Reformation

Spandau Ballet - Reformation

Reformation
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Artist: Spandau Ballet
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2002-09-24
Music Label: Reformation/Chrysalis
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Robert Elms Introduction
  2. To Cut a Long Story Short (Demo Version)
  3. Freeze (Demo Version)
  4. Mandolin
  5. Glow [7" Version]
  6. Coffee Club
  7. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
  8. Instinction
  9. True [New Mix]
  10. Gold [Instrumental]
  11. Heaven Is a Secret
  12. Code of Love
  13. With the Pride
  14. Always at the Back of My Mind
  15. Only When You Leave
  16. I'll Fly for You [Live]
  17. Highly Strung [Live]
Music CD 2
  1. Foundation
  2. Communication
  3. Pleasure
  4. Gold
  5. Lifeline
  6. True [Live]
  7. Paint Me Down
  8. Instinction
  9. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
  10. To Cut a Long Story Short
Music CD 3
  1. To Cut a Long Story Short [12" Version]
  2. Freeze [12" Mix # 2]
  3. Glow [12" Version]
  4. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [Extended Mix]
  5. Coffee Club [Remix]
  6. Instinction [12" Version]
  7. Lifeline [12" Version]
  8. Communication [12" Version]
  9. Gold [12" Version]
  10. Only When You Leave [12" Version]
  11. I'll Fly for You [12" Glide Mix]
  12. Highly Strung [Extended Version]

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Free Music Review: A great collection but compressed mastering
Hit: 4 Stars

If you had to distill Spandau Ballet down to 3 CDs, the compilers of this box did a fantastic job. I was especially happy to see the "Musclebound" b-side "Glow" appear in both long and short versions. It was the first track of their dramatic transition to latin funk that was shocking at the time. Disc 2 is the soundtrack to their great home video "Live Over Britain" and was what really made me a fan, even after hearing their first two albums and not being convinced. This compilation shows the full breadth of the band's releases on Chrysalis stylistically beginning with the stiff sounding New Romantic era, through the latin funk 2nd album era, and culminating in the blue eyed soul of "True" and "Parade," which saw them selling records like hotcakes. It holds a diverse blend of LP cuts, singles, remixes, live tracks and a few unreleased rarities in good balance and proportion.

Too bad the same balance and proportion wasn't applied to the audio remastering! This is a harshly compressed release that has a very limited dynamic range in order to achieve extreme loudness! It is super brickwalled and I ended up remastering many of these cuts from my vinyl in order to have something I can listen to without fatigue or deafness. If you own the earlier 12" Single Collection, don't get rid of it if you value music's dynamic range! The same cuts repeated here sound ghastly. That's why my review gets docked a star. Hardcore fidelity purists would probably dock it 2 stars, truth be told.
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Reformation Poster

39-track anthology on 3 CDs. CD 1 features alternate version 'A' sides & album tracks including a 2002 version of 'True' mixed by Tony Swain (the original producer) & Gary Kemp. CD 2 features extended mixes & CD 3 was recorded live at Sadler Wells May 1st, 1983. Standard triple jewel case. 2002.

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