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Released toward the end of the group's run on Arista, Greatest Mixes: The Best of the Thompson Twins really functions more as a retrospective than remix album. Although its ten songs do appear in a slightly tweaked format, adding more reverb and synthesizers to an already synth-soaked song such as "Doctor! Doctor!" doesn't necessarily distort the original product. Therefore, the hits -- "Hold Me Now," "Lay Your Hands on Me," and "King for a Day" -- float by on a familiarly foofy magic carpet, conjuring images of roller skating parties and frilly shirts, while the album tracks and almost-hits are pleasant enough slices of synth pop. Often it seems like the only remixing going on is the "what's this button do?" 1980s stutter vocal, used most famously in Duran Duran's "Reflex." Since there are at least five other Thompson Twins anthologies (including another remix album), Greatest Mixes isn't essential. But it's not bad for the casual fan, either, offering precious little depth and most of the band's hits. Of these, "Lay Your Hands on Me" might stand as most memorable. Sounding like the Smiths -- if the Smiths were a Culture Club cover band -- the track approximates the gospel-flavored mirth of Madonna's "Like a Prayer" with its undeniable chorus.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Thompson Twins, Performance, MainArtist - Shep Pettibone, Remixer - Joseph Martin Leeway, Composer - Matthew Seligman, Composer - Joseph Leeway, Composer - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Composer - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Chris Bell, Composer - ALANNAH CURRIE, Composer - John Roog, Composer - Peter Dodd, Composer
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Thompson Twins, Remixer, Performance, MainArtist - Joseph Martin Leeway, Composer - Joseph Leeway, Composer - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Composer - ALANNAH CURRIE, Composer
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1982 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Thompson Twins, MainArtist - Joseph Martin Leeway, Composer - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Composer - ALANNAH CURRIE, Composer
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1983 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd
Thompson Twins, MainArtist - Joseph Martin Leeway, Composer - Joseph Leeway, Composer - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Composer - JAMES FARBER, Remixer - ALANNAH CURRIE, Composer
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1984 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Thompson Twins, MainArtist - Joseph Martin Leeway, Composer - Tom Bailey, Producer, Double Bass, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer, Harmonica, Melodica - Joseph Leeway, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer, Congas - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Composer - Alex Sadkin, Producer - ALANNAH CURRIE, Composer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Xylophone, Marimba - Pandit Dinesh, Tabla Drums
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1984 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Thompson Twins, Performance, MainArtist - Joseph Martin Leeway, Writer - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Writer - Phil Thornalley, Remixer - Allannah Currie, Writer
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1983 BMG UK & Ireland Ltd
Thompson Twins, MainArtist - Joseph Martin Leeway, Composer - Tom Bailey, Producer - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Composer - Alex Sadkin, Producer - Phil Thornalley, Remixer - ALANNAH CURRIE, Composer
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1983 Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
Thompson Twins, Performance, MainArtist - Joseph Martin Leeway, Composer - Joseph Leeway, Composer - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Composer - ALANNAH CURRIE, Composer
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1983 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Thompson Twins, Performance, MainArtist - Joseph Martin Leeway, Composer - Tom Bailey, Remix Editor - Joseph Leeway, Composer - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Composer - NILE RODGERS, Producer - ALANNAH CURRIE, Composer
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1985 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Thompson Twins, Remixer, MainArtist - Rupert Hine, Producer - Joseph Martin Leeway, Composer - Thomas Alexander Bailey, Composer - ALANNAH CURRIE, Composer
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1987 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Album review
Released toward the end of the group's run on Arista, Greatest Mixes: The Best of the Thompson Twins really functions more as a retrospective than remix album. Although its ten songs do appear in a slightly tweaked format, adding more reverb and synthesizers to an already synth-soaked song such as "Doctor! Doctor!" doesn't necessarily distort the original product. Therefore, the hits -- "Hold Me Now," "Lay Your Hands on Me," and "King for a Day" -- float by on a familiarly foofy magic carpet, conjuring images of roller skating parties and frilly shirts, while the album tracks and almost-hits are pleasant enough slices of synth pop. Often it seems like the only remixing going on is the "what's this button do?" 1980s stutter vocal, used most famously in Duran Duran's "Reflex." Since there are at least five other Thompson Twins anthologies (including another remix album), Greatest Mixes isn't essential. But it's not bad for the casual fan, either, offering precious little depth and most of the band's hits. Of these, "Lay Your Hands on Me" might stand as most memorable. Sounding like the Smiths -- if the Smiths were a Culture Club cover band -- the track approximates the gospel-flavored mirth of Madonna's "Like a Prayer" with its undeniable chorus.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:16
- Main artists: Thompson Twins
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1988 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
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