The Best of Fad Gadget
Appearance
The Best of Fad Gadget | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Fad Gadget | ||||
Released | 11 December 2001 | |||
Recorded | 1979–2000 | |||
Genre | New wave, electronic | |||
Length | 147:10 | |||
Label | Mute | |||
Producer | Frank Tovey, Daniel Miller, John Fryer, Gareth Jones | |||
Fad Gadget chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Rock Sound | [2] |
The Best of Fad Gadget is a double compilation album of singles and 12" mixes released by Fad Gadget (the stage name of Frank Tovey). The album is split between singles and B-sides on disc one, and 12" mixes and song reworkings on disc two. Mute Records released the album in December 2001, a few months before Frank Tovey's sudden death.[3]
Track listing
[edit]Disc one
[edit]- "Back to Nature"
- "The Box" B-side of "Back to Nature"
- "Ricky's Hand"
- "Handshake" B-side of "Ricky's Hand"
- "Fireside Favourite"
- "Insecticide" B-side of "Fireside Favourite"
- "Make Room"
- "Lady Shave" Double A-side with "Make Room"
- "Saturday Night Special"
- "King of the Flies"
- "Life on the Line"
- "4M" B-side of "Life on the Line"
- "For Whom the Bells Toll"
- "Love Parasite" B-side of "For Whom the Bells Toll"
- "I Discover Love"
- "Collapsing New People"
- "One Man's Meat"
- "Luxury" Released as Frank Tovey
Disc two
[edit]- "Collapsing New People" (Berlin Mix)
- "Fireside Favourite" (Toasted Crumpet Mix)
- "Swallow It" (Regurgitated)
- "Love Parasite 2"
- "Luxury" (Remix)
- "For Whom The Bells Toll 3"
- "I Discover Love" (Extended)
- "Sleep" (Electro-induced Original)
- "Life on the Line" (Version 2)
- "One Mans Meat" (Remix)
- "Immobilise" (Foot Binding Trot Mix)
- "Collapsing New People" (London Mix)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Gardner, Neil (November 2001). "Reviews: Reissues". Rock Sound. No. 30. UK: IXO Publishing Ltd. p. 100.
- ^ Frank Tovey obituary at Mute Records Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine