The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and the Communards

by Jimmy Somerville

The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and the Communards cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 10 September 2001
  • Label: London Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:15:08
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This collection covers Jimmy Somerville's work across Bronski Beat, The Communards and his solo career, from 'Smalltown Boy' to 'You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)'. His falsetto over Hi-NRG and synth-pop production made him one of the defining voices of 1980s British dance pop.

Genres

Descriptors: synthesizers, dance, melodic, vocal, accessible

Tracklist

  1. Smalltown Boy (5:00)
  2. Don't Leave Me This Way (4:33)
  3. Why? (3:58)
  4. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (3:58)
  5. Disenchanted (4:11)
  6. Never Can Say Goodbye (4:28)
  7. So Cold The Night (4:41)
  8. To Love Somebody (4:17)
  9. There's More To Love (Than Boy Meets Girl) (3:51)
  10. Comment Te Dire Adieu (3:38)
  11. You Are My World (4:31)
  12. I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me (5:48)
  13. Tomorrow (4:49)
  14. Hurt So Good (3:52)
  15. Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough) (4:49)
  16. For A Friend (4:38)
  17. Ain't Necessarily So (4:06)

Credits

  • Stephen Hague - producer, mixed by
  • Mike Thorne - producer
  • Harvey Goldberg - mixed by
  • Shep Pettibone - mixed by
  • Pascal Gabriel - producer

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