The Essentials

RELEASE
April 02, 2002
LABEL
Rhino
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Synth Pop, Punk/New Wave, Disco, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hi-NRG, Club/Dance, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Post-Punk, Dance-Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, New Romantic, New Wave

Album Review

This budget-priced collection features 12 cuts from the moody English electronic pop outfits Bronski Beat and the Communards. Fueled by frontman Jimmy Somerville's emotionally charged falsetto, Essentials presents a tidy rendering of the two band's best moments ("Smalltown Boy," "Why?," "Don't Leave Me This Way," and "Never Can Say Goodbye," but it pales in comparison to 2005's 17-track Very Best of Jimmy Somerville: Bronski Beat and the Communards.
– James Christopher Monger, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Smalltown Boy
  2. Why?
  3. It Ain't Necessarily So
  4. Run from Love
  5. I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me
  6. You Are My World
  7. Don't Leave Me This Way
  8. Never Can Say Goodbye
  9. Comment Te Dire Adieu
  10. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
  11. To Love Somebody
  12. So Cold the Night

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