The Best of Swing Out Sister [Extra tracks] [Import]

Product Description
1996 Japanese comp featuring 16 of the jazzy British popduo's best, including their hit remake of 'Am I The SameGirl?', plus 'Breakout', 'You On My Mind', 'Twilight World'(Edit), 'La La Means I Love You', 'Where In The World','Forever Blue', 'Surrender', 'Better Make It Better','Waiting Game', 'Get In Touch With Yourself' and 'Not GonnaChange'. This 1998 reissue is limited to just one pressing!A Mercury release.

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Average customer rating: When I listen to Swing out Sister Where's Waiting Game? A must have ! Martini's & Bikini's Fantastic value for a Wonderful Group

Breakout: Best of Swing out Sister Swing Out Sister Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Clear Horizon: The Best of Basia Where Our Love Grows 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Swing Out Sister It's Better to Travel Somewhere Deep in the Night ASIN: B000058DFW Release Date: 2001-07-02

Tracks:

1. Breakout
2. Fooled By A Smile
3. Blue Mood
4. Communion
5. Another Lost Weekend
6. Fever
7. Coney Island Man
8. Tainted
9. Am I The Same Girl?
10. Precious Words
11. Between Strangers
12. Get In Touch With Yourself
13. Who Let The Love Out?
14. Circulate
15. Notgonnachange
16. Wake Me Up When It's Over
17. Surrender
18. The Kaleidoscope Affair

Album Description

Budget-price compilation for the UK sophisti-pop act best known for their Top Ten hit 'Breakout' included here alongside the top ten hits 'Surrender', 'Fooled By A Smile', Notgonnachange' and their memorable cover of Dusty Springfield's 'Am I The Same Girl'. 18 Tracks. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

When I listen to Swing out Sister.......2007-02-22

I get the sensation of the wind in my hair as I downshift my powder-blue Jaguar convert climbing the British country hillsides. A mini-skirted mod girl to my left smiles underneath her Jackie-O sunglasses. Driving up, I take a space between an Austin Healey and a group of pastel Vespa scooters. At the party in the most elegantly understated of villas is a very black haired debonaire Sean Connery charming none other than Anne Margaret. I spy Emma Peel in her catsuit, and Andy Warhol drinking in the scene and his Madeira. Barbara Feldon is laughing over her cocktail and Hors d'oeuvres at Sid Caesar's antics. Sunshine glints across the pool, and everyone turns as Corinne Drewery clears her throat and Andy Connell gives her her pitch...

I gave in to Amazon's insistance that people who liked Basia also like Swing out Sister. OK, but there are big differences. Give any student of progressive jazz any recording of Basia with Matt Bianco and they will be blown away. The chord progressions, rythmn, and sophistication of the music is a delight. Matt Bianco is a musician's musician.

Swing out Sister is studio music. The synth stuff doesn't work well on a good system. You Ipod lovers won't notice. No wonder their live stuff sounds thin. They overtrack, overdub, and synthesize their way to a very big sound. It actually sounds close to real in the Where our Love Grows release, but in the tracks from the 80s, it is glaringly artificial. But then, I have a 10k high definition stereo. Never mind.

That said, I love this music. It is danceable, uplifting and addictive. I'll take Corinne's voice over Basia--more pleasant. It takes a certain taste. If you like the samples buy and you'll feel like you've made a great discovery, and you have.

Where's Waiting Game?.......2006-11-21

How can they release a Best of without including 'Waiting Game'?!! Some of these records companies suck. I'm glad illegal downloading is eating away at their profits, especially when they make such glaring omissions. Karma's a biatch, ain't it?

A must have !.......2002-12-01

This band had its great breakthrough with the stellar "breakout", from the impossible to equal (for them at least) "It's better to travel". That album was played everywhere in Madrid when it was released, and I even had a neighbour who had it playing constantly. She had the cd at home and the tape version for her car (at that time, there were few cd players for cars and no MDs).

Well, many years have gone by and I had been thinking about getting that album on cd for myself, after having worn out my tape copy. Then, I decided to get this one. I found it to be a real collection of their finest moments. The journey takes you from 1985 to 1994, and contains several (slightly edited) tracks of their most famous tunes from their stellar album. There is a clear change of style midway through this album, mainly due to line-up changes of the band throughout the years. However, I must say I was not disappointed by those tracks I had never heard before, except for track 16, an ear breaker. For instance, you have a very soul Curtis Mayfield / Marvin Gaye type of atmosphere on track 12. Track 13 has that happy feeling and rythm that makes you want to tap your feet on the floor. Track 14, a mid tempo with a jazzy touch, could be played in any of those elegant bars in major capitals around the world. The closer, a brilliant 3 minute instrumental, has a sort of romantic Parisian-like atmosphere that also brings back special memories to me...

