Various - 20 Of Another Kind
Original Release Date
1979Release Information
UK LP 1979 (Polydor - POLS 1006)
1 Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
2 The Jam - In The City
3 The Skids - Sweet Suburbia
4 Otway & Barratt - Beware Of The Flowers ('Cos I'm Sure They're Going To Get You Yeh!)
5 Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout
6 The Cure - Killing An Arab
7 Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
8 The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes
9 Generation X - Ready Steady Go
10 999 - Homicide
11 The Stranglers - No More Heroes
12 The Boys - The First Time [sic]
13 Patrik Fitzgerald - Irrelevant Battles
14 Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United
15 The Jolt - No Excuses
16 Otway & Barratt - Really Free
17 The Heartbreakers - Born Too Loose
18 999 - Emergency
19 The Lurkers - I'm On Heat
20 The Jam - 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
Chart Placings
UK Chart Hit: 45, 3 wksCredits
1: Produced by L. Deprijck. Courtesy of Phonogram Records Ltd
2: Produced by Vic Smith and Chris Parry
3: Produced by David Bachelor. Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd
4: Produced by Wild Willy Barratt
5: Produced by Jimmy Pursey and Peter Wilson
6:
Produced by Chris Parry. Courtesy of Eighteenage
Records Ltd
7:
Courtesy of Rigid Digit Records Ltd
8:
Courtesy of Bright Records Ltd
9:
Produced by Martin Rushent. Courtesy of Chrysalis
Records Ltd
10, 11: Produced by Martin Rushent. Courtesy of United Artists
Records Ltd
12:
Produced by Boys. Courtesy of NEMS
Records Ltd
13:
Produced by Pete Stennett. Courtesy of Small Wonder Records Ltd
14: Produced by Jimmy Pursey and Peter Wilson
15: Produced by Vic Smith and Chris Parry
16: Produced by Wild Willy Barratt
17:
Produced by Speedy Keen and Daniel Secunda. Courtesy of Track
Records Ltd
18:
Produced by Andy Arthurs. Courtesy of United Artists
Records Ltd
19: Produced by Mick Glossop. Courtesy of Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
20: Produced by Vic Smith and Chris Parry
Reviews & Opinions
RED STARR, SMASH HITS, FEBRUARY 1979: Reasonable collection of mainstream New Wave singles from last year for the non-singles buyer. All established stuff, however, including several hits, and only The Cure offer anything really new and interesting. Still, at least you know what you're getting this time. Dreadful cover. Best trax: choose your own! (5 out of 10)
Additional Notes
SMASH HITS, DECEMBER 1978: The Jam also figure twice on a Polydor new wave compilation album. There are one or two fillers among the 20 tracks, but mostly it's a strong collection - and a good way to catch up on some fine singles you might have neglected to add to your collection in their 7-inch forms. Best tracks are Siouxsie And The Banshees' 'Hong Kong Garden', The Jam's 'In The City', The Stranglers' 'No More Heroes', Sham's 'If The Kids Are United', and The Adverts' 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes'. Also represented are Otway & Barratt, Gen X, The Boys and 999.
SMASH HITS, JANUARY 1979: Release of the new wave compilation "Twenty Of Another Kind", which we told you about last month, has been held up due to objections from Siouxsie & The Banshees over the inclusion of 'Hong Kong Garden'. The Banshees say they weren't asked if they would allow their track to go on, and now they're withholding permission.
