Kylie - Rhythm of Love: Better The Devil You Know Step Back In Time What Do I Have To Do Shocked Kylie - Fever: Can't Get You Out Of My Head In Your Eyes Love At First Sight Come Into My World Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's: Only You Don't Go Situation Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor: Hung Up Sorry Get Together Jump Kate Bush - Hounds of Love: Running Up That Hill Cloudbusting Hound of Love The Big Sky There's countless others that just aren't springing to my mind, I'm sure. Judge it on success, judge it on quality, judge it on execution, judge it on whatever you like.
Rem - Out of time: Losing my religion Shiny happy people Near wild heaven Radio song Prince and the Revolution When doves cry Purple rain I would die 4 U Let's go crazy Take me with U Pet Shop Boys - Actually: It's a sin What have I done to deserve this Rent (Always on my mind) Heart But then again all the above artists have had longer singles runs that were great!
Interesting, as at the time I felt all those were flawed! I'd never have opted for Near Wild Heaven, for instance (and its UK peak rather stalled their chart momentum). Likewise, the order of Purple Rain singles baffled me (and they pretty much wasted I Would Die 4 U a couple of weeks before Christmas..WTF??). Actually's a tough one because although the chosen singles' peaks mostly justify their decision, I would have gone for It Couldn't Happen Here, or One More Chance, or Kings Cross (obviously PSB were going to go with the latter at one stage). How about ABC - Lexicon of Love: Tears are not Enough, Poison Arrow, Look of Love and All Of My Heart. Howard Jones' Human's Lib - New Song, What is Love, Hide & Seek, Pearl In The Shell. I'd have included Tears for Fears' Songs from the Big Chair but they went and put out I Believe as the fifth single.
Flawless. One of the greatest single runs in musical history. A 'One Boy Girl' finale really would have been a bonus though.
Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes: Born To Try Lost Without You Innocent Eyes Not Me, Not I Predictable They milked that album, but the singles were sooo good.
Kylie - X 2 Hearts Wow In My Arms The One I can't even. Madonna - Ray Of Light Frozen Ray Of Light Ray Of Light Drowned World/Subsitute For Love The Power Of Good Bye Nothing Really Matters The perfection is real.
Rio - Duran Duran My Own Way (YES, it's a great single... I'm not listening to anyone who says otherwise. ha!) Hungry like the wolf Save a Prayer Rio
The Human league - Dare: The Sound of the Crowd (12) Love Action/I believe in love (3) Open your Heart (6) Don't you want me (1)
Like A Prayer's is faultless.... Like A Prayer Express Yourself Cherish Oh Father (US only I know) Dear Jessie (Perfect Christmas Time Release, and one of my first Madge memories, well, the animated video is) Keep It Together.
"Out of time" is a very personal choice for me - although commercially the last two singles were not big hits. "Purple Rain" singles choices for UK release were totally screwed up for timing /order of release - but as five singles back to back they are GREAT songs! Tears for Fears "Songs from the big chair" is a great run too: Mothers Talk Shout Everybody wants to rule the world Head over heels I believe
How could I forget....Thompson Twins - Into The Gap Hold Me Now, Doctor Doctor, You Take Me Up and Sister of Mercy. Pretty much in the perfect order, although the lowly #11 peak of Sister Of Mercy was a bit of a shock at the time.
I would add Depeche Mode's Violator to this list with 4 strong singles in the UK Personal Jesus Enjoy The Silence Policy Of Truth World In My Eyes.
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again - Oops...I Did It Again - Lucky - Stronger - Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know R.E.M. - Automatic For The People - Drive - Man On The Moon - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite - Everybody Hurts - Nightswimming - Find The River Janet Jackson - Janet. - That's The Way Love Goes - If - Again - Because Of Love - Any Time, Any Place - You Want This - Whoops Now/What I'll Do
This thread is for the best choices, not the worst! Sugababes should have released 'Supernatural' and 'Virgin Sexy', while the X campaign was a complete mess. I think Michael Jackson wins with the Bad albums' single run...
Garbage's V2.0 era singles would have been flawless if they hadn't fucked up by releasing Special instead of Temptation Waits... Other than Rhythm of Love, the only other album I can think of where they got it totally right was Tori Amos' To Venus and Back. Bliss, Glory of the 80s, 1000 Oceans and Concertina are all glorious and the perfect single choices.
Spice Girls - Spice Wannabe Say You'll Be There 2 Become 1 Mama/Who Do You Think You Are? Five iconic classics in a row (I will smack down anybody who turns their nose up at Mama).
