Kim Wilde - The Gold Collection

Mid-priced 1996 compilation on EMI featuring 20 of the British popstar's early best from 1981-1982, most of which pre-date the tracks on her U.S. 'best of' on MCA. Includes 'Kids In America', 'Chequered Love', 'Water On Glass', 'ViewFrom A Bridge', '2-6-5-8-0' and 'Cambodia'. Album Description

One more so called "Greates Hits"...

The album could be good if it was not for the disappointing fact that on a so called "Greates Hits" album her greatest hit (Cambodia) does not appear in the original version.
I've read it was for "time constraints"??? So they did have time to put a "reprise" of the song but not the original? Is this a joke?
On top of that, the cover does not mention this fact but in the rear side, whereas the front lists the song among the highlights of the album!
It is obvious that it had to do either with some producer's rights or with sales policy. In the first case it is her management's duty to bring such things in order. In the latter it is utterly annoying and a lack of respect for fans and customers (I had bought the CD mainly because of this song and was correspondingly disappointed), which is why my rating of this release is: "I don't like it!" May 12, 2008

Kim Wilde's First Two Albums

This compilation is actually Kim Wilde's first two albums, her self-titled debut and "Select," with the tracks resequenced. The only track missing is the full version of the still haunting track "Cambodia," presumably cut for time constraints, as the instrumental reprise is included instead. The original track listings are as follows:

Kim Wilde

1. Water on glass
2. Our town
3. Everything we know
4. Young heroes
5. Kids in America
6. Chequered love
7. 2 6 5 8 0
8. You'll never be so wrong
9. Falling out
10. Tuning in tuning on

Select

1. Ego
2. Words fell down
3. Action city
4. View from a bridge
5. Just a feeling
6. Chaos at the airport
7. Take me tonight
8. Can you come over
9. Wendy Sadd
10. Cambodia
11. Cambodia (Reprise)

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These albums are the reason a teenage version of me was wild about Kim Wilde. Her first single, "Kids In America," was, of course, the reason I picked up the first album in 1981, but I had to get "Select," released the next year, as an import. As much as I love the first album, "Select" is the better release, as she changed direction from the New Wave pop exemplified by that first single to what would become known as synth pop. The album actually holds up much better than her debut, and I think listeners will be a bit startled at how contemporary most of it sounds, as so many bands are mining this era for their own new releases now. The lyrics are an often strange mixture of bubble gum and genuine darkness, but the juxtaposition definitely keeps things interesting. All in all, this is a pretty excellent buy, as you get her debut album AND her classic second album, the latter currently out of print, for the price of one CD. And that makes good financial sense. May 23, 2007

Excellent new wave 80's pop!

I always liked Kim Wilde, and I love this cd because is showcases some on the tracks only availble on her album "Select" which is as far as I know, still only availble in vinyl. She went into a sort of new wave techno style after her first release in America that wasn't released in the staes, and this cd has some of that great music. I feel this showcases Kim at her very best, with catchy songs and terrific production. A sound all her own. In her later years in the 90's, she bacame very commercial and sort od bland, but this cd shows just how much fun Kim could be. Oh, and my copy has a different cover than the one pictured here. January 14, 2007

I'm 17 and I love this

At 17 I am probab;y one of the youngest people to own this CD and usually I love punk music and rock I guess. But the main thing I love them for are the emotion and the fact that they often aren't scared to say things. And thats why I like Kim Wilde - okay she didnt write her own songs but they fit her very well and she is willing to sing things that pop stars don't usually talk about. For example attempted suicide(view from the bridge) and prostitution (2-6-5-8-0. Can you imagine Britney Spears or Hilary Duff talking bout tha?
My favourite tracks are definately:

2-6-5-8-0 (I really happy catchy even funny song about a prostitute....)

Ego(An angry but catchy song denouncing an ex boyfriend...its almost avril-esque..only more poppy)

Words fell down(another dumb boyfriend song...but very catchy) August 24, 2004

wonderful unique tecnopop album

This is a kind of eighties singer that is hard to find nowadays.A melodic ,melancolic singer with a soft voice and wonderful synth sounds that makes you fly high and feel those sounds in your heart.There is also a top production behind every Kim Wilde album.This album contain the best K.Wilde songs ever recorded.One of my favourite albums absolutely!!! From:Adriana Jarbeto (brazilian singer/songwriter) October 7, 1998

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