''The 20th Anniversary Collection'' is a 2001 compilation CD
by the Canadian
new wave synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s ...
band
Rational Youth
Rational Youth was a Canadian new wave Synth-pop band that was originally active between 1981 and 1986, and at various points up until the end of 2021.
History
Rational Youth was formed in 1981 in Montreal, Quebec, by synthesizer players Tracy ...
, released (as suggested by the title) to commemorate its 20th anniversary. It was their final release, followed by the group's breakup in February 2002.
Track listing
#"Coboloid Race" (Tracy Howe, Bill Vorn) - 4:30
#"Everything Is Vapour (Rain)" - (Howe, Jean-Claude Cutz) 4:20
#"Saturdays in Silesia" (Howe, Vorn) - 4:06
#"Pink Pills, Orange Pills" - 4:24
#"Dancing on the Berlin Wall" (Howe, Vorn) - 4:34
#"Hot Streets" (Howe, Kevin Komoda) - 3:05
#"In Your Eyes" (Howe, Komoda) - 2:54
#"The Man in Grey" (Howe) - 3:24
#"Money and Blood, Pt. 2" - 3:52
#"I Want to See the Light" (Howe, Vorn) - 3:44
#"City of Night (Danse Mix)" (Howe, Vorn, Babette Duran) - 7:10
#"Holiday in Bangkok (live in
Helsingborg
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1998)" (Howe) - 5:10
#"Close to Nature (DIN & Infor/Mental remix)" (Howe, Vorn) - 6:40
Personnel
* Tracy Howe - vocals, synthesizers
* Bill Vorn - synthesizers, vocoder, programming
* Kevin Komoda - synthesizer, keyboard
* Angel Calvo - drums, percussion
* Denis Duran - bass guitar
* Jean-Claude Cutz - synthesizer
* Dave Rout - synthesizer
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:20th Anniversary Collection, The
2001 greatest hits albums
Rational Youth albums