Bronski Beat Discography

Jimmy Somerville, Steve Bronski & Larry Steinbachek
NME Raging Spool - 1984
Screaming Demo NME

MC –  promo NewMusicExpress – various artists

  1. A4 “Bronski Beat – Screaming – Demo”
Smalltown Boy – Juni 1984
Smalltown Boy 7+12 inch

Single

  1. “Smalltown Boy”
  2. “Memories”

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Why? – September 1984
Why 7+12 inch

Single

  1. “Why”
  2. “Cadillac Car”

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The Age Of Consent – Oktober 1984
Age of Concent 5+12inch

Album

  1. “Why?”
  2. “It Ain’t Necessarily So”
  3. “Screaming”
  4. “No More War”
  5. “Love and Money”
  6. “Smalltown Boy”
  7. “Heatwave”
  8. “Junk”
  9. “Need-a-Man Blues”
  10. “I Feel Love”/”Johnny Remember Me”

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Bronski Beat - BBC Archive concert 1984
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12″ Album – Bronski Beat perform at the Hammersmith Odeon | 29. Nov. 1984 “The BBC In Concert Series” erschienen: 1985

Side 1

  1. “No More War” (Live)
  2. “Smalltown Boy” (Live)
  3. “We Go Together” (Live)
  4. “Why” (Live)
  5. “Junk (Close To The Edge)” (Live)
  6. “It Ain’t Necessarily So” (Live)

Side 2

Aztec Camera Live in Concert

“The BBC In Concert Series”

29. Nov. 1984 Radio Recording Feb. 1985
BBC BronskiBeat

5″ CD – Bootleg – Bronski Beat perform at the Hammersmith Odeon | 29. Nov. 1984 Radio Recording Feb. 1985

  1. “Need A Man Blues” (Live)
  2. “Screaming” (Live)
  3. “Love & Money” (Live)
  4. “No More War” (Live)
  5. “Smalltown Boy” (Live)
  6. “We Go Together (Junk)” (Live)
  7. “Heatwave” (Live)
  8. “Why” (Live)
  9. “Close To The Edge” (Live)
  10. “It Ain’t Necessarily So” (Live)
It ain´t necessarily so – November 1984
Bronski Beat - It Aint necessarily So

Single

  1. “It aint necessarily so”
  2. “Close to the edge”

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I feel love – April 1985
BRONSKI BEAT - I FEEL LOVE

Single

  1. “Love to love you baby/i feel love/Johnnie remember me”
  2. “Puit D´Amour”

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Hard Rain – Mai 1985
Hard Rain UK 7 inch NME Promo

Single – NewMusicExpress – UK Promo only

  1. “Bronski Beat – Hard rain”
  2. “Cocteau Twins – Ivo”
  3. “The Smith – What she said – Live”
  4. “U2 – Wire – Dub Mix”

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The Montreux Golden Rose Festival – August 1985
Rose von Montreux

VHS – Volume 1. 1985 – Various Artists

  1. “Bronski Beat – Love And Money”
Hundreds & Thousands - 1985
Hundreds OF Thousand 12 + 5 inch

Album

  1. “Heat Wave” [remix]
  2. “Why?” [remix]
  3. “Run From Love”
  4. “Hard Rain”
  5. “Smalltown Boy” [remix]
  6. “Junk” [remix]

CD Album release with additional tracks

  1. “Infatuation/Memories”
  2. “Close To The Edge”
  3. “Love To Love You Baby/I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me” [with Marc Almond]
  4. “Cadillac Car”

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Run from love - 1985
Run From Love 12 inch Promo

12″ maxi – german promo only

  1. “Run from love”
  2. “Run from love” (radio version)
Hard Rain – Mai 1985
Run from Love Bitdx5

12″ maxi – advance dj copy only

  1. “Run from love”
  2. “Hard rain”
The first chapter - VHS Video - 1986
The First Chapter
  1. “Smalltown Boy”
  2. “Why?”
  3. “It aint necessarily so”
  4. “Love To Love You Baby/I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me”
The first chapter - Japan-Laser Disk - 1986
Bronski-Beat-The-First-Chapter-Laserdisk
  1. “Smalltown Boy”
  2. “Why?”
  3. “It aint necessarily so”
  4. “Love To Love You Baby/I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me” (Long Version)
The Montreux Golden Rose Festival – August 1986
Montreux Volume 4

