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Greatest Hats

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Released
  
1996

Greatest Hats (1996)
  
The Spell (1997)

Release date
  
22 October 1996

Genre
  
Synthpop

Producer
  
Ivan Doroschuk

Artist
  
Men Without Hats

Label
  
Aquarius Records

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Recorded
  
1979-1990 (GH) 1979-1988 (Collection)

Length
  
55:33 (GH) 59:24 (Collection)

Similar
  
Men Without Hats albums, Synthpop albums

Greatest Hats is the first compilation album by the Canadian new wave/synthpop group Men Without Hats, released in 1996.

Contents

A slightly modified version of the album was released in the US in 1996, entitled Collection. It dropped the tracks "Freeways (Euromix)", "On Tuesday" and "Sideways" in favor of "Messiahs Die Young", "Moonbeam", "Hey Men" and an extended version of "I Got the Message".

The two compilations have ten tracks in common, these being "The Safety Dance", "Living in China", "Antarctica", "I Got the Message", "I Like", "Where Do the Boys Go", "Pop Goes the World", "Editions of You" and the club mixes of "The Safety Dance" and "Where Do the Boys Go?". The Canadian version adds "Freeways", "On Tuesday" and "Sideways", while the US version includes "Messiahs Die Young", "Moonbeam", "Hey Men" and the club mix of "I Got the Message".

"Editions of You" was recorded in March 1985 and had not been previously released. A different version of the track was recorded in 1983, during the Folk of the 80's (Part III) sessions.

Track listing

  1. "The Safety Dance" - 2:43
  2. "Living in China" - 3:01
  3. "Antarctica" - 3:25
  4. "I Got the Message" - 4:39
  5. "I Like" - 4:12
  6. "Where Do the Boys Go?" - 3:53
  7. "Freeways" (Euromix) - 5:45
  8. "Pop Goes the World" - 3:44
  9. "On Tuesday" - 4:08
  10. "Sideways" - 4:53
  11. "Editions of You" - 3:53
  12. "The Safety Dance" (Extended version) - 4:32
  13. "Where Do the Boys Go?" (Extended version) - 6:17

Collection

  1. "The Safety Dance"
  2. "Living in China"
  3. "Antarctica"
  4. "I Got the Message"
  5. "I Like"
  6. "Where Do the Boys Go?"
  7. "Messiahs Die Young"
  8. "Pop Goes the World"
  9. "Moonbeam"
  10. "Hey Men"
  11. "Editions of You"
  12. "The Safety Dance" (Extended Club Mix)
  13. "I Got the Message" (Dance version)
  14. "Where Do the Boys Go?" (Extended version)

Songs

1The Safety Dance2:45
2Living in China3:03
3Antarctica3:26

References

Greatest Hats Wikipedia
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