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New Bananarama Compilation Due in July
The band initially consisted of childhood friends Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin and schoolmate Siobhan Fahey. The trio’s mutual interest in tomboyish fashion and the burgeoning post-punk scene – leading to early gigs opening for The Jam and Iggy Pop and early interest from provocative ex-Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren – set them apart from other cute-girl pop acts of the day, and their unique musical style, which relied less on harmonics and more on catchy choruses sung in unison, became their musical calling card.
The band’s early work with producers Joffrey & Swain were instantly successful in the U.K., with hit covers like The Velvelettes’ Motown obscurity “He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’” and Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” reaching the uppermost levels of the pop charts. But their original tunes found many listeners, too, particularly “Robert De Niro’s Waiting” and “Cruel Summer” from the band’s sophomore self-titled album in 1984. “Cruel Summer,” which featured prominently in the film The Karate Kid, was a U.S. Top 10 hit.
Teaming with Stock Aitken Waterman in the mid-’80s, Bananarama had their biggest hits in tracks like their chart-topping cover of Shocking Blue’s “Venus” and “I Heard a Rumour.” But Fahey would depart the band in 1988, later joining Shakespeare’s Sister, and Jacquie O’Sullivan would become the band’s third member until 1992, at which point Woodward and Dallin would continue as a duo. The pair still record and tour to this day, with modern remixes of their original hits still placing well on U.K. dance charts. (A healthy amount of catalogue activity from Rhino U.K. has also kept the band in record stores, with expanded reissues, remix compilations and other products having been released in the past few years.)
Now, to commemorate the band’s three decade mark, Rhino will release a new compilation, 30 Years of Bananarama, compiling the band’s biggest hits from 1983 to 2009′s Fascination, and paired with a DVD featuring 35 of the band’s music videos, many of which are coming together on DVD for the first time.
The whole package is out July 9 in the U.K.; there are no pre-order links from Amazon yet,
30 Years of Bananarama (Rhino (U.K.), 2012) Disc 1: CD
Disc 2: DVD
Tracks 1-4 from Deep Sea Skiving (London, 1983) Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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Looks really good, id advise fans in the USA like me, to get it, because its 99% definite that its not coming stateside. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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LOVE THEM "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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30 years is a long time for a girl group. | |
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