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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection
| name = Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection
| type = Compilation
| type = Compilation
| artist = [[Visage (band)|Visage]]
| artist = [[Visage (band)|Visage]]
| cover = Vis_Best_of_Visage.jpg
| cover = Visage_Singles_Collection_front_cover_1983.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = 1993 re-release cover
| caption = Original 1983 cover art
| released = November 1983
| released = November 1983
| recorded =
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Synthpop]]
| genre = [[Synth-pop]]
| length =
| length =
| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
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| next_title = [[Beat Boy]]
| next_title = [[Beat Boy]]
| next_year = 1984
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = Compilation
| cover = Vis_Best_of_Visage.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = ''The Best of Visage'' (1993 re-release)
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fade-to-grey-the-singles-collection-mw0000109426 |title=Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection - Visage : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |author=John Bush |accessdate=2012-10-11 |publisher=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fade-to-grey-the-singles-collection-mw0000109426 |title=Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection - Visage : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |author=John Bush |accessdate=2012-10-11 |publisher=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
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'''''Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection''''' is a 1983 [[compilation album]] by the British [[synthpop]] group [[Visage (band)|Visage]].
'''''Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection''''' is a 1983 [[compilation album]] by the British [[synth-pop]] group [[Visage (band)|Visage]].


==Background==
==Background==
Released as a stop-gap between studio albums whilst the band was experiencing contractual difficulties, the compilation includes all of the Visage singles released up to that point (five of them UK Top 30 hits), as well as a couple of non-single tracks. The cassette version was released as a Special Dance Mix Cassette, featuring remixes of each of the album's tracks as well as a bonus track, "Der Amboss" (a German-language version of the song "The Anvil"). In British [[HMV]] stores, a limited number of copies of the album and cassette were issued with a free 7" vinyl picture disc of the "[[Pleasure Boys]]" single from 1982. The album reached #38 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and was certified Gold, based on pre-release sales to shops.
Released as a stop-gap between studio albums whilst the band was experiencing contractual difficulties, the compilation includes all of the Visage singles released up to that point (five of them UK Top 30 hits), the majority taken from their first two albums ''[[Visage (Visage album)|Visage]]'' (1980) and ''[[The Anvil (album)|The Anvil]]'' (1982), as well as a couple of non-single tracks. The cassette version was released as a Special Dance Mix Cassette, featuring remixes as well as a bonus track, "Der Amboss" (a German-language version of the song "The Anvil").This version was also available on limited vinyl with a red rim around the outer sleeve instead of blue.


In British [[HMV]] stores, a limited number of copies of the album and cassette were issued with a free 7" vinyl picture disc of the "[[Pleasure Boys]]" single from 1982. The album reached No. 38 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and was certified Gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]], based on pre-release sales to shops.
The album was re-released a decade later as ''Fade to Grey – The Best of Visage'' with a similar cover and track listing but with the inclusion of two tracks not featured on the original release: "[[Love Glove]]" (Visage's penultimate single from 1984) and the Bassheads/Andy Stevenson remix of "[[Fade to Grey (Visage song)|Fade to Grey]]", which became a minor Top 40 hit again in 1993. The only single not included on this compilation was "[[Beat Boy (song)|Beat Boy]]", the band's final single from 1984.

The album was re-released a decade later as ''Fade to Grey – The Best of Visage'' with a similar cover and tracklisting but with the inclusion of two tracks not featured on the original release: "[[Love Glove]]" (Visage's penultimate single), from the album ''[[Beat Boy]]'' (1984), and the [[Bassheads]]/Andy Stevenson remix of "[[Fade to Grey (Visage song)|Fade to Grey]]", which became a minor Top 40 hit again in 1993. The only single not included on this compilation was "[[Beat Boy (song)|Beat Boy]]", the band's final single from 1984.

