocals - John Keeble, Drums, Vocals - Richard James Burgess, Producer, Horns Arranger - Kenny Wellington, Trumpet - David 'Baps' Baptiste, Flute, Saxophone - Pete Walsh, Engineer - Nicholas Froome, Engineer - Nathaniel Augustin, Trombone - Canute Wellington, Trumpet - Colin Fariley, Engineer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1982 Parlophone Records Limited
Jess Bailey, Keyboards - Steve Jolley, Producer - Tony Swain, Producer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Richard Lengyel, AssistantEngineer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Lead Vocals - John Keeble, Drums - Steve Norman , Percussion, Saxophone
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984 Parlophone Records Limited
Jess Bailey, Keyboards - Steve Jolley, Producer - Tony Swain, Producer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Richard Lengyel, AssistantEngineer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Lead Vocals - John Keeble, Drums - Steve Norman , Percussion, Saxophone
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984 Parlophone Records Limited
Gary Langan, Producer, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Writer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1986 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Jess Bailey, Keyboards - Steve Jolley, Producer - Tony Swain, Producer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Richard Lengyel, AssistantEngineer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Lead Vocals - John Keeble, Drums - Steve Norman , Percussion, Saxophone
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984 Parlophone Records Limited
Gary Langan, Producer, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Writer
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1986 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd
Album review
By the time Gold emerged in 2000, Spandau Ballet had gone the full circle, from hip young new romantic things, to pop-soul chart-toppers, to rock burnouts, to unexpected influences, to golden oldies. P.M. Dawn memorably revamped "True" for their own smash, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss," in the early '90s and Negativland did their own tweak with "True" for their True/False tour in 2000. As Chrysalis had already released the Singles Collection in 1985, all that was really needed was to add the couple of random singles from the noted flop Through the Barricades (the title track at least being a wonderfully over-the-top power ballad that actually works) and behold -- a new compilation. With tracks reordered, but like the original Singles Collection not in any apparent pattern, aside from putting the three biggest American cuts -- "Gold," "True," and "Only When You Leave" -- at the start, Gold is all most casual fans will ever need or want. From 20 years' worth of perspective, the earliest songs sound astoundingly ham-handed; exceptions like "Musclebound" and its intentionally camp militaristic young-boys-together martial attitude aside, not to mention the rent-boy scenario of "To Cut a Long Story Short," nearly everything sounds like it served the videos rather than vice versa. But there's a reason why "Gold" and especially "True" were the smashes they were: for one brief shining moment, the band stopped pretending they were anything but blue-eyed soul fiends and created a couple of perfect gems in the field. Hearing Tony Hadley's dramatic call before the final chorus of "True" still just plain works, full stop. After that, things were decidedly more miss than hit, smoothness serving no purpose, with George Michael in particular stealing the fame and the accolades for the rest of the decade, but overall Gold fulfills its brief -- it is certainly the best, and they weren't much worse. A reasonable if not revelatory biography and various archive photos complete the package.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:28
- Main artists: Spandau Ballet
- Composer: Gary Kemp
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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