The Collection II

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The Collection II
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Compilation album by
Released1 December 2003
Genre New wave
Label EMI
Spandau Ballet chronology
Reformation
(2002)
The Collection II
(2003)
The Ultra Selection
(2005)

The Collection II is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 2003 by EMI.

Spandau Ballet British band

Spandau Ballet were an English new wave band formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Inspired by the capital's post-punk underground dance scene, they emerged at the start of the 1980s as the house band for the Blitz Kids, playing "White European Dance Music" as "The Applause" for this new club culture's audience. They became one of the most successful groups of the New Romantic era of British pop and were part of the Second British Invasion of the Billboard Top 40 in the 1980s, selling 25 million albums and having 23 hit singles worldwide. The band have had eight UK top 10 albums, including three greatest hits compilations and an album of re-recorded material. Their musical influences ranged from punk rock and soul music to the American crooners Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.

EMI British music recording and publishing company

EMI Group Limited was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry, and was one of the big four record companies ; its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records, which are now owned by other companies.

Track listing

  1. "Only When You Leave" - 5:06
  2. "Heaven Is a Secret" - 4:26
  3. "I'll Fly for You" - 5:34
  4. "True" (Live at Sadlers Wells 1/5/83) - 6:26
  5. "Musclebound" - 5:07
  6. "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" (12" Version) - 5:49
  7. "Glow" - 3:49
  8. "Instinction" (12" Version) - 6:56
  9. "Confused" - 4:35
  10. "Gently" - 4:01
  11. "Round and Round" - 5:26
  12. "Lifeline" (Live at Sadlers Wells 1/5/83) - 4:13
  13. "Revenge for Love" - 4:19
  14. "Toys" - 5:47

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