World Party

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

The work of the late Welsh musical polymath Karl Wallinger is revisited with a worldwide expanded release of the sole compilation credited to his project World Party. Originally released in certain territories (and not his native United Kingdom) to promote a tour in 2007, Best in Show was rather cynically designed in sequence with World Party's most popular tracks on digital music shops, thus kicking off with debut single "Ship of Fools" and originally featuring no less than seven tracks from their successful sophomore album Goodbye Jumbo (1990). This new release, available on CD and (for the first time) yellow and red double vinyl, balances things out somewhat with three additional tracks: one each from mid-'90s efforts Bang! (1993) and Egyptology (1997), plus the favorite "Everybody's Falling in Love," released on the 2012 rarities box set Arkeology. The track list has also been re-ordered, with all audio newly remastered and artwork slightly reorganized.