Bananarama review: Bask in the bulk of this hit-heavy new anthology
Trista McConville
STACK Writer
If you thought you didn't know more than a couple Bananarama tracks, allow 'The Ultimate Collection' to correct you in all the most motivating of ways.
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Bananarama's Glorious: The Ultimate Collection drops this week
Original members Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin have selected hits from across their 40-year career for this stellar anthology
Nostalgia is a beautiful gift, and Bananarama's Glorious: The Ultimate Collection will hit you right in the feels.
Before listening to this compilation, we weren’t confident we knew that many ‘Rama hits - but once the music was rolling, it was singalong after singalong of consumable pop brilliance.
The number of tunes that were so familiar really shouldn't be shocking, because Bananarama are the Guinness World Record holders for most internationally charted hits by an all-female band. And The Ultimate Collection is the ultimate auditory encyclopaedic evidence as to why.
Formed in 1980, Bananarama have over 40 years of music to throw at us, so it’s unsurprising that it takes three discs to include every track worthy of the collection. We Heard a Rumour the songs were handpicked by the band's original founding Venuses Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward (who have operated as a duo for the overwhelming bulk of the band's career), and, after first listen, we can assure you we are guilty of Love in the First Degree.
Channeling a Minogue-esque style, 2023's Feel the Love is a belter, sewing together the timelines of those '80s girls (who were crooning to the Italian-speaking De Niro) and the post-millennium women who blew the crowd away at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival. This is a pro pair.
The electric Supernova, tucked into the second of the three discs, was only released in January of this year. It should be included on all playlists titled 'Music to Motivate', hooking you in immediately and proving the duo are just getting better. All the songs you love by this genius pair are here for your listening pleasure, including 11 tracks never before released on vinyl.
Throw on your legwarmers and jazzercize yourself back to a land of fluoro, fun, and female power, 'cos it’ll be a Cruel Summer if you let this chunk of wax pass you by.
Bananarama: The Glorious Collection by Bananarama drops via London Recordings.
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