Two unusual listings have appeared from Universal's U.K. arm: budget-priced, double-disc compilations for ABC and Tears for Fears.
They're certainly appealing to the collector of either band, but they sure are strange; the sets don't have any cohesive order about them. They're all singles, album cuts and some B-sides just sort of mixed up. Odd.
In any case, they might be fun if you haven't purchased any deluxe editions or other sets with these tracks. So have a look after the jump for track lists and order links!
Tears for Fears, Mad World: The Collection (Spectrum/Universal (U.K.), 2010)
Disc 1
- Shout
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World
- Sowing the Seeds of Love
- Mad World
- Head Over Heels
- Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)
- The Hurting
- Suffer the Children
- Mothers Talk
- Lord of Karma
- Cold
- New Star
- When in Love With a Blind Man
- Pharaohs
- We Are Broken
- Ideas As Opiates
- The Big Chair
- Brian Wilson Said
Disc 2
- Change
- Woman in Chains
- Tears Roll Down
- Advice for the Young at Heart
- Break It Down Again
- The Prisoner
- The Body Wah
- The Marauders
- Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
- Empire Building
- The Conflict
- Ghost Papa
- The Way You Are
- I Believe
- Famous Last Words
- Deja-Vu and the Sins of Science
- Year of the Knife
Disc 1, Tracks 1-2, 5 and 9 and Disc 2, Track 14 from Songs from the Big Chair (Mercury, 1985)
Disc 1, Tracks 3 and Disc 2, Tracks 2, 4, 15 and 17 from The Seeds of Love (Mercury, 1989)
Disc 1, Tracks 4, 7-8 and 16 and Disc 2, Tracks 1 and 6 from The Hurting (Mercury, 1983)
Disc 1, Track 6 from Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92 (Mercury, 1992)
Disc 1, Track 10 and Disc 2, Track 7 were B-sides to "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" (Mercury, 1992)
Disc 1, Track 11 and 18 and Disc 2, Track 5 from Elemental (Mercury, 1993)
Disc 1, Track 12 and Disc 2, Track 16 were B-sides to "Cold" (Mercury, 1993)
Disc 1, Track 13 was the B-side to "Head Over Heels" (Mercury, 1985)
Disc 1, Track 14 was the B-side to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Mercury, 1985)
Disc 1, Track 15 was the B-side to "Pale Shelter" (Mercury, 1983)
Disc 1, Track 17 was the B-side to "Shout" (Mercury, 1984)
Disc 2, Track 3 was the B-side to "Sowing the Seeds of Love" (Mercury, 1989)
Disc 2, Tracks 8 and 13 were a non-LP single (Mercury, 1984)
Disc 2, Track 9 was the B-side to "Advice for the Young at Heart" (Mercury, 1990)
Disc 2, Track 10 was the B-side to "Mothers Talk" (Mercury, 1984)
Disc 2, Track 11 was the B-side to "Change" (Mercury, 1983)
Disc 2, Track 12 was the B-side to "Woman in Chains" (Mercury, 1992)
Disc 1, Tracks 10, 12-14 and 17 and Disc 2, Tracks 3, 7-8, 10, 13 and 16 can also be found on Saturnine Martial & Lunatic (Mercury, 1996)
ABC, All of My Heart: The Collection (Spectrum/Universal (U.K.), 2010)
Disc 1
- Poison Arrow
- The Look of Love (Part 1)
- Be Near Me
- One Better World
- Tears Are Not Enough
- Valentine's Day
- Between You and Me
- Paper Thin
- The Power of Persuasion
- Ocean Blue
- North
- Hey Citizen!
- 24 Carat Plastic
- Tower of London
- Alphabet Soup
- How to Be a Millionaire
- All of My Heart
CD 2
- When Smokey Sings
- That Was Then But This is Now
- The Night You Murdered Love
- The Real Thing
- Chicago (Part 1)
- 15 Storey Halo
- Minneapolis
- Peace and Tranquility
- Blame
- Rage and Then Regret
- S.O.S.
- King Without a Crown
- Theme from "Mantrap"
- I'm in Love with You
- Never More Than Now
- Be Near Me (Munich Disco Mix)
Disc 1, Tracks 1-2, 5-6 and 17 from The Lexicon of Love (Neutron, 1982)
Disc 1, Tracks 3, 7, 10, 14 and 16 and Disc 2, Track 6 from How to Be a...Zillionaire! (Neutron, 1985)
Disc 1, Track 4, 8 and 11 and Disc 2, Tracks 4 and 14-15 from Up (Neutron, 1989)
Disc 1, Tracks 9 and 12 and Disc 2, Track 2 and 11 from Beauty Stab (Neutron, 1983)
Disc 1, Track 13 from the 2005 reissue of Alphabet City (Neutron, 1987)
Disc 1, Track 15 was the B-side to "Tears Are Not Enough" (Neutron, 1981)
Disc 2, Tracks 1, 3, 10 and 12 from Alphabet City (Neutron, 1987)
Disc 2, Track 5 was the B-side to "When Smokey Sings" (Neutron, 1987)
Disc 2, Track 7 was the B-side to "The Night You Murdered Love" (Neutron, 1987)
Disc 2, Tracks 8-9 from Absolutely (Neutron, 1990)
Disc 2, Track 13 was the B-side to "Poison Arrow" (Neutron, 1982)
Disc 2, Track 16 released as 12" A-side (Neutron, 1985)
Don says
There's a Level 42 compilation from Universal/Spectrum as well:
http://www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=68172