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The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners | |
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Compilation album by | |
Released | 21 May 1991 |
Recorded | 1979–1982; 1984–1986 |
Genre | New Wave/ Blue-eyed soul |
Label | Universal Music TV |
The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners is a best of compilation album by English pop rock band Dexys Midnight Runners, released in 1991.
The album contains seven Dexys singles that had also been album tracks ("Geno, "There, There My Dear", "The Celtic Soul Brothers", "Come On Eileen", "Jackie Wilson Said", "Old", and " This Is What She's Like") but was more notable as the first album to contain ten of Dexys' non-album singles, including "Let's Get This Straight (From the Start)", "Because of You", [1] "Show Me", "One Way Love", "Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache", "Dance Stance", "Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)", "I'm Just Looking", "Soon", and "Soul Finger"), plus the original recordings of two more ("Plan B", "Liars A to E"). "One Way Love" was the only Dexys song with Kevin Archer as the lead vocalist. The tracks cover Dexys' entire career, shown by the fact that, although the album was released on Mercury Records, 9 of the album's 19 songs were recorded for EMI Records, Dexys' first label.
The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners peaked at No. 12 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold on 1 June 1991. [2]