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Fanfare is a compilation album by Scottish punk and new wave band Skids, released in 1982 via Virgin Records shortly after the group dissolved.[2] John Peel wrote the album's liner notes.[3]

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Fanfare
Compilation album by Skids
Released	1982
Recorded	1978 - 1980
Genre	Punk rock, new wave, post-punk
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Mick Glossop, Bill Nelson, David Batchelor
Skids chronology
Fanfare (1982) Dunfermline: A Collection of the Skids' Finest Moments (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Despite being a compilation, it doesn't contain any tracks from the band's fourth and final album Joy.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Fanfare "an excellent compilation of singles and album tracks that serves as the perfect introduction to the Skids’ magic."[4]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Into The Valley"
2. "Working For The Yankee Dollar"
3. "Sweet Suburbia"
4. "A Woman in Winter"
5. "Masquerade"
6. "The Saints Are Coming"

Side 2

1. "Animation"
2. "Out Of Town"
3. "T.V. Stars"
4. "Of One Skin"
5. "Charade"
6. "Circus Games"

References

External links

• Skids: Vinyl Albums

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