In October 2020, the Special Dance Mix version of the album was released for the first time on CD by Rubellan Remasters. The CD features all of the tracks originally included on the original 1983 cassette version (many of them still in their non-stop "hit mix" form) along with several bonus tracks.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
===Standard version===
<small>'''Original 1983 release:'''</small>
{{Track listing
#"[[Fade to Grey (Visage song)|Fade to Grey]]" – 4:00 <small>from ''[[Visage (Visage album)|Visage]]</small>
| headline = Original 1983 release
#"[[Mind of a Toy]]" – 3:32 <small>from ''Visage''</small>
| extra_column = Origin
#"[[Visage (song)|Visage]]" – 3:53 <small>from ''Visage''</small>
| title1 = [[Fade to Grey (Visage song)|Fade to Grey]]
#"We Move" (remix) – 3:45 <small>B-Side to ''Mind of a Toy''</small>
| note1 =
#"[[Tar (song)|Tar]]" – 3:32 <small>from ''Visage''</small>
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Billy Currie]]|[[Midge Ure]]|[[Chris Payne (musician)|Chris Payne]]}}
#"[[In the Year 2525]]" – 3:45 <small>Previously unreleased</small>
#"The Anvil" (single remix by John Luongo) – 4:26 <small>from ''[[The Anvil (album)|The Anvil]]''</small>
| extra1 = ''[[Visage (Visage album)|Visage]]''
| length1 = 4:00
#"[[Night Train (Visage song)|Night Train]]" (album version edit) – 3:58 <small>from ''The Anvil''</small>
#"[[Pleasure Boys]]" – 3:35
#"[[The Damned Don't Cry (song)|The Damned Don't Cry]]"– 4:02 <small>from ''The Anvil''</small>
<small>'''The following two tracks were included on the 1993 re-release:'''</small>
<OL START=11>
<LI>"[[Love Glove]]" - 4:00
<LI>"[[Fade to Grey (Visage song)|Fade to Grey]]" (Bassheads 7" edit) – 3:22
</OL>


| title2 = [[Mind of a Toy]]
<small>'''Writing credits: Track 1''' - [[Billy Currie|B. Currie]]/[[Midge Ure|M. Ure]]/C. Payne, '''Tracks 2,3,4''' - [[Steve Strange|S. Strange]]/[[Midge Ure|M. Ure]]/[[Billy Currie|B. Currie]]/[[John McGeoch|J. McGeoch]]/[[Rusty Egan|R. Egan]]/[[Dave Formula|D. Formula]], '''Track 5''' - [[Steve Strange|S. Strange]]/[[Midge Ure|M. Ure]]/[[Billy Currie|B. Currie]]/[[John McGeoch|J. McGeoch]]/[[Rusty Egan|R. Egan]]/[[Dave Formula|D. Formula]]/[[Barry Adamson|B. Adamson]], '''Track 6''' - [[Rick Evans|R. Evans]], '''Tracks 7,8,10''' - [[Steve Strange|S. Strange]]/[[Midge Ure|M. Ure]]/[[Billy Currie|B. Currie]]/[[Rusty Egan|R. Egan]]/[[Dave Formula|D. Formula]], '''Track 9''' - [[Steve Strange|S. Strange]]/[[Rusty Egan|R. Egan]]/[[Billy Currie|B. Currie]]/[[Dave Formula|D. Formula]]/S. Barnacle, '''Track 11''' - [[Steve Strange|S. Strange]]/[[Rusty Egan|R. Egan]]/S. Barnacle</small>
| note2 =
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Steve Strange]]|Ure|Currie|[[John McGeoch]]|[[Rusty Egan]]|[[Dave Formula]]}}
| extra2 = ''Visage''
| length2 = 3:32


| title3 = [[Visage (song)|Visage]]
===Special Dance Mix Cassette (1983)===
| note3 =
<small>'''Side One:'''</small>
| writer3 = {{hlist|Strange|Ure|Currie|McGeoch|Egan|Formula}}
#"Fade To Grey" (12" Dance Mix) - 6.20
| extra3 = ''Visage''
#"Mind of a Toy" (12" Dance Mix) - 5.10
| length3 = 3:53
#"Visage" (12" Dance Mix) - 5.31

#"We Move" (remix) - 3.32
| title4 = We Move
#"Tar" - 3.30
| note4 = remix
#"Der Amboss" (edit) - 4.34
| writer4 = {{hlist|Strange|Ure|Currie|McGeoch|Egan|Formula}}
<small>'''Side Two:'''</small>
| extra4 = B-side to "Mind of a Toy"
| length4 = 3:45

| title5 = [[Tar (song)|Tar]]
| note5 =
| writer5 = {{hlist|Strange|Ure|Currie|McGeoch|Egan|Formula|[[Barry Adamson]]}}
| extra5 = ''Visage''
| length5 = 3:32

| title6 = [[In the Year 2525]]
| note6 =
| writer6 = [[Rick Evans]]
| extra6 = Previously unreleased
| length6 = 3:45

| title7 = The Anvil
| note7 = single remix by John Luongo
| writer7 = {{hlist|Strange|Ure|Currie|McGeoch|Egan|Formula}}
| extra7 = B-side of "Pleasure Boys"
| length7 = 4:26

| title8 = [[Night Train (Visage song)|Night Train]]
| note8 = album version edit
| writer8 = {{hlist|Strange|Ure|Currie|McGeoch|Egan|Formula}}
| extra8 = ''The Anvil''
| length8 = 3:58

