Kollection

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Kollection
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Compilation album by
The Korgis
Released2005
Recorded1978–2004
Genre Pop
Label Angel Air (UK)
Producer The Korgis
The Korgis chronology
Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis
(2003)		Kollection
(2005)		 Unplugged (The Korgis album)
(2006)
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The Korgis - Kollection (alternate).jpg
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Kollection is a compilation/studio album by English pop band The Korgis. It was released in 2005.

Contents

The album contains some of the band's best known songs such as "If I Had You", "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime", "All The Love In The World", material from album This World's For Everyone , four new recordings as well as rarities previously unreleased on CD.

Kollection was originally only available for members of the Korgis fan club and issued in 2004, but was commercially released the following year along with a DVD by the same name, Kollection .

The album was followed by single "Something About The Beatles", recorded and produced in April 2006 by James Warren and Glenn Tommey.

In 2009, the 2006 version of the Kollection album, including the track "Something About The Beatles", and the Kollection DVD were re-released as a CD/DVD combo under the title Something About The Korgis.

Track listing

  1. "If I Had You" (Davis, Rachmaninoff) - 3:58
    • 1993 version. Lead vocal: James Warren. Previously unreleased version.
  2. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 4:09
    • 1990 Version. Lead vocal: James Warren.
  3. "It All Comes Down to You" (Baker, Davis, Warren) - 3:40
    • New track 2004. Lead vocal: James Warren.
  4. "One Life" (Davis, Warren) - 3:36
  5. "Who Are These Tears For" (Warren) - 4:14
  6. "Find Yourself Another Fool" (Davis) - 3:56
    • New track 2003. Lead vocal: James Warren.
  7. "This World's for Everyone" (Davis, Warren) - 3:28
  8. "That's What Friends Are For" (Davis, Ferguson) - 3:47
    • From Andy Davis Band solo CD, 1993. Lead vocal: Andy Davis.
  9. "Hold On" (Davis) - 4:12
  10. "I Wonder What's Become of You" (Baker, Warren) - 3:25
    • New track 2004. Lead vocal: James Warren.
  11. "Work Together" (Davis, Warren) - 3:42
  12. "Come to Me" (Lord, Warren) - 3:52
    • New track 2004. Vocals by James Warren.
  13. "All the Love in the World" (Davis, Warren) - 4:00
    • New version. Lead vocal: John Baker.
  14. "Wish You Merry Xmas" (Baker, Davis, Harrison, Lord, Warren) - 2:55
    • 2003 Version. Lead vocal: James Warren.
  15. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 3:44
    • Slow & Moody DNA 7" Mix '93. Lead vocal: James Warren.
  16. "It Won't Be the Same Old Place" (Davis, Warren) - 5:12
    • Bonus track, from James Warren's 1986 solo album Burning Questions . Original 12" remix by David Lord, previously unreleased on CD.
  17. "Lines" (Lindsey) - 3:29
    • Bonus track. The first Korgis song ever recorded, September 1978. Previously unreleased.
  18. "Boots and Shoes" (Davis Warren) - 4:04
    • Bonus track. 1978 rock demo version. Lead vocal: James Warren. Previously unreleased.
  19. "Make a Fuss About Us" (Davis) - 3:32
    • Bonus track. Andy Davis' 1978 demo of "Rover's Return". Previously unreleased.

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Greene, Jo-Ann. Kollection at AllMusic
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