Bananarama will celebrate 40 years in music in 2024 with the release of ‘Glorious – The Ultimate Collection’ on 8th March.
The album launches with new track ‘Feel the Love’ and the duo has announced a special live show at London Palladium on Wednesday 3rd April 2024. ‘Glorious- The Ultimate Collection’ charts the lives of founder membersĀ Sara DallinĀ andĀ Keren WoodwardĀ via their personally curated career highlights. It takes them from the early days of breaking through withĀ ‘Really Saying Something’Ā withĀ Fun Boy ThreeĀ through to their phenomenalĀ ’80sĀ success (‘Cruel Summer’,Ā ‘Venus’, ‘Love In The First Degree’,Ā ‘Robert De Niroās Waiting’Ā and many more),Ā ’90sĀ (‘Only Your Love’,Ā ‘Preacher Man’,Ā ‘Movinā On’ andĀ ‘Last Thing on My Mind’) and intoĀ 2005Ā when they were riding flying high in the singles chart withĀ ‘Move In My Direction’Ā and the US dance chart smashĀ ‘Look on The Floor (Hypnotic Tango)’.Ā
SaraĀ says,Ā āWe wanted this to be a unique collection, a celebration of all the twists and turns in our career. We compiled endless lists of songs, album tracks and hit singles and whittled it down to forty: our favourite tracks from the past four decades. Leafing through my early lyric books transported me back to that teenage girl writing poems and scribbles that would eventually be turned into songs. Each track … is a piece of the jigsaw and a connection to me. Together they create the bigger picture, the story of us as artists. It has been one almighty journey.āĀ
KerenĀ adds,Ā āAt times we have maybe felt that we havenāt received the credit, respect, and recognition we deserve, certainly sometimes purely down to the fact we were born female. I feel the collection of songs we have amassed over the last four decades hopefully speak for themselves, so I donāt have to. Putting the music together for this project… made me realise how much we have achieved and how determined, tenacious, and hardworking we are.ā
‘Glorious – The Ultimate CollectionāĀ will be released on collectorās triple vinyl and double CD. TheirĀ official storeĀ exclusives include a deluxe vinyl and deluxe 3CD edition, both of which are accompanied by a book which features an introduction by broadsheet journalist Fiona Sturges, articles byĀ SaraĀ andĀ Keren, and an in-depth exploration ofĀ BananaramaāsĀ relationship with fashion and music by writer and trends expertĀ Katie Baron. It also includes stunning still photography of many of Bananarama’sĀ outfits and memorabilia from their personal collections.Ā
The track listing for ‘Glorious – The Ultimate Collection’ is:
CD1 / vinyl sides A-C
āReally Saying Somethingā
āCruel Summerā
āRobert De Niro’s Waitingā
āVenusā
āMore Than Physicalā
āA Trick of the Nightā
āI Heard a Rumourā
āLove in the First Degreeā
āOnly Your Loveā
āPreacher Manā
āI Could Be Persuadedā
āMovin’ Onā [Disco Chic]
āLast Thing on My Mindā [Electrified]
āEvery Shade of Blueā
āTake Me to Your Heartā
āProve Your Loveā
āIfā
āCrazyā
āMove in My Directionā
āLook on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)ā
CD2 / vinyl sides D-F
āFeel for Youā
āLovebiteā
āLove Comesā
āLove Don’t Live Hereā
āSeventeenā
āExtraordinaryā
āBaby It’s Christmasā
āNow or Neverā
āLa La Loveā
āStuff Like Thatā
āLooking for Someoneā
āI’m on Fireā
āIt’s Gonna Be Alrightā
āFavouriteā
āMasqueradeā
āForever Youngā
āRunning With The Nightā
āCruel Summerā (3am Mix)
āFeel The Loveā
āSupernovaā
CD3 Deluxe Edition / digital only
āRobert De Niro’s Waitingā (The Reflex Revision)
āDo Not Disturbā (Krystal Klear New Wave Mix)
āVenusā (Boys Noize Rework)
āOnly Your Loveā (Initial Talk Remix)
āTripping on Your Loveā (Metropolis Mix)
āNow or Neverā (Extended Version)
āTonightā (Bright Light Bright Light Remix)
āStuff Like Thatā (Extended Version)
āVelvet Liesā (Luke Million Remix)
āMasqueradeā (Castle Elvira Mix)