I shall start with

 

 

1) Donna Summer - Now I Need You (1977) From 'Once Upon A Time'

2) Abba - If It Wasn't For The Nights (1979) From 'Voulez-Vous'

3) Diana Ross - Never Say I Don't Love You (1983) From 'Ross'

4) The Human League - You Remind Me Of Gold (1982) B Side To 'Mirror Man'

Edited June 22, 201015 yr by danarion

the police 'beds too big without you' ... im sure it would have been huge.

Also I think............

 

1) Alison Moyet - Where Hides Sleep (Alf - 1984)

2) Madonna - Isaac (Confessions On A Dancefloor - 2005)

3) Frida - Slowly (Shine - 1984)

4) Randy Crawford - Now We May Begin (Now We May Begin - 1980)

5) Donna Summer - Crayons (Crayons - 2008)

Another bunch of possibles

 

 

 

1) George Benson - Love Will Come Again (From 'In Your Eyes' - 1983)

2) Donna Summer - Love Shock (From 'All Systems Go' - 1983)

3) Change - Angel In My Pocket (From 'The Glow Of Love' - 1980)

Of course, there's always............

 

1) Fleetwood Mac - Storms

2) Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs

3) Stevie Nicks - If I Were You

I shall start with

4) The Human League - You Remind Me Of Gold (1982) B Side To 'Mirror Man'

 

Spooky - that's one of my favourite b-sides ever, too.

 

There's lots... for the moment...

 

1. Alison Moyet - If You Don't Come Back To Me (the stunning Massive Attack-influenced stand-out track from her best album, Hometime)

2. Soft Cell - Martin - released as a giveaway 12" with Art of Falling Apart - great, great track

3. David Sylvian - Nostalgia - the best track from his solo debut, Brilliant Trees

4. Cocteau Twins - I Wear Your Ring - unbelievably beautiful track from heaven or Las Vegas... hmm mmh

5. Kate Bush - Sunset - it's obvious she made some very wrong choices with Aerial - not releasing this as single number one was her biggest

6. Blondie - The Hardest part - think this may have been a single in some countries, but this, the best track from Eat to the Beat, should've been a UK single too.

7. Bananarama - True Confessions - the brilliant title track from their mid 80s album - just really great, this track

8. The Smiths - Barbarism Begins at Home - from Meat is Murder - The Smiths get funky? Yep, and it sounds wonderful.

9. Morrissey - Now My Heart Is Full - beautiful track from Vauxhall and I... and lyrically... just genius.

10. Morrissey - Trouble Loves Me- standout, in fact, ONLY good track from Maladjusted - this is a true Moz classic... stunning stuff.

11.Depeche Mode - Black Celebration - from, IMO, their finest album - absolutely love this track.

12. Madonna - Sanctuary - from her much maligned but, IMO, one of her finest, albums Bedtime Stories - love this one.

13. Pet Shop Boys - Two Divided by Zero - from their debut - brilliant, wasted as an album track.

14. Jesus Loves You - I Specialise in Loneliness - from The Martyr Mantras - IMO George's best ever song - perfect

15. The Sisters of Mercy - Marian - from their debut First and Last and Always - this so, so should've been a single - chillingly.... dark :P

Spooky - that's one of my favourite b-sides ever, too.

 

There's lots... for the moment...

 

1. Alison Moyet - If You Don't Come Back To Me (the stunning Massive Attack-influenced stand-out track from her best album, Hometime)

2. Soft Cell - Martin - released as a giveaway 12" with Art of Falling Apart - great, great track

3. David Sylvian - Nostalgia - the best track from his solo debut, Brilliant Trees

4. Cocteau Twins - I Wear Your Ring - unbelievably beautiful track from heaven or Las Vegas... hmm mmh

5. Kate Bush - Sunset - it's obvious she made some very wrong choices with Aerial - not releasing this as single number one was her biggest

6. Blondie - The Hardest part - think this may have been a single in some countries, but this, the best track from Eat to the Beat, should've been a UK single too.

