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The Best of A Flock of Seagulls is a compilation album by the new wave band A Flock of Seagulls, released in October 1986 by Jive Records. It is the first official compilation album released by the band.
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| Released | 13 October 1986 | |||
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| Label | Jive | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Q | [6] |
Track listing
editAll tracks written by M. Score, A. Score, F. Maudsley, and P. Reynolds; except where indicated
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Ran (So Far Away)" | A Flock of Seagulls (1981) | 4:55 |
| 2. | "Space Age Love Song" | A Flock of Seagulls | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Telecommunication" | A Flock of Seagulls | 2:29 |
| 4. | "The More You Live, the More You Love" | The Story of a Young Heart (1984) | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Nightmares" | Listen (1983) | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" | Listen | 5:30 |
| 7. | "(It's Not Me) Talking" | Listen | 5:00 |
| 8. | "Transfer Affection" | Listen | 5:20 |
| 9. | "Who's That Girl (She's Got It)" (M. Score, A Flock of Seagulls) | Dream Come True (1986) | 4:17 |
| 10. | "D.N.A." | A Flock of Seagulls | 2:30 |
| 11. | "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) (Extended Version)" (CD bonus track) | 9:36 | |
| 12. | "The More You Live, The More You Love (Full Moon Mix)" (CD bonus track) | 6:12 |
Reception
editWriting for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the albums proves "they did do some good new nomantic [sic] synth pop" and that the album "contain[s] all of the group's best material...while new wave fetishists will likely go for the actual albums anyway, most listeners will be more than satisfied with this."[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. A Flock of Seagulls - The Best of A Flock of Seagulls (1987): Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ Orski, Alan (1998). "A Flock of Seagulls". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 434–435.
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 304. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
rolling stone a flock of seagulls album guide.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
- ^ Bradley, Lloyd (December 1986). "A Flock of Seagulls: The Best Of". Q. No. 3. p. 108.
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