If you like British-like pop soul with "elegant" touches, unfortunately unfit for the US market, this is an album for you. The Japanese apparently love this band. Swing Out sister might make you think a bit about Matt Bianco (same era) or Working Week, or even Nick Heyward. If you like these artists, you will also like this cd. It's a great quality pop album, and a good compilation.

Now, my next move is to get "It's better to travel" on cd...

Martini's & Bikini's.......2001-12-30

Let's begin this review with a question that has baffled me for years now. Which, simply put is, why hasn't this incredible U.K. group Swing Out Sister become a huge success here in America? They have all the correct ingrediants i.e. attractive female lead, infectious melodies and adult lyrics, that you can actually sing while in the privacy of your shower ( I know I have ). Yet, here in this country they probably couldn't even get arrested. It certainly doesn't bode well for the state of 'Pop' music here in the U.S. when artists of dubious talent such as Jewel are able to push more cd's out of the store than this incredible band. It's more than just a shame but...

Being a fan of this wonderful duo ( which actually began as a trio! ) I'll certainly do my part to sing their praises. The release of " Breakout " is an import compilation that includes not only their biggest hit to date," Breakout " but also a host of other songs that, while they may not seem recognizable at first, will soon become so. Highlight's for me include, " Am I the Same Girl ", " Notgonnachange " and " Blue Mood ", the last being an infectious bluesy number that I'm listening to right now. Heck, half the fun in owning this disc is finding out which tunes you like best! SOS's forte in writing tunes is simply putting together wonderful melodies with insightful lyrics and a spice of smooth jazz and R&B thrown in for good measure. This is truly Britpop at it's very best and, other than Lisa Stansfield, I can think of no other group that performs this style of music any better than SOS. And while I'm sure some listener's may consider this style a little too slick and contemporary for their taste that may be the reason I enjoy this band as much as I do. The entire disc carries a slightly nightclub/martini aura about it that feels just right. They don't pretend to anything other than what they set out to do....and I find that terribly refreshing.

In ending, if you prefer your music slightly jazzy with a 'pop' sensibility than please give Swing Out Sister a try. I've given this disc away as gifts on several occassions and the recipients never fail to tell me how thrilled they are with this 'new group' SOS! Well, who am I to ruin their fun! So run and pick up your copy of " Breakout " and soon you'll be a true trend setter in your neighborhood. And, with... pricing this disc at a budget rate, than you've no excuse as to why your not at home, listening to SOS, and dancing around your living room floor, singing with sheer abandonment. Just make sure you put something on when step out of that shower! Thanks

Fantastic value for a Wonderful Group.......2001-10-17

Swing out Sister is one of my favorite groups. I have most of their albums including many imports. This is a real value for an import and is a fairly comprehensive review of the group's earlier material. Appreciated greatly in Japan, SOS seems to have suffered from its lack of fitting to a genre in the States.

The group's distinquishing features are the lead female vocals which are amazing and which I never tire of and really fun and interesting arrangements. Its pop-jazz or jazz-pop or whatever. What it is really, is fun and light but always musically interesting at the same time. Can't beat this value if you are new to SOS or a long-time fan. If you are new I would get this and then the Living Return (I feel the best SOS album out there) and Shape and Patterns. These 3 will give you a good feel for the group and then you can decide if you want to buy the more recent albums which are import only.

Average customer rating: classic delight Surrender To Swing Out Sister Gobs of fun to be had! A Great Collection! A fan

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Tracks:

1. Breakout
2. Surrender
3. Twilight World
4. You On My Mind
5. Waiting Game
6. Forever Blue
7. Notgonnachange
8. Am I The Same Girl
9. Better Make It Better
10. La La Means I Love You
11. Who's Been Sleeping

Customer Reviews:

classic delight.......2007-01-11

This cd is an older one with the best contributions of these artists. I have enjoyed their music for quite awhile & needed to replace this album because the old one was damaged.

Surrender To Swing Out Sister.......2004-06-13

A marvelous British jazz-pop group from the 80's, Swing Out Sister, led by sultry singer Corinne Drewery, are best known for the bouncy US Top Ten hit, "Breakout." But there's a lot more great songs where that came from, as this Best-Of collection proves. Of course "Breakout" kicks off the disc, but there's many more tasty treats that follow, including "Surrender," "Twilight World," "Waiting Game," "Am I The Same Girl" (SOS's clever re-working of the old Young-Holt Unlimited hit, "Soulful Strut"), "Better Make It Better," and "Who's Been Sleeping." Drewery's voice is smooth & silky, and so is the group's music. Great smooth grooves & snappy tunes from start to finish. Even though their latest albums are only available on Japanese import, I'm glad that Swing Out Sister are still together to this day, 'cause they are GOOD. "The Best Of Swing Out Sister" is a terrific sampling from this classy group.

