The Gold Collection Music Cd

Kim Wilde - The Gold Collection

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The Gold Collection      Artist : Kim Wilde      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $11.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1999-09-14      Studio : Caroline      Label : Caroline      Avg. Customer Rating : (5 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Gold Collection      One more so called "Greates Hits"...      Rating:      The album could be good if it was not for the disappointing fact that on a so called "Greates Hits" album her greatest hit (Cambodia) does not appear in the original version. I've read it was for "time constraints"??? So they did have time to put a "reprise" of the song but not the original? Is this a joke? On top of that, the cover does not mention this fact but in the rear side, whereas the front lists the song among the highlights of the album! It is obvious that it had to do either with some producer's rights or with sales policy. In the first case it is her management's duty to bring such things in order. In the latter it is utterly annoying and a lack of respect for fans and customers (I had bought the CD mainly because of this song and was correspondingly disappointed), which is why my rating of this release is: "I don't like it!"     Customer Reviews for The Gold Collection Cd      Kim Wilde's First Two Albums      Rating:      This compilation is actually Kim Wilde's first two albums, her self-titled debut and "Select," with the tracks resequenced. The only track missing is the full version of the still haunting track "Cambodia," presumably cut for time constraints, as the instrumental reprise is included instead. The original track listings are as follows: Kim Wilde 1. Water on glass 2. Our town 3. Everything we know 4. Young heroes 5. Kids in America 6. Chequered love 7. 2 6 5 8 0 8. You'll never be so wrong 9. Falling out 10. Tuning in tuning on Select 1. Ego 2. Words fell down 3. Action city 4. View from a bridge 5. Just a feeling 6. Chaos at the airport 7. Take me tonight 8. Can you come over 9. Wendy Sadd 10. Cambodia 11. Cambodia (Reprise) [...] These albums are the reason a teenage version of me was wild about Kim Wilde. Her first single, "Kids In America," was, of course, the reason I picked up the first album in 1981, but I had to get "Select," released the next year, as an import. As much as I love the first album, "Select" is the better release, as she changed direction from the New Wave pop exemplified by that first single to what would become known as synth pop. The album actually holds up much better than her debut, and I think listeners will be a bit startled at how contemporary most of it sounds, as so many bands are mining this era for their own new releases now. The lyrics are an often strange mixture of bubble gum and genuine darkness, but the juxtaposition definitely keeps things interesting. All in all, this is a pretty excellent buy, as you get her debut album AND her classic second album, the latter currently out of print, for the price of one CD. And that makes good financial sense. Editorial Reviews for The Gold Collection Audio Cd      Album Description      Mid-priced 1996 compilation on EMI featuring 20 of the British popstar's early best from 1981-1982, most of which pre-date the tracks on her U.S. 'best of' on MCA. Includes 'Kids In America', 'Chequered Love', 'Water On Glass', 'ViewFrom A Bridge', '2-6-5-8-0' and 'Cambodia'.