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Release Date Friday 20th November 2026
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
This comprehensive Best Of product is a celebration of an iconic English new wave band who were as alien as they were playful, as nostalgic as they were futuristic. Synonymous with the MTV generation and part of the Second British Invasion, referenced in Pulp Fiction, Friends, and featured in Grand Theft Auto, A Flock Of Seagulls’ sound is marked by expansive sonic landscapes that evoke themes of futurism, isolation, romance, and exploration. This collection includes breakthrough global hits such as ""I Ran (So Far Away)"" and ""Space Age Love Song,"" BBC Live Sessions throughout the years, as well as B-Sides and Rarities, reflecting A Flock Of Seagulls’ cultural footprint that lives on through the decades.
• 1CD includes 15 of the band’s biggest and best-loved hits, all newly digitally remastered.
• 2LP includes 15 of the band’s biggest and best-loved hits, all newly digitally remastered.
• 3CD features a 43-track anthology with hits, deep cuts, rarities, and BBC Live Sessions
CD TRACKLIST:
1. I Ran (So Far Away)
2. Space Age Love Song
3. You Can Run
4. Messages
5. Telecommunication
6. Modern Love Is Automatic
7. DNA
8. Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
9. Nightmares
10. Transfer Affection
11. The More You Live, The More You Love
12. (It’s Not Me) Talking
13. Don’t Ask Me
14. Who's That Girl (She's Got It)?
15. Heartbeat Like A Drum
3CD TRACKLIST:
Disc 1 – Greatest Hits
1. I Ran (So Far Away)
2. Space Age Love Song
3. You Can Run
4. Messages
5. Telecommunication
6. Modern Love Is Automatic
7. DNA
8. Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
9. Nightmares
10. Transfer Affection
11. The More You Live, The More You Love
12. (It’s Not Me) Talking
13. Don’t Ask Me
14. Who's That Girl (She's Got It)?
15. Heartbeat Like A Drum
Disc 2 – BBC Live Sessions
1. I Ran (BBC Mike Skinner Session- 10/9/81)
2. Messages From The Rings Of Saturn (BBC Mike Skinner Session - 10/9/81)
3. Tanglimara (instrumental) (BBC Mike Skinner Session - 10/9/81)
4. Don't Ask Me (BBC Mike Skinner Session - 10/9/81)
5. Talking (It's Not Me Talking) (BBC John Peel Session - 12/5/81)
6. Messages From The Rings Of Saturn (BBC John Peel Session - 12/5/81)
7. I Ran (BBC John Peel Session - 12/5/81)
8. Committed (BBC John Peel Session - 12/5/81)
9. Space Age Love Song (BBC David ""Kid"" Jensen Session - 31/3/82)
10. DNA (BBC David ""Kid"" Jensen Session - 31/3/82)
11. I Ran (BBC David ""Kid"" Jensen Session - 31/3/82)
12. Man Made (BBC Janice Long Session - 23/1/83)
13. I Ran (BBC Janice Long Session - 23/1/83)
14. Telecommunication (BBC Janice Long Session - 23/1/83)
15. You Can Run (BBC Janice Long Session - 23/1/83)
Disc 3 – B-Sides + Rarities
1. I Ran (So Far Away) (12"" Mix)
2. Space Age Love Song (Single Edit)
3. Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (Extended Version)
4. The More You Live, The More You Love (Extended version)
5. Tanglimara
6. The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin
7. It’s Not Me (Talking) (Remix)
8. Remember David (7"" Version)
9. Never Again (The Dancer) (12"" Dance Mix)
10. The More You Live, The More You Love (Full Moon Mix)
11. Nightmares (12"" Mix)
12. Rosenmontag
13. (It's Not Me) Talking (Instrumental)
2LP TRACKLIST:
Side 1
1. I Ran (So Far Away)
2. Space Age Love Song
3. You Can Run
4. Messages
Side 2:
1. Telecommunication
2. Modern Love Is Automatic
3. DNA
4. Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
Side 3:
1. Nightmares
2. Transfer Affection
3. The More You Live, The More You Love
4. (It’s Not Me) Talking
Side 4:
1. Don’t Ask Me
2. Who's That Girl (She's Got It)?
3. Heartbeat Like A Drum
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