Well, in practice it's still the 2006 one. Hands down. I prefer the new remastering (but not by a wide margin), and I'm glad to have the box set, but the new 2CD version really isn't something that makes a lot of sense (although I prefer the running order on Disc 1 to all previous versions). The 2006 edition simply had a better approach with combining 7" and 12" versions on disc 2 and avoiding too many repetitions.
In theory though, it would have been possible to put together a better 2CD version:
CD 1:
The Original Album
1. Shout
2. The Working Hour
3. Everybody Wants to Rule the World
4. Mothers Talk
5. I Believe
6. Broken
7. Head over Heels / Broken [Live]
8. Listen
Bonus Tracks
9. The Big Chair
10. Empire Building
11. The Marauders
12. Broken Revisited
13. The Conflict
14. The Working Hour [Piano Version]
16. Pharaohs
17. When in Love with a Blind Man
18. Sea Song
CD 2:
The 7" Mixes
1. The Way You Are
2. Mothers Talk
3. Shout (single version? Short Version? US single version?)
4. Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Single Version)
Jules: The storm damaged our phone cable I'm on mobile now but will be far less online than usual... Hope this can get fixed quickly.
Feb 1, 2022 21:45:07 GMT