Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection


Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection is a 1983 compilation album by the British synthpop group Visage.

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, 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". 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.
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" 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.

Track listing

Original 1983 release:
  1. "Fade to Grey" – 4:00 from Visage
  2. "Mind of a Toy" – 3:32 from Visage
  3. "Visage" – 3:53 from Visage
  4. "We Move" – 3:45 B-Side to Mind of a Toy
  5. "Tar" – 3:32 from Visage
  6. "In the Year 2525" – 3:45 Previously unreleased
  7. "The Anvil" – 4:26 from The Anvil
  8. "Night Train" – 3:58 from The Anvil
  9. "Pleasure Boys" – 3:35
  10. "The Damned Don't Cry"– 4:02 from The Anvil''
The following two tracks were included on the 1993 re-release:

  1. "Love Glove" - 4:00

  2. "Fade to Grey" – 3:22


Writing credits: Track 1 - B. Currie/M. Ure/C. Payne, Tracks 2,3,4 - S. Strange/M. Ure/B. Currie/J. McGeoch/R. Egan/D. Formula, Track 5 - S. Strange/M. Ure/B. Currie/J. McGeoch/R. Egan/D. Formula/B. Adamson, Track 6 - R. Evans, Tracks 7,8,10 - S. Strange/M. Ure/B. Currie/R. Egan/D. Formula, Track 9 - S. Strange/R. Egan/B. Currie/D. Formula/S. Barnacle, Track 11 - S. Strange/R. Egan/S. Barnacle

Special Dance Mix Cassette (1983)

Side One:
  1. "Fade To Grey" - 6.20
  2. "Mind of a Toy" - 5.10
  3. "Visage" - 5.31
  4. "We Move" - 3.32
  5. "Tar" - 3.30
  6. "Der Amboss" - 4.34
Side Two:

  1. "In The Year 2525" - 3.42

  2. "The Anvil" - 5.01

  3. "Night Train" - 6.20

  4. "Pleasure Boys" - 3.33

  5. "Damned Don't Cry" - 5.40

Charts and certifications

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