I'm not feeling the new artwork, it's like a revisited Alternative but that black background doesn't feel very Relentless or Very era. However I'm happy that they're reissuing the EP, now considered a proper album, and that it's coming to streaming services.

I agree the black background is not...

About the CDs, the Live For Today (Orchestral Longer Version) isn´t just a longer variant of the Orchestral from the Soundtrack CD, but a totally different version. Nice surprise there!

On the other hand, Live For Today (Underground Dub) sound really bad here compared with the Club Mix (also mixed...

Top 5 :

Pet Shop Boys, The Twilight Sad, The Cure, New Order, Suede

Others : The Anchoress, Black Sabbath, Bowie, Depeche Mode, Editors, Frightened Rabbit, Flaming Lips, John Grant, Hope Of The States, Idles, Jane''s Addiction, Kraftwerk, LCD Soundsystem, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, Nine Inch...

I think these are at least interesting suggestions, but those last two are genuinely excellent.

Royksopp turned them down many years ago. It was soon after they came to prominence iirc. It was production work as opposed to a remix I think

I took the time to compare the original CD single version of Winner with the Smash version closely (put them side by side in Samplitude software enabling a jump from one to the other from any position in the song).
And I must admit there isn't much of a difference between the two as I thought...

I have loved this album from the start. It appeals to me and also to some of the challenges I faced at the time of release. So its somehow made my soundtrack of that era.

Great songs like: Radiophonic , I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More , Happiness Is an Option

And amazing...

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