Gobs of fun to be had!.......2003-06-29

A good chunk of my favorites are on this CD. There's not one bad apple. Every single track just sparkles and shines with glee. This is an excellent representation of Corrine and Andy's work throughout the years. A perfect CD to start off with if you're an SOS newbie.

A Great Collection!.......2003-03-27

I enjoyed every song in this cd, even though only 4 of the tracks were popular in Puerto Rico. The interpretation of classical songs like "Am I the same girl" and "La La Means I love you" are great. The orchestration, arrangements and sound in general are very good. The jazzy-pop style of Swing Out Sister makes you move and sing from the beginning to the end. And Corinne's voice is spectacular! I highly recommend this collection to everyone who wants to enjoy good music.

A fan.......2003-03-03

There are 3 good tracks on this one. I was surprised. The rest is more or less filler...sorry Corrine and Andy.

Average customer rating:

Cafe Orange: Swing Out Sister Cafe Best Swing Out Sister Manufacturer: Japanese Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Somewhere Deep in the Night Ultimate Collection Breakout: Best of Swing out Sister 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Swing Out Sister Kaleidoscope World ASIN: B00006BGWO Release Date: 2002-09-09

Tracks:

1. Am I The Same Girl
2. Forever Blue
3. La La Means I Love You
4. Somewhere In The World
5. Fooled By A Smile
6. You On My Mind
7. Incomplete Without You
8. Breakout
9. Dont Give Up On A Good Thing
10. Where In The World
11. Better Make It Better
12. Mama Didnt Raise No Fool
13. Waiting Game
14. Get In Touch With Yourself
15. Now Youre Not Here
16. Precious Words
17. Here And Now
18. Love Child

Album Description

Japanese exclusive 'Best Of' compilation for the British sophisti-pop act. 19 tracks including their 1987 breakthrough 'Breakout'.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Japanese Exclusive Collection of 20 Great Songs from the UK Pop Group.

Average customer rating:

Best of Swing Out Sister Manufacturer: Fontana ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000A20KYE Release Date: 2003-08-19

Album Description

1996 Japanese comp featuring 16 of the jazzy British popduo's best, including their hit remake of 'Am I The SameGirl?', plus 'Breakout', 'You On My Mind', 'Twilight World'(Edit), 'La La Means I Love You', 'Where In The World','Forever Blue', 'Surrender', 'Better Make It Better','Waiting Game', 'Get In Touch With Yourself' and 'Not GonnaChange'. This 1998 reissue is limited to just one pressing!A Mercury release.

Average customer rating:

Breakout: Best of Swing out Sister Swing Out Sister Manufacturer: Spectrum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005AQIQ Release Date: 2001-02-06

Tracks:

1. Breakout
2. Fooled By A Smile
3. Blue Mood
4. Communion
5. Another Lost Weekend
6. Fever
7. Coney Island Man
8. Tainted
9. Am I The Same Girl?
10. Precious Words
11. Between Strangers
12. Get In Touch With Yourself
13. Who Let The Love Out?
14. Circulate
15. Notgonnachange
16. Wake Me Up When It's Over
17. Surrender
18. The Kaleidoscope Affair

Average customer rating:

The Best Of Swing Out Sister Manufacturer: Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00009RDDO

Average customer rating: BEST OF AND............... A best-of collection worthy of the name SOS to the Rescue!

The Best of Swing Out Sister Swing Out Sister Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000749R Release Date: 1998-06-30

Tracks:

1. Breakout
2. Am I the Same Girl
3. You on My Mind
4. Twilight World [Edit]
5. Where in the World
6. La-La (Means I Love You) [U.K. Edit With Guitar]
7. Get in Touch With Yourself
8. Surrender
9. Ordinary People
10. Heaven Only Knows
11. Better Make It Better [Edit]
12. Notgonnachange [O'Duffy's 7" Single]
13. Fooled by a Smile
14. Waiting Game
15. Forever Blue
16. Windmills of Your Mind

Album Description

1996 Japanese comp featuring 16 of the jazzy British popduo's best, including their hit remake of 'Am I The SameGirl?', plus 'Breakout', 'You On My Mind', 'Twilight World'(Edit), 'La La Means I Love You', 'Where In The World','Forever Blue', 'Surrender', 'Better Make It Better','Waiting Game', 'Get In Touch With Yourself' and 'Not GonnaChange'. This 1998 reissue is limited to just one pressing!A Mercury release.

