Time flies when you’re having fun (obviously) and the same has to be said for the girls behind one of the most enduring pop outfits in the world.
Bananarama is this year celebrating their 30th Anniversary in the business. 30 long years since their first single ‘T’ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)’ kicked off a stellar run of chart success that spawned smash singles including ‘Shy Boy’, ‘I Heard A Rumour’, ‘Cruel Summer’, ‘I Want You Back’, ‘Venus’ and ‘Love In The First Degree’.
To celebrate this impending milestone, the band (which now consists solely of Keren and Sara) is releasing a brand new compilation album – an anthology, if you will – of their extraordinary 30 years.
Brilliantly for fans, the release will also include a DVD of all 35 video clips – the first time Bananarama has released a DVD collection of their official videos.
No word on an Australian release just yet, but ’30 Years Of Bananarama’ will hit the UK on Monday July 09.
(Tracklist in the comments section below)
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Ian says
BTW, since 1994’s Twelve Deadly Cyns compilation (which missed a few key video clips as well as some rarities), video clips released by Cyndi Lauper are as follows:
You Don’t Know
Sisters Of Avalon
Ballad Of Cleo & Joe
At Last
Stay
Above The Clouds
Shine
She Bop (Acoustic)
Money Changes Everything (Acoustic)
Into The Nightlife
Set Your Heart x Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Add to these the following clips which were missing from Twelve Deadly Cyns:
The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough (Parts 1 & 2)
Boy Blue
Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China)
My First Night Without You
Heading West
A Night To Remember
as well as the key hits, you’ve got a pretty hefty sized video clip collection, quite similar in size to the above Bananarama tracklisting. Don’t take this the wrong way, but when it comes to Cyndi Lauper, I know what I’m talking about!
Ian says
Anonymous, I am well aware of Cyndi Lauper’s (and Bananarama’s) countless compilations – it’s the complete DVD that I, and many other Bananarama fans will be salivating over – and this is what I was alluding to when mentioning Cyndi Lauper’s name. A complete video collection on DVD is well and truly overdue in both Bananarama and Cyndi Lauper’s cases.
Anonymous says
Ian – Cyndi Lauper has released many GH collections, although admittedly, the video anthology only covers material up to 1994 (she hasn’t filmed many videos since then, though – only “Into The Nightlife” comes to mind). There’s a box set that contains pretty much every single she ever released (and many album tracks). I bought it here around eight years ago.
As for Bananarama, this is very exciting news! I wish the CD contained all of the tracks that feature on the DVD, though! Is it possible to rip audio from a DVD for playing in iTunes…?
Anonymous says
Best news to wake up to on a cold Saturday morning, I’m literally gushing now!
Strange though that it doesn’t feature “It Ain’t What you Do”!!!
Ian says
Long overdue and most welcome! Now if only a few other artists could follow in these steps… Ms Lauper?!?
auspOp says
CD TRACKLISTING
01. Aie A Mwana
02. Really Saying Something
03. Shy Boy
04. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
05. Cruel Summer
06. Robert De Niro’s Waiting
07. Venus
08. I Heard A Rumour
09. Love In The First Degree
10. I Can’t Help It
11. I Want You Back
12. Love Truth & Honesty
13. Nathan Jones
14. Help
15. Only Your Love
16. Preacher Man
17. Movin’ On
18. Every Shade Of Blue
19. Move In My Direction
20. Look On The Floor
21. Love Comes
22. Love Don’t Live Here
DVD TRACKLISTING
01. Really Saying Something
02. Shy Boy
03. Cheers Then
04. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
05. Cruel Summer
06. Robert De Niro’s Waiting
07. Rough Justice
08. Hotline To Heaven
09. The Wild Life
10. Do Not Disturb
11. Venus
12. More Than Physical
13. A Trick Of The Night
14. I Heard A Rumour
15. Love In The First Degree
16. I Can’t Help It
17. I Want You Back
18. Love Truth & Honesty
19. Nathan Jones
20. Help
21. Only Your Love
22. Preacher Man
23. Long Train Running
24. Tripping On Your Love
25. Movin’ On
26. Last Thing On My Mind
27. More More More
28. Every Shade Of Blue
29. Take Me To Your Heart
30. Move In My Direction
31. Look On The Floor
32. Love Comes
33. Love Don’t Live Here
Bonus tracks
34. Venus 12″
35. I Can’t Help It 12″