Greatest Hits Collection (Bananarama album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Greatest Hits Collection
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Bananarama


Released = October 1988
Recorded = 1981 – 1988
Genre = Pop
Length = various, depending on version
Label = London Records
Producers = Swain & Jolley, Stock Aiken & Waterman, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, O'Sullivan, Fun Boy Three, Dave Jordan, Little Paul Cook, Big John Martin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:i2jb7i2jg75r link]
Last album = "12" Mixes"
(1987)
This album = "The Greatest Hits Collection"
(1988)
Next album = "Greatest Remixes Collection"
(1990) |

"The Greatest Hits Collection" is a compilation album released by Bananarama which features their single releases and greatest hits. It was issued by London Records in 1988, shortly after the departure of group member Siobhan Fahey. The trackisting differed between the version of the album in the United States and the version released throughout Europe.

All songs are represented here in their "single" edits (or in some cases, a remix) and the version of "I Want You Back" (originally on their "Wow!" album) on this collection is the newer version of the song with the vocals re-recorded by Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward with new member Jacquie O'Sullivan, following the departure of Fahey. One new song, "Love, Truth and Honesty", was released as a single (which featured O'Sullivan's first credits as a song-writing contributor), and peaked inside the UK top 30. The other new track on the compilation was a re-recorded version of the Supremes track "Nathan Jones." Like "I Want You Back", this song was originally included on the "Wow!" album released before Fahey's departure. The new line-up re-recorded the song with new vocal and instrumental arrangements. This new version was included both on this compilation as well as the "Rain Man" soundtrack. It was subsequently remixed and released as a single, reaching the UK Top 20.

Subsequent re-issues have added on dance remixes, as well as "Help!".

Track listing

Original UK version

# "Venus"
# "I Heard a Rumour"
# "Love in the First Degree"
# "I Can't Help It"
# "I Want You Back"
# "Love, Truth and Honesty"
# "Nathan Jones"
# "Really Saying Something" "(with Fun Boy Three)"
# "Shy Boy"
# "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
# "Cruel Summer"
# "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" "(with Fun Boy Three)"
# "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
# "Rough Justice"

Original U.S. CD version

# "Venus"
# "I Heard a Rumour"
# "Love in the First Degree"
# "I Can't Help It"
# "I Want You Back"
# "Love, Truth and Honesty"
# "Nathan Jones"
# "Really Saying Something" "(with Fun Boy Three)"
# "Shy Boy"
# "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
# "Cruel Summer"
# "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
# "A Trick of the Night"
# "Aie a Mwana"

Additional tracks and alternate versions

European CD versions of "The Greatest Hits Collection" contained most of the above tracks, plus additional singles released throughout Europe and the UK.

In 2005, a remastered version of the collection was released in the United States (and other territories), now containing the "bonus" songs not found on the original U.S. release. These tracks are shown below.
# "Help!" "(with Lananeeneenoonoo)"
# "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" "(with Fun Boy Three)"
# "Rough Justice"
# "Preacher Man"
# "Venus" (12 inch Hellfire Mix)
# "Love in the First Degree" (Eurobeat Style)