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The Epic Years (2018)
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Track List
01) Intro: Happy Birthday
02) Love & Kisses
03) Real Toys
04) Idols
05) Legionnaire
06) Faithless
07) Beckoning Strings
08) Happy Birthday
09) Midnight
10) A Day's Wait
11) Leave Me Alone
12) Insects
13) Outro: Happy Birthday
14) Dead Pop Stars
15) Sentimental
16) Leave Me Alone (Cassette Single)
17) Who Cares?
18) A Days Wait (7" Version)
19) So We Go (Whispering)
20) Jeepster
Cd 2
01) Pinky Blue
02) See Those Eyes
03) Forgotten
04) Little Brown Head
05) See You Later
06) Song Sung Blue
07) Funny Funny Me
08) Think That It Might
09) I Could Be Happy
10) Jump Jump
11) Goodnight and I Wish
12) I Could Be Happy (7″ version)
13) Insects (Re-Record)
14) Disco Pop Stars
15) How About That Then (I Missed My Train)
16) Think That It Might
17) Happy New Year
18) Real Toys (New Version)
Cd 3
01) Bring Me Closer
02) Another Lost Look
03) Love to Stay
04) Now That You're Here
05) Don't Talk to Me About Love
06) Stand So Quiet
07) Change of Heart
08) Thinking About You
09) Surprise Me
10) I Don't Want to Know
11) Don't Talk to Me About Love
12) Last Goodbye
13) Another Lost Look
14) Love to Stay
Cd 4
01) Happy Birthday (dance mix)
02) I Could Be Happy (dance mix)
03) See Those Eyes (dance mix)
04) Pinky Blue (dance mix)
05) Jump Jump / Think That It Might (segued dance mix)
06) Don't Talk To Me About Love (Extended Dance Mix)
07) Bring Me Closer (dance mix)
08) Love to Stay (dance mix)

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First Released

2018

Genre

Post-Punk

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Excitable

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Release Format

Compilation

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Epic

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The Epic Years collects everything Altered Images recorded and released in their short career as the world's most cheerful pop band. Only three albums and a handful of singles between 1979 and 1983 and they were done. Separately, the three albums are bite-sized treats: the kiddie goth Happy Birthday, which spawned the incessantly chirpy title track; the confetti-filled Pinky Blue with its timeless hit "I Could Be Happy"; and the surprisingly sophisticated Bite, which was a perfect blend of Blondie and Bowie (thanks in part to production by Mike Chapman and Tony Visconti). Placed together in a collection like this, there's a clear progression from album to album: first, a band getting its sound together; then a band that seemed to promise something brilliant; and finally one that did just that before coming to a sudden stop. This collection doesn't add much new that wasn't on the single-disc reissues that came out a decade-plus earlier, but the remixes and extended versions of the singles are collected on one disc titled The 12" Album. If one is already in possession of the deluxe reissues, there's not a hugely compelling reason to get this set. There are a couple of 7" mixes that weren't included previously and The 12" Album is a load of fun, but mostly the sound quality is the same and the essays on the single discs are more complete. Anyone looking for a one-stop collection of their work will be pleased, though, both by the ease with which all the music can be heard and by becoming the proud owner of some of the best and brightest pop music ever made.



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