Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection

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

Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection
1993 re-release cover
Compilation album by Visage
Released	November 1983
Genre	Synthpop
Label	Polydor
Producer	Midge Ure, Visage
Visage chronology
The Anvil (1982) Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection (1983) Beat Boy (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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 (five of them UK Top 30 hits), 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" (a German-language version of the song "The Anvil"). 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" (Visage's penultimate single from 1984) 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" (remix) – 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" (single remix by John Luongo) – 4:26 from The Anvil
8. "Night Train" (album version edit) – 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:

11. "Love Glove" - 4:00
12. "Fade to Grey" (Bassheads 7" edit) – 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" (12" Dance Mix) - 6.20
2. "Mind of a Toy" (12" Dance Mix) - 5.10
3. "Visage" (12" Dance Mix) - 5.31
4. "We Move" (remix) - 3.32
5. "Tar" - 3.30
6. "Der Amboss" (edit) - 4.34

Side Two:

7. "In The Year 2525" - 3.42
8. "The Anvil" (special remix for this album) - 5.01
9. "Night Train" (special remix for this album) - 6.20
10. "Pleasure Boys" - 3.33
11. "Damned Don't Cry" (12" Dance Mix) - 5.40

(Timings are approximate, as the cassette release was produced as a non-stop "hit mix" in which some tracks fade into each other.)

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart Peak position United Kingdom[2] 38

Certifications Country Certification United Kingdom[3] Gold

References

1. John Bush. "Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection - Visage : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
2. "The Official Charts Company - Fade To Grey - The Singles Collection by Visage Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
3. "BPI Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2012-10-07.