Bananarama - Bananarama - Greatest Hits

Reissue of the hit English female new wave/ dance/ pop trio's 1988 'best of' with six bonus tracks NOT on the U.S. edition, 'It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)' (with Fun Boy Three), 'Rough Justice', 'Venus' (12 Inch Hellfire Mix), 'Love In The First Degree' (Eurobeat Style), 'Preacher Man' (7-Inch Mix) and 'Help' (with Lananeeneenoonoo). 20 tracks total, also featuring their original hit cover version of Shocking Blue's 'Venus', plus 'Cruel Summer', 'I Heard A Rumor', 'He Was Really Saying Something' and 'Robert De Niro's Waiting'. Warner. Album Description

Great memories of the 80's

This Bananarama CD is better known outside the USA. And it is a pity it never got launched here. It is still very much an exciting compilation of some of the best-known Bananarama songs. September 23, 2008

It's going to be a Cruel Summer!

Yes, I am an 80's girl! This is just fun music that makes the day go by like a breeze. Robert DeNiro's Waiting has always been one of my faves of Bananarama. I Heard a Rumor makes me remember the video with the girls in all their costumes. This is just plain fun music. April 28, 2008

whee - brings back memories - most of them bad

Bananarama sux. It's true, none of them can carry a tune in a bucket. But truly, when you grow up listening to it, they immediately have this hold on you that you can't shake. So, it's "my era" music that I have to love to hate. March 19, 2008

a rule of thumb about music

great music stands the test of time... always. there were so many groups in the 1980s, and they produced a string of hits. but do you listen to them and appreciate them adter ten or twenty, or more years... if you do, then they produced a memorable record.

bananarama, in my opinion, stood the test of time. all their hits are still cropping up in radio stations, cd players, ipods, computers, and what not.

they are fun, the songs are catchy and dancable. and though they are slowly being overtaken by the artists of today, they were unbelievably great, and atill aew...

this album represents a collection of their very first hits in the 1980s. and it is with great pleasure that i review them for the fun, lightness, dancability and staying power that they have in my collective memory. August 18, 2007

Whats not to love?

Before you read this you need to understand that I am huge Bananarama fan. I adore these women because they used to make make more than great music - they taught us it was OK to have fun with the music. Now that said, I consider this to be the last great album that they cranked out before the group cracked up and decided to go with just Sarah and Kerin alone as a duo singing in tones that only dogs can hear. The truth hurts - you guys were better as a trio.

With Ms. Fahey (who I adore) and Miss Jacquie (who I adore as well, the trio really did great stuff and this CD captures the tail end of the great classic "BananaGlam" era.

This CD has the most noteworthy popular hits from Venus to the match up with Fun Boy Three. All of the song are beautifully engineered and the art work is great.

Evidently mid way through the planning Ms. Fahey decided to drop out and the group was lucky enough to find Ms. Jacquie Sullivan to step in and fill the hole left by Ms. Fahey's voice which anchored the trio and gave their vocalizations some traction. Sullivan did well and the change is virtually seamless in this compilation.

One disappointment is the lack of a track for their one underground dance hit Mr. Sleaze. However if you can track down a video copy of the Greatest Hits video tape you get Mr. Sleaze and the visuals from outtakes from their music videos as well. Its worth it to find it or at least view it on You Tube.

When this came out originally all those years ago it was quite a shock for those of us in the states who were their fans. We had no idea that Fahey left and had no idea who Jacquie was. Fahey's career, sad to say went nowhere after this CD came out and its a shame.

Sadly, without Fahey and her vocals, combined with her fashion sense and quirky knack for finding the right tunes, the group, now a duo, is a parody of its self.

One final note _ The group got back together some years ago for a one off recording of Waterloo for the television show Eurotrash. That recording is on an ABBA tribute album and its good - real good. Gives those of us who hope for a reunion something to wish for. Cheers! March 16, 2007

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