7. Bananarama - True Confessions - the brilliant title track from their mid 80s album - just really great, this track

8. The Smiths - Barbarism Begins at Home - from Meat is Murder - The Smiths get funky? Yep, and it sounds wonderful.

9. Morrissey - Now My Heart Is Full - beautiful track from Vauxhall and I... and lyrically... just genius.

10. Morrissey - Trouble Loves Me- standout, in fact, ONLY good track from Maladjusted - this is a true Moz classic... stunning stuff.

11.Depeche Mode - Black Celebration - from, IMO, their finest album - absolutely love this track.

12. Madonna - Sanctuary - from her much maligned but, IMO, one of her finest, albums Bedtime Stories - love this one.

13. Pet Shop Boys - Two Divided by Zero - from their debut - brilliant, wasted as an album track.

14. Jesus Loves You - I Specialise in Loneliness - from The Martyr Mantras - IMO George's best ever song - perfect

15. The Sisters of Mercy - Marian - from their debut First and Last and Always - this so, so should've been a single - chillingly.... dark :P

 

 

 

Gotta agree with David Sylvian 'Nostalgia'

How About :

 

1) Shannon : My Hearts Divided

2) David Sylvian - Let The Happiness In

3) Bruce Springsteen - Independence Day

4) David Sylvian - Waterfront

the police 'beds too big without you' ... im sure it would have been huge.

It reached #17 as the lead track on the 'Six pack' E.P. in June 1980

It reached #17 as the lead track on the 'Six pack' E.P. in June 1980

 

... i should have known that.

How about Melissa Etheridge's

 

1) The Different

2) The Dark

 

 

 

Foals - Electric Bloom

Pet Shop Boys - Integral/A Different Point of View

Blur - Sweet Song/Trimm Trabb/Caramel/Clover Over Dover/Death of a Party

Pearl Jam - Black

Bat for Lashes - Two Planets

Editors - The Boxer

Portishead - Mysterons/Roads

 

 

I was going to title a thread "Hidden Gems" but I was going to subtitle it "Great songs from $h!t albums"

 

 

1) Enrique Iglesias - One Night Stand

2) Lionel Richie - I Forgot

3) Linda Ronstadt - Goodbye My Friend

Isn't She Lovely-Stevie Wonder

 

The Man-Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson

Edited June 28, 201015 yr by little ern

michael jackson - fly away & you can cry on my shoulder

bjork - who is it (vitalic remix).. not on any album but amazing anyway

 

kate bush - there goes a tenner (which although it was released as a single it should have done much better!)

 

 

edited to remove non retro suggestions. its the RETRO forum, ie pre - y2k.

Janet Jackson feat. Kanye West - My Baby

From Damita Jo. Great song and dunno why this was never a single as it featured the fresh talent called Kanye West.

 

Michael Jackson has loads...For example Streetwalker which was recorded during the Bad sessions but only a B side.

 

Elbow - The Fix

From the Mercury Prize winning The Seldom Seen Kid which sold very well but there were no hit singles. This could've been the one.

Edited June 28, 201015 yr by SKOB

kate bush - there goes a tenner (which although it was released as a single it should have done much better!)

 

agreed - The Dreaming is such an underrated album - a masterpiece, really.....

I think maybe............

 

1) Diana Ross - Now That You're Gone

2) Amy Grant - The Feeling I Had

3) Elaine Paige - Oxygen

4) Jann Arden - When You Left Me

Or even........

 

 

1) Girls Aloud - Girl Overboard (I'm not their biggest fan but love this track from 'Tangled Up')

2) Donna Summer - Looking Up (Released in Asia but not worldwide, probably best track of 'The Wanderer')

3) The Commodores - Heroes (great track off their 'Heroes' Album)

Todays Gem Finds Are

 

 

1) Champaign - I'm On Fire

2) Buckingham Nicks - Without A Leg To Stand On

3) Sheila B Devotion - Don't Go (B side to 'Spacer)

4) Alison Krauss & Union Station - I Can Let Go Now

5) Champaign - If One More Morning

Edited July 6, 201014 yr by danarion