| title9 = [[Pleasure Boys]]
| note9 =
| writer9 = {{hlist|Strange|Currie|McGeoch|Egan|Formula|Steve Barnacle}}
| extra9 = Non-album single
| length9 = 3:35

| title10 = [[The Damned Don't Cry (song)|The Damned Don't Cry]]
| note10 =
| writer10 = {{hlist|Strange|Ure|Currie|McGeoch|Egan|Formula}}
| extra10 = ''The Anvil''
| length10 = 4:02
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1993 re-release bonus tracks
| extra_column = Origin

| title11 = [[Love Glove]]
| note11 =
| writer11 = {{hlist|Strange|Egan|Barnacle}}
| extra11 = ''[[Beat Boy]]''
| length11 = 4:00

| title12 = Fade to Grey
| note12 = [[Bassheads]] 7" edit
| writer12 = {{hlist|Currie|Ure|Payne}}
| extra12 = Previously unreleased
| length12 = 3:22
}}

===Special Dance Mix versions===
'''1983 Special Dance Mix Cassette'''<br />
<small>'''Side one:'''</small>
#"Fade to Grey" (12" Dance Mix) – 6:20
#"Mind of a Toy" (12" Dance Mix) – 5:10
#"Visage" (12" Dance Mix) – 5:31
#"We Move" (remix) – 3:32
#"Tar" – 3.30
#"Der Amboss" (edit) – 4:34
<small>'''Side two:'''</small>
<OL START=7>
<OL START=7>
<LI>"In The Year 2525" - 3.42
<LI>"In the Year 2525" – 3:42</LI>
<LI>"The Anvil" (special remix for this album) - 5.01
<LI>"The Anvil" (special remix for this album) – 5:01</LI>
<LI>"Night Train" (special remix for this album) - 6.20
<LI>"Night Train" (special remix for this album) – 6:20</LI>
<LI>"Pleasure Boys" - 3.33
<LI>"Pleasure Boys" – 3:33</LI>
<LI>"Damned Don't Cry" (12" Dance Mix) - 5.40
<LI>"Damned Don't Cry" (12" Dance Mix) – 5:40</LI>
</OL>
</OL>
<small>(Timings are approximate, as the cassette release was produced as a non-stop "hit mix" in which some tracks fade into each other.)</small>
<small>(Timings are approximate, as the cassette release was produced as a non-stop "hit mix" in which some tracks fade into each other.)</small>


'''2020 Rubellan Remasters Special Dance Mix CD'''
==Charts and certifications==
#"Fade to Grey" – 6:22
{{col-begin}}
#"Mind of a Toy" – 5:11
{{col-2}}
#"Visage" – 5:33
#"We Move" (Remix) – 3:34
#"Tar" – 3:28
#"In the Year 2525" – 3:40
#"The Anvil" – 4:57
#"Night Train" – 6:24
#"Pleasure Boys" – 3:27
#"The Damned Don't Cry" – 5:37
#"Frequency 7" – 3:05
#"Night Train" (7" Remix) – 3:42
#"Der Amboss" – 4:37
#"Pleasure Boys" (Bonus Beats) – 5:50
#"Night Train" (Dub Mix) – 5:03


==Charts==
===Chart performance===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for ''Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection''
!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1983)
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Fade+To+Grey+-+The+Singles+Collection |title=The Official Charts Company - Fade To Grey - The Singles Collection by Visage Search |date=6 May 2013 |publisher=The Official Charts Company }}</ref>
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|align="center"|38
|-
|-
{{album chart|UK2|38|date=19831113|rowheader=true|access-date=19 November 2021}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Certifications and sales===
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection''}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Visage|title=Fade to Grey - The Singles Collection|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1983|certyear=1983|id=2191-1706-2|date=20 July 1983|access-date=19 November 2021}}
!align="left"|Country
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
!align="left"|[[List of music recording certifications|Certification]]
|-
|align="left"|[[British Phonographic Industry|United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |title=BPI Certified Awards Search |work=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=2012-10-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917112745/https://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |archivedate=2016-09-17 |df= }}</ref>
|align="left"|Gold
|-
|}
{{col-end}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:Polydor Records compilation albums]]
[[Category:Polydor Records compilation albums]]
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[[Category:Visage (band) albums]]

Latest revision as of 06:13, 6 December 2024

Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection
Original 1983 cover art
Compilation album by
Visage
ReleasedNovember 1983
GenreSynth-pop
LabelPolydor
ProducerMidge Ure, Visage
Visage chronology
The Anvil
(1982) 		Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection
(1983) 		Beat Boy
(1984)
Alternative cover
The Best of Visage (1993 re-release)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection is a 1983 compilation album by the British synth-pop group Visage.

