The Best of A Flock of Seagulls

The Best of A Flock of Seagulls
Compilation album by A Flock of Seagulls
Released	13 October 1986 [1]
Genre	New wave [2] synth-pop [2] dance-pop [3]
Label	Jive
A Flock of Seagulls compilations chronology
The 12" Singles (1985) The Best of A Flock of Seagulls (1986) Telecommunications (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	A− [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
Q	[7]

The Best of A Flock of Seagulls is a compilation album by the new wave band A Flock of Seagulls, released in October 1986 by Jive Records. It is the first official compilation album released by the band.

Track listing

All tracks written by M. Score, A. Score, F. Maudsley, and P. Reynolds; except where indicated

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"I Ran (So Far Away)"	A Flock of Seagulls (1981)	4:55
2.	"Space Age Love Song"	A Flock of Seagulls	3:45
3.	"Telecommunication"	A Flock of Seagulls	2:29
4.	"The More You Live, the More You Love"	The Story of a Young Heart (1984)	4:09
5.	"Nightmares"	Listen (1983)	4:36
6.	"Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"	Listen	5:30
7.	"(It's Not Me) Talking"	Listen	5:00
8.	"Transfer Affection"	Listen	5:20
9.	"Who's That Girl (She's Got It)" (M. Score, A Flock of Seagulls)	Dream Come True (1986)	4:17
10.	"D.N.A."	A Flock of Seagulls	2:30
11.	"Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) (Extended Version)" (CD bonus track)		9:36
12.	"The More You Live, The More You Love (Full Moon Mix)" (CD bonus track)		6:12

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the albums proves "they did do some good new nomantic [sic] synth pop" and that the album "contain[s] all of the group's best material...while new wave fetishists will likely go for the actual albums anyway, most listeners will be more than satisfied with this." ^[2]

References

1. "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week . 11 October 1986. p. 38. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via World Radio History.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. A Flock of Seagulls - The Best of A Flock of Seagulls (1987): Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
3. Orski, Alan (1998). "A Flock of Seagulls". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 434–435.
4. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
5. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  304. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone a flock of seagulls album guide.
6. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 30. ISBN   978-1-84609-856-7.
7. Bradley, Lloyd (December 1986). "A Flock of Seagulls: The Best Of". Q . No. 3. p. 108.