Spandau Ballet:Greatest Hits es un álbum de Spandau Ballet, publicado en 1994. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «True», «Paint Me Down», «Lifeline» y «Gold».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Spandau Ballet recibió un nuevo impulso retrospectivo a mediados de los 90 con esta compilación. En un momento en que la música de los 80 aún no disfrutaba del estatus de "clásico" que tiene hoy, "Greatest Hits" sirvió para mantener el legado de la banda presente en las estanterías de las tiendas de discos. Aunque su contenido es similar a otras colecciones, su contexto es importante para entender la pervivencia del grupo.
Este álbum recopila, una vez más, la impecable serie de sencillos que definieron su carrera. Desde el funk sintético hasta el soul más sedoso, la calidad del material es innegable. Escuchar temas como "Gold" o "True" en el contexto de los años 90 recordaba al público el poder de una gran melodía pop. El disco actuó como un bastión de la sofisticación de los 80 en una década musicalmente muy diferente.
"Greatest Hits" fue un producto de su tiempo, un esfuerzo por parte de la discográfica para asegurar que el catálogo de la banda no se perdiera entre las nuevas tendencias. Cumplió su función de preservar el estatus icónico de Spandau Ballet para una nueva generación de oyentes que comenzaba a descubrir las joyas de la década anterior.
Listado de Canciones
- True
Letra
(Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) So true Funny how it seems Always in time, but never in line for dreams Head over heels when toe to toe This is the sound of my soul This is the sound I bought a ticket to the world But now I've come back again Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be said (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue Dissolve the nerves that have just begun Listening to Marvin (All night long) This is the sound of my soul This is the sound Always slipping from my hands Sand's a time of its own Take your seaside arms and write the next line Oh, I want the truth to be known (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true I bought a ticket to the world But now I've come back again Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be said (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true This much is true (This much is a-true-oo) (This much is a-true-oo-oo) I know, I know, I know this much is true (This much is a-true-oo) (This much is a-true-oo-oo) (This much is a-true-oo) (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) (This much is a true-oo-oo) I know this much is true (This much is a-true-oo) (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) (This much is a true-oo-oo) Know this much is true (This much is a-true-oo) (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) (This much is a-true-oo-oo) (Know this much is true) I know, I know, I know this much is true - Paint Me Down
Letra
Paint me down Paint me down Paint me down I'm walking into studio Consider strange appeal Paint me in the home I'm brushing up on sketchbook Designs for love, unreal Paint me in the home Oil and skin, you'll need to buy it Consider what I mean She sinks beneath the moving pictures Prepare the brush for me I'm craving with this need Paint me down Paint me down Paint me down I'm soaking up the surface Conceiving new idea Paint me in the home She's oiling up her subject But all still life is here paint me in the home All the boys with framed dimension A cover up on lust He'll take his pain and paint it over Prepare the brush for me I'm craving with this need Paint me down Paint me down Paint me down - Lifeline
Letra
Changing her colors she's off to the shore She rides the soul train and he fight the law There's a power in his voice and it makes her feel so sure So live and live in love One day he'll build a statue with his hands So gentle when he tries to understand This subterfuge he never really planned Now you're living in the lifeline We're moving In the lifeline We're walking In the lifeline We're throwing So live and let live in love Exchanging their letters their exits begun With deathless precision he's aiming his gun A democracy of sorts that justifies the sum So live and let die in love Neither has the ghost of a chance Those decisions only can be made once You never really know just what you're giving ‘Til you're living in the lifeline We're moving In the lifeline We're walking In the lifeline We're throwing He could have built a statue with his hands So gentle when he tries to understand You never really know just what you're giving ‘Til you're living in the lifeline We're moving In the lifeline We're walking In the lifeline We're throwing to you But I'm not living - Gold
Letra
Thank you for coming home I'm sorry that the chairs are all worn I left them here I could have sworn These are my salad days Slowly being eaten away Just another play for today Oh but I'm proud of you, but I'm proud of you Nothing left to make me feel small Luck has left me standing so tall Gold (Gold) Always believe in your soul You've got the power to know You're indestructible Always believe in, 'cos you are Gold (Gold) Glad that you're bound to return There's something I could have learned You're indestructible, always believing After the rush has gone I hope you find a little more time Remember we were partners in crime It's only two years ago The man with the suit and the face You knew that he was there on the case Now he's in love with you, he's in love with you My love is like a high prison wall But you could leave me standing so tall Gold (Gold) Always believe in your soul You've got the power to know You're indestructible Always believe in, 'cos you are Gold (Gold) I'm glad that you're bound to return Something I could have learned You're indestructible, always believing My love is like a high prison wall But you could leave me standing so tall Gold (Gold) Always believe in your soul You've got the power to know You're indestructible Always believe in, 'cos you are Gold (Gold) I'm glad that you're bound to return Something I could have learned You're indestructible, always believing - Only When You Leave