Background

[edit]

Released as a stop-gap between studio albums whilst the band was experiencing contractual difficulties, the compilation includes all of the Visage singles released up to that point (five of them UK Top 30 hits), the majority taken from their first two albums Visage (1980) and The Anvil (1982), as well as a couple of non-single tracks. The cassette version was released as a Special Dance Mix Cassette, featuring remixes as well as a bonus track, "Der Amboss" (a German-language version of the song "The Anvil").This version was also available on limited vinyl with a red rim around the outer sleeve instead of blue.

In British HMV stores, a limited number of copies of the album and cassette were issued with a free 7" vinyl picture disc of the "Pleasure Boys" single from 1982. The album reached No. 38 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry, based on pre-release sales to shops.

The album was re-released a decade later as Fade to Grey – The Best of Visage with a similar cover and tracklisting but with the inclusion of two tracks not featured on the original release: "Love Glove" (Visage's penultimate single), from the album Beat Boy (1984), and the Bassheads/Andy Stevenson remix of "Fade to Grey", which became a minor Top 40 hit again in 1993. The only single not included on this compilation was "Beat Boy", the band's final single from 1984.

In October 2020, the Special Dance Mix version of the album was released for the first time on CD by Rubellan Remasters. The CD features all of the tracks originally included on the original 1983 cassette version (many of them still in their non-stop "hit mix" form) along with several bonus tracks.

Track listing

[edit]

Standard version

[edit]
Original 1983 release
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Fade to Grey"
Visage4:00
2."Mind of a Toy"
Visage3:32
3."Visage"
  • Strange
  • Ure
  • Currie
  • McGeoch
  • Egan
  • Formula
Visage3:53
4."We Move" (remix)
  • Strange
  • Ure
  • Currie
  • McGeoch
  • Egan
  • Formula
B-side to "Mind of a Toy"3:45
5."Tar"
Visage3:32
6."In the Year 2525"Rick EvansPreviously unreleased3:45
7."The Anvil" (single remix by John Luongo)
  • Strange
  • Ure
  • Currie
  • McGeoch
  • Egan
  • Formula
B-side of "Pleasure Boys"4:26
8."Night Train" (album version edit)
  • Strange
  • Ure
  • Currie
  • McGeoch
  • Egan
  • Formula
The Anvil3:58
9."Pleasure Boys"
  • Strange
  • Currie
  • McGeoch
  • Egan
  • Formula
  • Steve Barnacle
Non-album single3:35
10."The Damned Don't Cry"
  • Strange
  • Ure
  • Currie
  • McGeoch
  • Egan
  • Formula
The Anvil4:02
1993 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
11."Love Glove"
  • Strange
  • Egan
  • Barnacle
Beat Boy4:00
12."Fade to Grey" (Bassheads 7" edit)
  • Currie
  • Ure
  • Payne
Previously unreleased3:22

Special Dance Mix versions

[edit]

1983 Special Dance Mix Cassette
Side one:

  1. "Fade to Grey" (12" Dance Mix) – 6:20
  2. "Mind of a Toy" (12" Dance Mix) – 5:10
  3. "Visage" (12" Dance Mix) – 5:31
  4. "We Move" (remix) – 3:32
  5. "Tar" – 3.30
  6. "Der Amboss" (edit) – 4:34

Side two:

  1. "In the Year 2525" – 3:42
  2. "The Anvil" (special remix for this album) – 5:01
  3. "Night Train" (special remix for this album) – 6:20
  4. "Pleasure Boys" – 3:33
  5. "Damned Don't Cry" (12" Dance Mix) – 5:40

(Timings are approximate, as the cassette release was produced as a non-stop "hit mix" in which some tracks fade into each other.)

2020 Rubellan Remasters Special Dance Mix CD

  1. "Fade to Grey" – 6:22
  2. "Mind of a Toy" – 5:11
  3. "Visage" – 5:33
  4. "We Move" (Remix) – 3:34
  5. "Tar" – 3:28
  6. "In the Year 2525" – 3:40
  7. "The Anvil" – 4:57
  8. "Night Train" – 6:24
  9. "Pleasure Boys" – 3:27
  10. "The Damned Don't Cry" – 5:37
  11. "Frequency 7" – 3:05
  12. "Night Train" (7" Remix) – 3:42
  13. "Der Amboss" – 4:37
  14. "Pleasure Boys" (Bonus Beats) – 5:50
  15. "Night Train" (Dub Mix) – 5:03

Charts

[edit]
Chart performance for Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection
Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[2] 38

Certifications

[edit]
Certifications for Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ John Bush. "Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection - Visage : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "British album certifications – Visage – Fade to Grey - The Singles Collection". British Phonographic Industry. 20 July 1983. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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