Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet

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Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet Gold.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Released4 September 2000
Genre New wave
Label Chrysalis
Spandau Ballet chronology
Original Gold
(1999)
Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet
(2000)
Reformation
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet is a greatest hits album by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released on 4 September 2000 by Chrysalis Records. It contains 17 of the band's biggest hits. The album was re-released on 17 August 2008 with a bonus live DVD. [2]

Contents

The track listing below is for the standard US version of the album. Certain alternate releases featured "Raw" and "Be Free with Your Love", two tracks from the band's Heart Like a Sky album (which was not released in the United States), in place of "She Loved Like Diamond." [3] [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary Kemp

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Gold" True 3:55
2."True"True5:40
3."Only When You Leave" Parade 4:48
4."Lifeline"True3:28
5."Communication"True3:27
6."Instinction" Diamond 3:39
7."Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)"Diamond4:09
8."To Cut a Long Story Short" Journeys to Glory 3:22
9."The Freeze"Journeys to Glory3:33
10."Muscle Bound"Journeys to Glory3:56
11."Paint Me Down"Diamond3:47
12."She Loved Like Diamond"Diamond2:55
13."Round and Round"Parade4:34
14."Highly Strung"Parade4:11
15."Fight for Ourselves" Through the Barricades 4:24
16."I'll Fly for You"Parade5:14
17."Through the Barricades"Through the Barricades5:57

Charts

Chart performance for Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet
Chart (2000–2001)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 40
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [6] 34
Irish Albums (IRMA) [7] 44
Italian Albums (FIMI) [8] 38
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] 10
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [10] 40
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 30
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 7

Certifications

Certifications for Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [13] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [14] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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