Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet is a greatest hits album by the English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released on 4 September 2000 by Chrysalis Records. Two versions of the compilation were offered, each with the same 16 of their biggest hits; however, one version also included 1982's "She Loved Like Diamond"Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet (U.S. edition) @AllMusic.com Retrieved 1-20-2013. while the other featured their late 80s singles "Raw" and "Be Free with Your Love" instead.Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet ("Bonus Track" edition) @AllMusic.com Retrieved 1-20-2013. The album was re-released on 17 August 2008 with a bonus music video DVD.
Commercial performance
Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet peaked at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart. It also reached number 10 in Scotland, number 30 in Sweden, number 34 on the European Top 100 Albums chart, number 38 in Italy, number 40 in the Netherlands and Spain, number 44 in Ireland and number 158 in Australia.
Critical reception
Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave the compilation four-and-a-half stars out of five but wrote, "From 20 years' worth of perspective, the earliest songs sound astoundingly ham-handed," and that "nearly everything sounds like it served the videos rather than vice versa." He did, however, conclude that "Gold is all most casual fans will ever need or want."
Track listing All tracks are written by Gary Kemp and taken from the 7" single recordings, except as noted.
*Album version **Same version also released on 12" single #Same version also released on original album Charts + Chart performance for Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet Chart (2000–2001) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 158 European Albums (Music & Media) 34 Spanish Albums (AFYVE) 40
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