Super 20

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Super 20
Amanda Lear - Super 20.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Amanda Lear
Released1989
Recorded1976–82
Genre Euro disco, pop
Length79:16
LanguageEnglish, French
Label Ariola
Producer Anthony Monn
Amanda Lear chronology
Tant qu'il y aura des hommes
(1989)		Super 20
(1989)		 The Collection
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Super 20 is a greatest hits album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1989 by Ariola Records.

Contents

Background

The album was part of the Super 20 compilation series, released by Ariola Records throughout 1989, which included albums with music of the likes of Al Bano and Romina Power, Bad Boys Blue, C. C. Catch and more. It was Lear's first retrospective released on new digital format compact disc. The compilation includes songs from her first five Ariola studio albums, released between 1977 and 1981, as well as the 1982 non-album single "Fever". The CD features many of Amanda's biggest hits from the disco era, however, "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)", a Top 10 hit considered to be one of her most famous songs, was ignored in the final track listing, and so were charting singles "Lili Marleen", "Solomon Gundie", "Incredibilmente donna" and "Love Your Body".

The artwork is credited to Ariola Studios. The picture used on the album's cover dates back to 1978 and depicts Amanda in the same outfit she wore on the cover of the Italian version of the single "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)" [2] and in the video for "Gold" filmed for the Italian TV series Stryx . [3]

Track listing

  1. "Follow Me" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 3:50
  2. "Gold" (Charly Ricanek, Amanda Lear) – 3:45
  3. "Mother, Look What They've Done to Me" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 4:32
  4. "Run Baby Run" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 3:45
  5. "Queen of China-Town" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 4:09
  6. "The Sphinx" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 4:20
  7. "Blood and Honey" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 4:46
  8. "Fashion Pack (Studio 54)" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 3:52
  9. "Fabulous Lover, Love Me" (Rainer Pietsch, Amanda Lear) – 4:17
  10. "Diamonds" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 3:40
  11. "Egal" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 4:08
  12. "Fever" (John Davenport, Eddie Cooley) – 3:36
  13. "Never Trust a Pretty Face" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 4:45
  14. "Alphabet" (Johann Sebastian Bach, Charly Ricanek, Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 3:56
  15. "I Am a Photograph" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 4:21
  16. "Blue Tango" (Leroy Anderson, Amanda Lear) – 2:43
  17. "Tomorrow" (Rainer Pietsch, Amanda Lear) – 4:07
  18. "The Lady in Black" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) – 3:36
  19. "I Need a Man" (Anthony Monn, Dieter Kawohl, Amanda Lear) – 3:40
  20. "Nymphomania" (Pierre Macabal, Michel Gouty) – 3:27

Credits

Release history

YearRegionFormat(s)Label
1989Germany CD Ariola Records
South Africa

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References

  1. ↑ "Super 20 - Amanda Lear : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". www.allmusic.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  2. ↑ "ENIGMA (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me) 1978 Italy". amandalear_singoli.tripod.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  3. ↑ "Amanda Lear - Gold (Stryx)". Stryx . www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.[ dead YouTube link ]
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