Letra
Laying in the after glow, I only want to learn what you know, But now you're leaving... How many hearts must you break? How many calls must I make? But now you're leaving... In this world, all that I choose has come unbearable But love is in your touch Ooh, it's killing me so much Only when you leave I need to love you And when the action has all gone I'm just a little fool enough to need you Fool enough too long Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger Oh, I'll make sure that you pay So give a little passion to a stranger And take this soul away I only want to make this things last, So how could this have gone so fast? And now you're leaving... How many times must I learn? It' s only when you've gone that I burn, And now you're leaving... In the end, all that I left has come unbearable It's hard to change your mind, So leave it all behind Only when you leave I need to love you And when the action has all gone I'm just a little fool enough to need you Fool enough too long Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger Oh, I'll make sure that you pay So give a little passion to a stranger And take this soul away - Round And Round
Letra
I don't have to be so wise You're just my fantasy and I will fantasize Something more or less to make this things started We're the artisans and we've been crafted I wanna be your magical mystery I wanna be your final history This is the news Nothing's ever been so wild All that I get to do is what I give to you This is all about the circles we've found And through the ups and downs it goes round Oh, I was just beginning to grow strong She was only eighteen summers long Oh, we were the news Round and round it goes And oh don't you know This is the game that we came here for Round and round it goes And oh don't you know Oh I don't have to be so wild You're just my fantasy and I will fantasize Something more or less to make this things started We're the artisans and we've been crafted I wanna be your magical mystery I wanna be your final history This is the news Round and round it goes And oh don't you know Ooh, this is the game that we came here for Round and round it goes And oh don't you know This is the game that we came here for Round and round it goes And oh don't you know Ooh, this is the game that we came here for Round and round it goes And oh don't you know You're just my fantasy and I will fantasize I wanna be your magical mystery I wanna be your final history This is the news of my life Oh I was just beginning to grow strong She was only eighteen summers long We were the news We were the news We were the news Round and round it goes And oh don't you know This is the game that we came here for Round and round it goes And oh don't you know Round and round it goes And oh don't you know Ooh, this is the game that we came here for Round and round it goes And oh don't you know Round and round it goes Round and round it goes And oh don't you know - Highly Strung
Letra
This is the song of little Jo She's not the girl I used to know Forever screaming all the day and night She used to be a diplomat But now she's down the laundromat They washed her mind and now she finds it hard I know her name But now she never seems the same She don't talk to me 'Cause she can't take no sympathy Because she's highly strung Oh, highly strung, she's undone Highly strung Oh, highly strung, she's undone She's stepping out upon the ledge She's got a gun against her head She's wired up to blow the power line She's walking out upon the knife She'll take you to the edge of life Just like the song, the pressure is on again I know her name Ho, but now she never seems the same She don't talk to me 'Cause she can't take no sympathy Because she's highly strung Oh, highly strung, she's undone Highly strung Oh, highly strung, she's undone No, no, no I know her name Ho, but now she never seems the same She don't talk to me 'Cause she can't take no sympathy Because she's highly strung Oh, highly strung, she's undone Highly strung Oh, highly strung, she's undone Highly strung Oh, highly strung, she's undone Highly strung Oh, highly strung, she's undone This is the song of little Jo She's not the girl I used to know - To Cut A Long Story Short
Letra
Soldier is turning See him through white light Running from strangers See you in the valley War upon war Heat upon heat To cut a long story short I lost my mind Sitting on a park bench Years away from fighting To cut a long story short I lost my mind Standing in the dark Oh I was waiting for man to come I am beautiful and clean And so very very young To be standing in the street To be taken by someone Questions questions Give me no answers That's all they ever give me Questions questions Oh look at the strange boy He finds it hard existing To cut a long story short I lost my mind To cut a long story short I lost my... Mi-i-i-i-ind! - I'll Fly For You
- Communication
Letra
Communication always leaves me incomplete, The grass is greener, but it's grown beneath my feet... Love inspiration is a message on a wing, But I have left it in the words you'll never sing... Communication let me down, And I'm left here Communication let me down, And I'm left here, I'm left here again! Telex or tell me, but it's always second-hand, I'm incognito but no rendezvous's been planned... Dictate or relay, I could send it to your home, "Return to Sender" - I could sing it down the phone! Communication let me down, But I'm left here Communication let me down, But I'm left here, I'm left here, I, I, I... (Dictate!) (Relay!) I'm sitting here, waiting by the telephone, Waiting for the bell to ring, Short change, fumble, Dial-a-heart trouble, And I ain't got time for searching through the rubble, oh no! Well, I know-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh! Communication let me down, And I'm left here Communication let me down And I'm left here, I'm left here, I, I, I... (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!)