Stay Singles

Virgin UK compilation includes 42 #1 hits from the last 40 years in popular music. Tracks include, Queen-'Bohemian Rhapsody, Procol Harum-'A Whiter Shade Of Pale', Ben E. King-'Stand By Me', Marvin Gaye-'I Heard It Through The Grapevine', David Bowie-'Space Oddity', The Animals-'House Of The RisingSun', Abba-'Dancing Queen', Blondie-'Heart Of Glass', The Kinks-'You Really Got Me', Sinead O'Connor-'Nothing Compares2 U', The Verve-'The Drugs Don't Work', Robbie Williams-'Millenium', Oasis-'Don't Look Back In Anger', Manic Street Preachers-'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next', Fatboy Slim-'Praise You', The Clash-'Should I Stay Or Should IGo' and many more.

Few bands in the '90s Brit-pop scene carried as much melodramatic weight as Suede. Singles, despite its generic moniker, does an excellent job illuminating the fact that Bernard Butler and Brett Anderson were far more David Bowie and Mick Ronson than the oft-cited Morrissey/Johnny Marr press quips would have you believe. The group's penchant for neo-glam excess and apocalyptic grandstanding inundated their entire time line, from 1992's "Animal Nitrate" and "Metal Mickey" all the way through to 2002's New Morning, despite the switching out of Butler for the flashier Richard Oakes. While the group's 1993 debut and 1994 follow-up Dog Man Star remain required listening for anyone with even a passing interest in the scene, this collection, paired with 1997's Sci-Fi Lullabies, presents a near perfect picture of one of the late-'90s most underrated acts.

Pal Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen, formerly of Bridges, formed Norwegian synth pop group a-ha in the early '80s. Nimble vocalist Morten Harket joined the duo, and they left for the now "legendary London flat" (so called because of its state of disrepair) to make it. By late 1983 they had achieved part of that goal by signing to WEA. Their debut single, "Take On Me," went through three versions before becoming a hit in the U.K., eventually reaching number two in November 1985. It went one better in the U.S., mainly due to the wide exposure of its stunning video on MTV, which fused animation with real-life action. They returned to the charts with "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." which became a U.K. number one in early 1986, helping take the album Hunting High and Low to the Top Ten. The song hit the Top 20 in the U.S., where the album reached number 15.

Blue Mink - The Singles Collection (2012) {7T's Records GLAM CD 124 rec 1969-1974}
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© 1969-74, 2012 7T's Records / Cherry Red Records | GLAM CD 124
Rock / Pop Rock / AM Rock

The Singles Collection contains 17 recordings by the popular U.K. band Blue Mink originally released between 1969 and 1974. If you're looking for the original sessions for Phillips, Regal Zonophone, and EMI you’ll find most of them here, including "Melting Pot,” “Banner Man," and "Good Morning Freedom."