Sheena Easton's latest reissue collaboration with Cherry Red covers familiar ground in a slightly new way. Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1 is a 5CD set that will cover the bulk of the Scottish singer's first five albums - Take My Time (1981), You Could Have Been with Me (1981), Madness, Money and Music (1982), Best Kept Secret (1983) and the Spanish-language hits album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti (1984) - while also premiering more than two dozen unreleased tracks. The set, available May 23, is entirely remastered from the original analogue tapes and also features a 48-page booklet with insights from key collaborators who sat for new interviews, including producers Christopher Neil, Jay Graydon and Greg Mathieson. Easton herself also pens an introduction to the booklet.

Labelling Modern Girl as an offering of "recordings" instead of "albums" makes for some unique presentational quirks. The first disc, for instance - devoted to Take My Time - includes the 17 known tracks from that album's sessions, which were released on the original LP, single B-sides, and even an outtake from a previous reissue of the album, not in typical album-and-single order but a more curatorial experience. It's rounded out with five unreleased alternate versions, including unheard takes on breakthrough hit "Morning Train (9 to 5)" and the James Bond theme "For Your Eyes Only." Other albums are presented in their original order, though Madness, Money and Music swaps out three unreleased alternate versions and mixes in place of some original album tracks. Other highlights include portions of a live set at the Hollywood Palace (originally released on laserdisc and later an expanded CD/DVD from Cherry Red in 2022), a set of unissued live takes from the TV special Act One (including a duet with Al Jarreau and a cover of Billy Joel's "The Entertainer"), seven alternates from Best Kept Secret loosed from the vaults, and Easton's hit duet version of Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight" with country star Kenny Rogers, which never appeared on one of her studio albums.

Modern Girl looks to be an intriguing way of extending the British label's longtime association with Easton (a CD edition of 1988's The Lover in Me was the second release on Cherry Red's Cherry Pop imprint in 2006). Beginning with 2021's The Definitive Singles 1980-1987, they've covered Easton's EMI era in exhaustive detail, with CD/DVD and/or vinyl editions of Take My Time, You Could Have Been with Me, Live At The Palace, Hollywood, Madness, Money and Music, Best Kept Secret and the later albums A Private Heaven (1984), Do You (1985) and No Sound But a Heart (1987) as well as select compilations. Though Easton hasn't released a new album since 2000 and performs only sporadically, the Best New Artist Grammy winner and '80s chart stalwart remains a musical figure with a beloved fan base, who have the chance to dive into the first era of her work on Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1.

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Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1 (RT Industries/Cherry Pop CR5POPBX290 (U.K.), 2025) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Disc 1: Take My Time era (* previously unreleased)

1. Modern Girl
2. Paradox
3. Morning Train (9 to 5)
4. Moody (My Love)
5. One Man Woman
6. Summer's Over
7. Have You Heard the Rumour
8. Don't Send Flowers
9. Cry
10. Take My Time
11. When He Shines
12. Prisoner
13. So Much in Love
14. Voice on the Radio
15. Calm Before the Storm
16. No One Ever Knows
17. Right or Wrong
18. Modern Girl (Alternate Version) *
19. Paradox (Alternate Version) *
20. Morning Train (Alternate Version) *
21. Moody (Alternate Version) *
22. For Your Eyes Only (Early Version) *
23. For Your Eyes Only

Tracks 1, 3, 5 and 8-16 released as Take My Time - EMI EMC 3354 (AUS), 1981
Track 2 released on "Modern Girl" Australian single - EMI 477, 1980
Tracks 4 released on "Morning Train (9 to 5)" Australian single - EMI 360, 1980
Track 6 released on "Modern Girl" U.S. single - EMI America 8080, 1980
Track 7 released on Take My Time (Deluxe Edition) - Cherry Pop CRPOPD248 (U.K.), 2023
Track 17 released on "When He Shines" U.K. single - EMI 5166, 1981
Track 23 released on For Your Eyes Only (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Liberty LBG-30337 (U.K.), 1981

