Formed in Dundee & Edinburgh, Scotland in 1976 by Billy MacKenzie and Alan Rankine, The Associates made some of the most esoteric and lavish ‘pop’ music of their time while gleefully wreaking havoc with industry expectations – refusing to play by any rules.
This new anthology features their biggest hits ‘Party Fears Two’ and ‘Club Country’, three previously unreleased tracks, their cover versions of David Bowie’s ‘Boys Keep Swinging’, ‘Love Hangover’ and the fateful ‘Gloomy Sunday’, plus 21 other songs showcasing their musical inventiveness and MacKenzie’s incredible voice. Includes detailed sleevenotes in an 8-page booklet.
The track list:
CD1
01.Boys Keep Swinging
02.The Affectionate Punch
03. Tell Me Easter's On Friday
04 Q Quarters
05.Kitchen Person
06 A
07.Message Oblique Speech
08.White Car In Germany
09.Kites
10.Party Fears Two
11.Club Country
12.18 Carat Love Affair
13 Love Hangover
CD2
01.Eloise
02. Window Shopping (Instrumental)
03.Jukebox Bucharest
04.Double Hipness
05.The Affectionate Punch (Demo)
06.The Room We Sat In Before
07.Galaxy Of Memories
08.Gloomy Sunday (Live - ICA 1980)
09.Waiting for The Loveboat (Instrumental)
10.Stephen, You’re Really Something
11. Fear Is My Bride
12.International Loner
13.Edge Of The World
