Fanfare (Skids album)

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Fanfare
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Compilation album by
Released1982
Recorded1978–1980
Genre Punk rock, new wave, post-punk
Label Virgin Records
Producer Mick Glossop, Bill Nelson, David Batchelor
Skids chronology
Fanfare
(1982)
Dunfermline: A Collection of the Skids' Finest Moments
(1987)
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Fanfare is a compilation album by Scottish punk and new wave band Skids, released in 1982 via Virgin Records shortly after the group dissolved. [2] John Peel wrote the album's liner notes. [3]

Contents

Despite being a compilation, it doesn't contain any tracks from the band's fourth and final album Joy .

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Fanfare "an excellent compilation of singles and album tracks that serves as the perfect introduction to the Skids' magic." [4]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Into The Valley"
  2. "Working For The Yankee Dollar" (live)
  3. "Sweet Suburbia"
  4. "A Woman in Winter"
  5. "Masquerade"
  6. "The Saints Are Coming"

Side 2

  1. "Animation"
  2. "Out Of Town"
  3. "T.V. Stars" (live)
  4. "Of One Skin" (live)
  5. "Charade"
  6. "Circus Games"

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References

  1. "Fanfare - Skids | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 507.
  3. "VALLEY HIGH - Record Collector Magazine".
  4. "Skids". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 November 2020.