TracksBoys Keep Swinging, The Affectionate Punch, Tell Me Easter's on Friday, Q Quarters, Kitchen Person, A, Message Oblique Speech, White Car in Germany, Kites, Party Fears Two, Club Countr, 18 Carat Love Affair, Love Hangover, Eloise, Jukebox Bucharest, Window Shopping (Instrumental), Double Hipness, The Affectionate Punch (Demo), The Room We Sat in Before, Galaxy of Memories, Gloomy Sunday (Live - Ica 1980), Waiting for the Loveboat (Instrumental), Stephen You're Really Something, Fear Is My Bride, International Loner, Edge of the World
Notes2016 two CD collection. Formed in Dundee and Edinburgh, Scotland in 1976 by Billy MacKenzie and Alan Rankine, The Associates made some of the most esoteric and lavish 'pop' music of their time while gleefully wreaking havoc with industry expectations - refusing to play by any rules. This anthology features their biggest hits 'Party Fears Two' and 'Club Country', three previously unreleased tracks, their cover versions of David Bowie's 'Boys Keep Swinging', 'Love Hangover' and the fateful 'Gloomy Sunday', plus 21 other songs showcasing their musical inventiveness and MacKenzie's incredible voice. Includes detailed sleeve notes in an 8-page booklet.