The Very Best of Brother Beyond
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The Very Best of Brother Beyond is a compilation from British
boy band
/ pop group
Brother Beyond
, released in 2005, by EMI
label, for its «Gold Series», containing all the quartet's greatest hits, as well as minor successes, including their very last single, that is the USA success called "The Girl I Used to Know" (never before included on any of their albums). The record also contains five very hard to find 12" versions: "The Harder I Try", "Drive On", "Be My Twin", "Can You Keep a Secret?" and "He Ain't No Competition". The compilation, totally featuring 17 tracks, came out 15 years after Brother Beyond's last single. Besides the above mentioned five 12" versions, the collection also includes all 11 singles released by the group, between 1986 and 1991, plus 1 B-side (from 1986). The album contains their only 2 Top 10 hits ("The Harder I Try" and "He Ain't No Competition", both produced by British producing team Stock, Aitken & Waterman); 1 Top 20 ("Be My Twin"); 1 Top 30 (the '89 remix to "Can You Keep a Secret?"; the original version, which was here omitted, never got higher than the Top 60, instead); 1 Top 40 ("Drive On
"); 2 Top 50 ("When Will I See You Again
?" and "The Girl I Used to Know"); 2 Top 60 ("Chain-Gang Smile", and their second album's title-track, "Trust
"); and 1 Top 75 ("How Many Times"). The greatest hits collection also includes the very first single from the band, "I Should Have Lied", the only one which never succeeded in entering the UK Top 75. As concerns the one B-side here proposed, this is the original version to the popular track called "Act for Love", previously contained, in its extended version only, in both CD
editions of their first album, Get Even
.
United Kingdom
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boy band
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
/ pop group
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
Brother Beyond
Brother Beyond
Brother Beyond were a British boy band / pop group who had mainstream success in the late 1980s.-Biography:The group's first four singles, "I Should Have Lied", "How Many Times", "Chain-Gang Smile" , and an early version of "Can You Keep a Secret?" , were all written by band members Eg White...
, released in 2005, by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
label, for its «Gold Series», containing all the quartet's greatest hits, as well as minor successes, including their very last single, that is the USA success called "The Girl I Used to Know" (never before included on any of their albums). The record also contains five very hard to find 12" versions: "The Harder I Try", "Drive On", "Be My Twin", "Can You Keep a Secret?" and "He Ain't No Competition". The compilation, totally featuring 17 tracks, came out 15 years after Brother Beyond's last single. Besides the above mentioned five 12" versions, the collection also includes all 11 singles released by the group, between 1986 and 1991, plus 1 B-side (from 1986). The album contains their only 2 Top 10 hits ("The Harder I Try" and "He Ain't No Competition", both produced by British producing team Stock, Aitken & Waterman); 1 Top 20 ("Be My Twin"); 1 Top 30 (the '89 remix to "Can You Keep a Secret?"; the original version, which was here omitted, never got higher than the Top 60, instead); 1 Top 40 ("Drive On
Drive On
"Drive On" is a 1989 single by British boy band / pop group Brother Beyond, taken from their second album, Trust. It made the Top 40 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 39, in October 1989...
"); 2 Top 50 ("When Will I See You Again
When Will I See You Again
"When Will I See You Again" is a song by American soul group The Three Degrees, from their third album The Three Degrees. The song was written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.It was one of the most successful recordings of the "Philly Soul" era...
?" and "The Girl I Used to Know"); 2 Top 60 ("Chain-Gang Smile", and their second album's title-track, "Trust
Trust (Brother Beyond song)
"Trust" is a 1990 single by British boy band / pop group Brother Beyond, taken from their second album, also entitled Trust, released in 1989. It made the Top 60 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at Number 53, in March 1990...
"); and 1 Top 75 ("How Many Times"). The greatest hits collection also includes the very first single from the band, "I Should Have Lied", the only one which never succeeded in entering the UK Top 75. As concerns the one B-side here proposed, this is the original version to the popular track called "Act for Love", previously contained, in its extended version only, in both CD
Compact Disc
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editions of their first album, Get Even
Get Even
Get Even is the debut album of British boy band / pop group Brother Beyond, released on EMI / Parlophone label, in two different editions, both in 1988, generally referred to as Get Even I and Get Even II...
.
Track listing
- "The Harder I Try"
- "He Ain't No Competition"
- "Be My Twin"
- "Can You Keep A Secret" (Remix)
- "How Many Times"
- "Chain-Gang Smile"
- "Drive OnDrive On"Drive On" is a 1989 single by British boy band / pop group Brother Beyond, taken from their second album, Trust. It made the Top 40 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 39, in October 1989...
" (7" version) - "When Will I See You AgainWhen Will I See You Again"When Will I See You Again" is a song by American soul group The Three Degrees, from their third album The Three Degrees. The song was written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.It was one of the most successful recordings of the "Philly Soul" era...
?" - "TrustTrust (Brother Beyond song)"Trust" is a 1990 single by British boy band / pop group Brother Beyond, taken from their second album, also entitled Trust, released in 1989. It made the Top 60 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at Number 53, in March 1990...
" - "The Girl I Used to Know"
- "I Should Have Lied"
- "Act for Love"
- "The Harder I Try" (12" Version)
- "Drive On" (Apple Mix)
- "Be My Twin" (12" Version)
- "Can You Keep A Secret" ('89 Extended Remix)
- "He Ain't No Competition" (12" Version)
Personnel
- Nathan Moore: vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- David White: guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Carl Fysh: keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Eg White / Steve Alexander: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....