Grandiose music but unnecessary and unsuccessful remake of the CD "The Singles Collection 1981-93"

This CD is from a few differences to an almost identical repeat of the 1993 million Sellers The Singles Coll.1981-1993. Unfortunately, this new edition is something failed. First, the positive: "The Very Best of Kim Wilde", which was released in 2001, contained with "Loved" a previously unreleased track, which was a fantastic dance anthem that in some marketing on the part of Kim and the record company is an absolute top hit in charts and discotheques could have been. The title "Loved" is thus a real asset to this Best of CD because it is easy to get over that instead the 1993 song "In My Life" was contrary to the "Singles Collection" here on "The Very Best" omitted, because this song was successful neither with the fans favorite, even in the then charts.

So far so good: completely unnecessary, however, are completely alienated House remixes of "View from a Bridge" and "Kids in America", which are völlg soulless and have nothing more to do with the feeling of the originals. Certainly these 2 mixes were as "Loved" intended to distinguish the album some of the 93er "Singles Collection" and to create more incentives to buy. Less is more in this case but would have been, because of the extra space for the 2 remixes on this CD had soft an absolute top hit: The 1984er Powerpophyme "The Second Time," one of the outstanding songs of Kim Wilde and after all that time a Top 10 hit in Germany , Moreover, the song then marked a new beginning for double Kim Wilde, on the one hand it was the first single with new record company and also a remarkable change of style. If even necessarily, then you could at least have omit another song, for example, the 1982 world flopped "Child Come Away".

The rest of the compilation is of course excellent, as there is not to shake it. "The Very Best of" shows in an impressive way the musical variety and development of one of the most prominent singers of all time. From the brisk New Wave earwigs like "Kids in America", "Chequered Love" and "View from a Bridge" over the embossed of Oriental Synthesizer Sound midtempo anthem "Cambodia" to the jazzy "Love Blonde" already dominate the first three career years 1981- 83 a very varied Kim Wilde.

After the change of record company Kim Wilde returned in 1984 (unfortunately omitted) said hit "The Second Time" back, which included crashing synth sound and a new Soundära initiated, followed by the decorated with Sixtiesanklängen rockabilly number "Rage to Love" joined what the rhythmic fastest Kim Wilde single ever was.
With the absolutely gigantic and powerful Discoopopnummer "You keep me hangin 'on" Kim Wilde then celebrated in 1987 in the United States a number 1 hit from the same album comes the fleet duet "Another Step" with the British Soulpopsänger Junior.

Melodic, coined by drums and Sythesizern Powerpop drew their next career section 1988.: Both with the catchy pop dance song "You Came" as well as the following, driving Powerpopnummer "Never trust a stranger" Kim Wilde landed back at the top of the European charts and brought the dance floors to a boil. From the same era comes with "Four Letter Word" the first published as a single Kim Wilde ballad at all, in which for the first time revealed the full vocal potential of the voice.

The 1992 hit "Love is Holy" marked another change in style of Kim Wilde, this time toward a guitar stressed anthemic pop rock, produced by Belinda Carlisle producer Rick Nowels. The 1993 hit "If I Can not Have You", which appeared as a foretaste of the Hitsammlung "The Singles Collection 1981-93", was then mounted between pop, soul and dancefloor Uptemponummer, with Kim again and a direct hit in Europe particularly Australia could land.

The only song on the CD after 1993 is therefore said 2001's single "Loved", as the commercially flopped 1995s period was understandably omitted within the House & Soul album "Now & Forever" on this "Best of".
Who alienated on the superfluous 2 remixes and the (albeit very good) may waive the 2001 number "Loved", which is rather the 1993 CD The Singles Coll.1981-1993 to heart, where you then also with "The Second Time" all German and British Top 10 hits completely has on a CD.

Musically, "The Very Best of" still a very successful time travel and a piece of music history with a very versatile Kim Wilde, who is a sure could never be accused in her career: a standstill and lack of musical variety. The same goes for their new 2010 album "Come Out And Play", which has just successfully entered the German Top 10, and where it brings together the best elements of 80s Synthipopanklängen and crashing, modern rock sounds with each other.