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Less than a year after the U.K. wing of Mercury issued The Greatest Hit, the Spectrum label followed up with The Collection, yet another overview of the Teardrop Explodes' brief lifespan. The greatest (albeit shoddy) advantage this mid-line disc holds over The Greatest Hit is the track count, as it has three more songs. The overlap between the two -- five songs -- is surprisingly unsubstantial when considering that the band only released two studio albums during its existence. As a result, the two compilations provide rather different looks at the band, so if you're deciding between them for a beginning route into the band, it's a crapshoot. The Collection misfires with the exclusion of "Ha Ha I'm Drowning," "Reward," "Sleeping Gas," and "You Disappear From View." However, it does include the incredibly bizarre and bizarrely incredible "Bouncing Babies," which Mercury failed to include on The Greatest Hit. Still, the best place to go first with the band is either Mercury's great 2001 remaster of Kilimanjaro or the U.S.-distributed Kilimanjaro/Wilder two-fer.
© 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, 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 - The Chameleons, Producer - Michael Neil Finkler, ComposerLyricist - Gary Andrew Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Finkler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Neil Finkler, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Finkler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Chris Sheldon, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - CLIVE LANGER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Cullum, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Merrick Hughes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, Author - David Balfe, Composer - The Teardrop Explodes, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Chameleons, Producer - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Neil Finkler, ComposerLyricist - Gary Andrew Dwyer, 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 - Garrish Mashindi, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Producer - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mcculloch, ComposerLyricist - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - MIKE HOWLETT, Producer - 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
Chris Sheldon, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - CLIVE LANGER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Cullum, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Organ, Synthesizer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Merrick Hughes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Alan Gill, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Producer - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Chameleons, Producer - Gary Andrew Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alan David Gill, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Alan Gill, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Chris Sheldon, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - CLIVE LANGER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Cullum, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Merrick Hughes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Luke Tunney, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Emmet, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 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, 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
Less than a year after the U.K. wing of Mercury issued The Greatest Hit, the Spectrum label followed up with The Collection, yet another overview of the Teardrop Explodes' brief lifespan. The greatest (albeit shoddy) advantage this mid-line disc holds over The Greatest Hit is the track count, as it has three more songs. The overlap between the two -- five songs -- is surprisingly unsubstantial when considering that the band only released two studio albums during its existence. As a result, the two compilations provide rather different looks at the band, so if you're deciding between them for a beginning route into the band, it's a crapshoot. The Collection misfires with the exclusion of "Ha Ha I'm Drowning," "Reward," "Sleeping Gas," and "You Disappear From View." However, it does include the incredibly bizarre and bizarrely incredible "Bouncing Babies," which Mercury failed to include on The Greatest Hit. Still, the best place to go first with the band is either Mercury's great 2001 remaster of Kilimanjaro or the U.S.-distributed Kilimanjaro/Wilder two-fer.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:47
- Main artists: THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Spectrum
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2002 Spectrum Music ℗ 2002 Spectrum Music
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