Disc 2: You Could Have Been with Me and Live At The Palace, Hollywood Highlights

1. A Little Tenderness
2. Savoir Faire
3. Just Another Broken Heart
4. I'm Not Worth the Hurt
5. You Could Have Been with Me
6. A Letter from Joey
7. Telephone Lines
8. Johnny
9. Trouble in the Shadows
10. Isn't It So
11. Family of One
12. For Your Eyes Only (Alternate Version) *
13. Don't Send Flowers (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)
14. Help is On Its Way (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)
15. I Wouldn't Beg for Water (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)
16. Machinery (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)
17. Fooled Around and Fell In Love (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)
18. Star (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)
19. Just Another Broken Heart (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)
20. Take My Time (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)
21. Raised on Robbery (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)
22. Wind Beneath My Wings (Live @ The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 8/11/1982)

Tracks 1-11 released as EMI EMC 3378 (AUS), 1981
Tracks 13-22 released on Live At The Palace, Hollywood - Cherry Pop CRPOPDV250 (U.K.), 2022

Disc 3: Madness, Money and Music era

1. Weekend in Paris
2. Are You Man Enough
3. I Wouldn't Beg for Water
4. Machinery
5. Ice Out in the Rain
6. I Don't Need Your Word
7. Madness, Money and Music (Alternate Rock Mix) *
8. There When I Needed You
9. Wind Beneath My Wings (Alternate Version) *
10. You Do It
11. In the Winter (Alternate Version) *
12. Please Don't Sympathise
13. So We Say Goodbye
14. Loner
15. Some of Us Will
16. Woman (Alternate Version) *
17. We've Got Tonight (Duet with Kenny Rogers)
18. A Song for You (Live on Act One) *
19. He's a Rebel (Live on Act One) *
20. Medley: Last Night At Danceland/Roof Garden (Duet with Al Jarreau - Live on Act One) *
21. The Entertainer (Live on Act One) *
22. Out Here on My Own (Live on Act One) *

Tracks 1-6, 8, 10 and 12 and original versions of Tracks 7, 9 and 11 released on Madness, Money and Music - EMI EMC 3414 (AUS), 1982
Track 13 released on "Machinery" Australian single - EMI 782, 1982
Track 14 released on "Are You Man Enough" U.K. single - EMI 5349, 1982
Track 15 released on "I Wouldn't Beg for Water" U.S. single - EMI America B-8142, 1982
Original version of Track 16 released on Madness, Money and Music (Deluxe Edition) - Cherry Pop CRPOPDV266Z (U.K.), 2023
Track 17 released on We've Got Tonight - Liberty LO-51143 (U.S.), 1983

Disc 4: Best Kept Secret era

1. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
2. I Like the Fright
3. Almost Over You
4. Devil in a Fast Car
5. Don't Leave Me This Way
6. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
7. (She's in Love) With Her Radio
8. Just One Smile
9. Sweet Talk
10. Best Kept Man
11. Wish You Were Here Tonight
12. Telefone (Alternate Long Version) *
13. Almost Over You (Alternate Version) *
14. Sweet Talk (Alternate Long Version) *
15. Best Kept Man (Alternate Mix) *
16. I Like the Fright (Alternate Long Version) *
17. Just One Smile (Alternate Long Version) *
18. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Alternate Version) *
19. Wish You Were Here Tonight (Alternate Version) *

Tracks 1-10 released as EMI EMC 107791 (AUS), 1983
Track 11 released on "Telefone" Australian single - EMI 1098, 1983

Disc 5: Todo Me Recuerda a Ti era

1. Teléfono
2. Todo Me Recuerda a Ti
3. Ámame
4. La Noche y Tú (Duet with Dyango)
5. El Primer Tren
6. Una Vez en La Vida
7. Mi Corazón Vuela Hacia Ti
8. Me Gustas Tal Como Eres (Duet with Luis Miguel)
9. No Puedes Dejarme Asi
10. Brindo Por Un Amor
11. El Primer Tren (Alternate Version) *
12. No Puedes Dejarme Asi (Alternate Long Version) *

Tracks 1-10 released as EMI SLEM-1204 (MX), 1984