Album Details

Japanese Rlease featuring an Exclusive Bonus Track. Tracks Include Not Gonna Change (7" Single Version), Better Make it Better (Edit Version), La La Means I Love You (Uk Edit), Twilite World (Edit Version), and Others.

Customer Reviews:

BEST OF AND......................2004-06-12

HOW DO YOU RATE A BAND THIS GOOD. WELL, YOU CAN NOT. I BOUGHT THIS CD PRIOR TO THE TRACK LIST CHANGE. THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND IS NOT OFFERED HERE. WHATEVER THE PURCHASE WAS FOR THE TWO NEW TRACKS AT THE TIME AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TRACK AND HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. A MUST FOR SERIOUS FANS OR A VERY GOOD PICK FOR ANYONE NEW TO THIS DUO AND IS HESITANT ABOUT WHICH ALBUM TO GET FIRST. THIS OFFERING CAN GIVE THE BEST GLANCE AT NOT ONLY THEIR CAREER AT THE 10 YEAR MARK BUT A WIDE SPECTRUM OF SOS INFLUENCES AND CHANGES OVER THE YEARS.SOLID AND FLUID.

A best-of collection worthy of the name.......2001-11-03

Most best-of/hits collections tend to miss the mark, either by sticking strictly to the singles, including songs that don't really represent the best of the artist's work while omitting songs that do, emphasizing only certain periods of the artist's career, or presenting the songs in either live or remixed versions that aren't as good as the original album or single versions.

The Best of Swing Out Sister is that rare hits collection that manages to avoid these pitfalls - and it does so while striking the perfect balance between satisfying the hardcore fan and giving the relative newcomer a good introduction to the group's work. While 7-inch versions of some songs are included, the focus is not exclusively on the singles, and all four of the group's albums up to that point are represented.

The songs included here are all highlights of the albums on which they originally appeared:
* It's Better To Travel is represented by the group's breakout track, "Breakout", plus "Surrender", the 7-inch edit of "Twilight world", and "Fooled by a smile".
* Kaleidoscope World is represented by "You on my mind", "Where in the world", "Forever blue", and "Waiting game".
* Get In Touch With Yourself is represented by the title track, "Am I the same girl", and the 7-inch mix of "Notgonnachange".
* The oft-overlooked The Living Return is represented by 7-inch versions of "La la (means I love you)" and "Better make it better", plus "Ordinary people"

Possibly the only place where the album slips is the token new song, "Heaven only knows". Though produced by the team responsible for many of En Vogue's hits, the song comes across as a bit lackluster in comparison to the rest of the album.

This reissue, which followed the original release by just a few months, replaces the album-closing remake of "The windmills of your mind" with the original version of "Now you're not here" (used as the theme song for the Japanese drama series "Mahiru No Tsuki", and later re-recorded or remixed for 1997's Shapes And Patterns album), placing it at the beginning of the album. This avoids the common record-company pitfall of placing newly added tracks in the middle of the running order (where they disrupt the carefully established flow of the album), while simultaneously giving the listener an up-front look at where the group is now before looking back at where it came from.

Whether you're a long-time fan, or are new to Swing Out Sister, The Best of Swing Out Sister will be a fine addition to your collection, even at the import price.

SOS to the Rescue!.......2001-06-22

Well, the album title says it all. This is The Best of Swing Out Sister. This is one of the few cd's that is consistently in my CD jukebox. You can play this cd on sunny days, rainy days, intimate gatherings, raucous parties, you name it, this CD is there for you. For the life of me, I don't know why SOS has never achieved the flame & glory that they deserve. On second thought, that might be a blessing in disguise (& only those in the know can enjoy their company). Even though this cd is ..., it is well worth the money. Plus, the cover photo is fabulous! This cd is for those who want to be *cool*.

Average customer rating:

Best of Swing out Sister Swing out Sister Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Get in Touch with Yourself Somewhere Deep in the Night ASIN: B00006HBCN Release Date: 2002-09-30

Tracks:

1. Now You're Not Here
2. Breakout
3. Am I The Same Girl
4. You On My Mind
5. Twilight Word (Edit)
6. Where In The World
7. La La (Means I Love You)
8. Ordinary People
9. Get In Touch With Yourself
10. Surrender
11. Heaven Onlt Knows
12. Better Make It Better (Edit)
13. Notgonnachange
14. Fooled By Smile
15. Waiting Game
16. Forever Blue

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track

Average customer rating:

Best of Swing Outsister Swing Out Sister Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000E1FQ Release Date: 1996-11-21

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