Best of Swing Out Sister
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Best of is a 1996 retrospective compilation album by Swing Out Sister
, containing their successful singles spanning the years 1986 through 1996. And is the first compilation album—and the last Fontana Records
album.
Additional Personnel
Swing Out Sister
Swing Out Sister are a British "sophisti-pop" group best known worldwide for their 1986 song "Breakout". Other hits include "Surrender", "Twilight World", "Waiting Game" and a remake of "Am I the Same Girl?" Though album sales in the U.S. and Europe have levelled off since the early 1990s, the...
, containing their successful singles spanning the years 1986 through 1996. And is the first compilation album—and the last Fontana Records
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label....
album.
Tracklisting
CD & Cassette Version- "BreakoutBreakout (Swing Out Sister song)"Breakout" is a single from British pop act Swing Out Sister's debut album It's Better to Travel.The single reached the number four position in the UK in 1986, and rose to number six pop and number one adult contemporary in the U.S. in 1987...
" - (3:46) (Andy ConnellAndy ConnellAndrew John "Andy" Connell is an English musician and composer. Along with Corinne Drewery, he is part of the duo that makes up Swing Out Sister....
/Corinne DreweryCorinne DreweryCorinne Drewery is the lead singer of the pop music band, Swing Out Sister.-Early life:Drewery grew up in Nottingham and the Lincolnshire village of Authorpe and went to South Reston Primary School, then Monks' Dyke High School and King Edward VI Grammar School in nearby Louth, then Lincoln College...
/Martin JacksonMartin JacksonMartin Jackson is a British drummer who has played with several New Wave bands from Manchester, although his most successful roles were with Magazine, in 1978 with the release of the influential Real Life album, and Swing Out Sister, in 1986, with the hit song Breakout.-Biography:His earliest work...
) - "Am I the Same GirlAm I the Same Girl"Am I the Same Girl" is a popular soul song written by Eugene Record and Sonny Sanders. First recorded in 1968 by Barbara Acklin, "Am I the Same Girl" charted most successfully in the US as a 1992 release by Swing Out Sister...
" (E.Record/S.Sanders) - "You On My MindYou on My Mind"You on My Mind" is a song by the British pop group Swing Out Sister. It was the lead-off single from the group's second album, Kaleidoscope World...
" - (3:32) (A. Connell/C. Drewery/Paul Staveley O'DuffyPaul Staveley O'DuffyPaul O’Duffy is a British record producer, composer, mixer. He is best known for producing Swing Out Sister's Grammy-nominated multi-platinum debut album, for his BMI nomination as 'Producer of the Year' in 1987, and work with John Barry and other film score producing...
) - "Twilight WorldTwilight World"Twilight World" is a song by the British pop act Swing Out Sister. The song is included on their debut album, It's Better to Travel. It was written by the members of the group at that time, Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Martin Jackson....
" (Edit) - (4:05) (A. Connell/C. Drewery/M. Jackson) - "Where in The World?" - (5:33) (A. Connell/C. Drewery)
- "La-La (Means I Love You)La-La (Means I Love You)"La-La " is a 1968 song originally performed by The Delfonics. It was written by Thom Bell and William Hart and produced by Bell and Stan Watson....
" (UK Guitar Edit) - (3:59) (T. BellThom BellThomas Randolph "Thom" Bell is an American songwriter and producer, best known as one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music in the 1970s. He moved to Philadelphia as a child.-Biography:...
/W. Hart) - "Ordinary People" - (6:22) (A. Connell/C. Drewery)
- "Get in Touch with Yourself" - (5:08) (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
- "SurrenderSurrender (Swing Out Sister song)"Surrender" is a 1987 single released by British pop act Swing Out Sister from their debut album, It's Better to Travel. It was issued as the follow-up to the successful single, "Breakout". The song peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1987 and logged four weeks in the top ten.Over a...
" - (3:53) (A. Connell/C. Drewery/M. Jackson) - "Heaven Only Knows" - (4:09) (Denzil Foster/Thomas McElroy)
- "Better Make It Better" (Edit) - (3:51) (A. Connell/C. Drewery)
- "NotgonnachangeNotgonnachange"Notgonnachange" is a 1992 song by Swing Out Sister. It was released as the follow-up single to "Am I the Same Girl". It reached #49 in the UK Singles Chart and #22 on the U.S. Billboard adult contemporary chart. This song was subsequently remixed by Frankie Knuckles, and the dance mix of...
" (O' Duffy 7" Mix) - (4:20) (A. Connell/C. Drewery) - "Fooled by a SmileFooled By a Smile"Fooled by a Smile" is a 1987 song by the British pop act Swing Out Sister. It was the final single to be taken from their debut album It's Better To Travel and reached #43 on the UK Singles Chart in July of that year....
" - (4:06) (A. Connell/C. Drewery/M. Jackson) - "Waiting Game" - (4:15) (A. Connell/C. Drewery)
- "Forever Blue" - (4:17) (A. Connell/C. Drewery)
- "Windmills of Your Mind" (M. Legrand/A. Bergman/M. Bergman)
Personnel
Swing Out Sister- Andy ConnellAndy ConnellAndrew John "Andy" Connell is an English musician and composer. Along with Corinne Drewery, he is part of the duo that makes up Swing Out Sister....
- Keyboards - Corinne DreweryCorinne DreweryCorinne Drewery is the lead singer of the pop music band, Swing Out Sister.-Early life:Drewery grew up in Nottingham and the Lincolnshire village of Authorpe and went to South Reston Primary School, then Monks' Dyke High School and King Edward VI Grammar School in nearby Louth, then Lincoln College...
- Lead Vocals
Additional Personnel
- Dah Len - Photography