If they ever felt defensive about the critical slams they received, the fact remains that at this point in the band's career there wasn't much to shout about. The news of Bananarama’s reunion, after nearly 30 years, was met with universal approval and saw the band celebrated all over again. Unfortunately, the rest of the SAW-overseen selections do both the band and producers a major disservice, all being pallid and boring revamps of those two songs. "I Heard a Rumour" isn't bad either, with a catchy chorus and a similar synth sheen. The Hollies Written by: Bob Russell, Bobby Scott From the album: He Ain't Heavy. The reworking of Shocking Blue's "Venus" was a well-deserved success, taking the off-kilter pop/rock of the original and giving it a sparkling dance undercarriage. BANANARAMA The Greatest Hits Collection (1988 UK 14-track vinyl compilation LP including classic single hits such as Venus, Love In The First Degree. The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era Bruce Pollock. Bananarama, The Greatest Hits Collection 1988 828106 includes all the hits from 1982 - 1988 inc Robert De Niros Waiting, Venus, Cruel Summer, picture. When it comes to the multi-national smashes produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, though, it's not quite a case of the emperor having no clothes as much as a case of SAW being a one-trick pony. The American hits "Robert De Niro's Waiting" and "Cruel Summer" show how the trio could balance chart aspirations with atypical singing or subject matter. The Fun Boy Three-produced "He Was Really Sayin' Something" throws that band's quirky avant-funk underneath the threesome's harmonizing the cover of "Aie A Mwana" shows off some slightly unexpected Afrobeat chops over a brisk arrangement while "Shy Boy" takes a more mainstream approach, but without losing its understated sass. Half of this album is actually pretty great, though - particularly the early Bananarama hits.
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