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Track Listing
1. Dancing With Myself - (with Generation X)
2. Mony Mony - (alternate take)
3. Hot in the City
4. White Wedding (Part I)
5. Rebel Yell
6. Eyes Without a Face
7. Flesh For Fantasy
8. Catch My Fall
9. To Be a Lover
10. Don't Need a Gun - (single edit)
11. Sweet Sixteen
12. Cradle of Love
13. L.A. Woman - (single edit)
14. Shock to the System
15. Rebel Yell - (acoustic version)
16. Don't You (Forget About Me) - (previously unreleased)
| Details | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Producer: Keith Forsey, Robin Hancock.
Compilation producer: Kevin Flaherty.
Recorded between 1983 & 1993. Includes liner notes by Ben Edmonds.
Digitally remastered by Kevin Bartley & Keith Forsey.
Though he made his initial splash as the singer for UK pop-punks Generation X in the late-'70s, Billy Idol's greatest success came as a solo artist. In the '80s, Idol took punk's bad-boy attitude and merged it with the pop accessibility of new wave to produce a stream of huge hits. All of Idol's biggies are included here, and when they're gathered together in one place, they serve as a reminder of just how strong his popcraft was.
From the turbo-charged R&B of "Mony Mony" to the goth-tinged "White Wedding" and the somewhat surreal balladry of "Eyes Without a Face," this is Idol at his finest. With his Elvis sneer, Jim Morrison baritone, and Iggy-on-steroids image, he was the ultimate '80s rock poster boy, and GREATEST HITS proves that he had the tunes to back up that carefully constructed image.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...This is effectively 1988's 11-track compilation IDOL SONGS, with just 5 numbers added, including a live acoustic 'Rebel Yell' and, oddly, a completely new version of Simple Minds' 'Don't You Forget About Me'...
Q (06/01/2001)
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