Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet is a greatest hits album by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released on 4 September 2000 by Chrysalis Records. It contains 17 of the band's biggest hits. The album was re-released on 17 August 2008 with a bonus live DVD.[2]
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The track listing below is for the standard US version of the album. Certain alternate releases featured "Raw" and "Be Free with Your Love", two tracks from the band's Heart Like a Sky album (which was not released in the United States), in place of "She Loved Like Diamond."[3][4]
All tracks are written by Gary Kemp.
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Gold" | True | 3:55 |
2. | "True" | True | 5:40 |
3. | "Only When You Leave" | Parade | 4:48 |
4. | "Lifeline" | True | 3:28 |
5. | "Communication" | True | 3:27 |
6. | "Instinction" | Diamond | 3:39 |
7. | "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" | Diamond | 4:09 |
8. | "To Cut a Long Story Short" | Journeys to Glory | 3:22 |
9. | "The Freeze" | Journeys to Glory | 3:33 |
10. | "Muscle Bound" | Journeys to Glory | 3:56 |
11. | "Paint Me Down" | Diamond | 3:47 |
12. | "She Loved Like Diamond" | Diamond | 2:55 |
13. | "Round and Round" | Parade | 4:34 |
14. | "Highly Strung" | Parade | 4:11 |
15. | "Fight for Ourselves" | Through the Barricades | 4:24 |
16. | "I'll Fly for You" | Parade | 5:14 |
17. | "Through the Barricades" | Through the Barricades | 5:57 |
Chart (2000–2001) | Peak position |
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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] | 40 |
European Albums (Music & Media)[6] | 34 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[7] | 44 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[8] | 38 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] | 10 |
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[10] | 40 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] | 30 |
UK Albums (OCC)[12] | 7 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Spain (PROMUSICAE)[13] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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