VHS – Volume 4. 1986 – Various Artists

    1. “Bronski Beat – I Feel Love” with Marc Almond
Fine Young Cannibals - Dezember 1985
fine Young5inch

UK Album “Fine Young Canibals”

    1. “Johnny Come Home”
    2. “Couldn’t Care More”
    3. “Don’t Ask Me To Choose”
    4. “Funny How Love Is”
    5. “Suspicious Minds” with Jimmy Somerville
    6. “Blue”
    7. “Move To Work”
    8. “On A Promise”
    9. “Time Isn’t Kind”
    10. “Like A Stranger”

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Fine Young Cannibals - Live At The Ritz  - 1986
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Fine Young Cannibals – Live At The Ritz – Spin Radio Concert – Promotional Use Only

    1. “Don’t Ask Me To Choose”
    2. “On A Promise”
    3. “Blue”
    4. “Move To Work”
    5. “Ever Fallen In Love?”
    6. “Funny How Love Is”
    7. “The Isn’t Kind”
    8. “Like A Stranger”
    9. “Johnny Come Home”
    10. “Couldn’t Care More”
    11. “Suspicious Minds with Jimmy Somerville”
    12. “I Love You Baby”
EP Sampler - Old Gold Record Ltd. - 1993
Olds Golds 5 inch CD

5″ cd single

    1. “Smalltown Boy”
    2. “Why?”
    3. “It ain`t necessarily so”
F.G.T.H. - Ultra Rare Tracks - 1993
FGTH

5″ cd Album – Bootleg

  1. “Frankie Goes To High Bronski” – DMC ( 8:27 ) A great mix by the DMC Crew featuring two tribes, Evelyn Thomas ‘High Energy’ and Bronski Beats ‘Small Town Boy’.
The Very Best Of Bronski Beat
Best Of BB Indonesia

MC – Indonesien

  1. “C´Mon C`Mon”
  2. “Why?”
  3. “Heatwave”
  4. “In My Dreams”
  5. “Run From Love”
  6. “I Feel Love”/”Johnny Remember Me”
  7. “Punishment For Love”
  8. “No More War”
  9. “Puit`D amour”
  10. “Signs (And Wonders)”
  11. “Trouthdare Doubledare”
  12. “Hard Rain”
  13. “Love And Money”
  14. “We Know How It Feels”
  15. “It Ain’t Necessarily So”
  16. “Junk”
  17. “Dr. John”
  18. “Smalltown Boy”
  19. “Hit That Perfect Beat”
Bronski Beat - The Best Of 1984- 1995 - 1996
Bronski Beat - The Best of

5″ cd Album – Bootleg

  1. “Smalltown Boy”
  2. “Why?”
  3. “Run From Love”
  4. “Ain’t Necessarily So”
  5. “I Feel Love & Johnny Remember Me”
  6. “Hit That Perfect Beat Boy”
  7. “Kicking Up The Rain”
  8. “C’mon! C’mon!”
  9. “Slow Down”
  10. “Forever & A Day”
  11. “Be Serious”
  12. “Easterize”
  13. “Why 12” (Extended Version)”
  14. “Hit That Perfect Beat Boy12” (Club Mix)”
  15. “Beatski Mix”
The Age of Consent (Digitally Re-Mastered) - 1996
Age Of Concent 5inch Digital Remastert CD

5″ cd Album

  1. “Why?”
  2. “It Ain’t Necessarily So”
  3. “Screaming”
  4. “No More War”
  5. “Love and Money”
  6. “Smalltown Boy”
  7. “Heatwave”
  8. “Junk”
  9. “Need-a-Man Blues”
  10. “I Feel Love”/”Johnny Remember Me”
  11. “I Feel Love [Medley With Marc Almond]”
  12. “Run From Love [Remix]”
  13. “Hard Rain [Remix]”
  14. “Memories”
  15. “Heatwave [Remix]”
The Essentials - Rhino Records - 2002
The Essentials CD

5″ cd compilation

  1. “Smalltown Boy”
  2. “Why?”
  3. “It Ain’t Necessarily So”
  4. “Run From Love”
  5. “I Feel Love”/”Johnny Remember Me”
  6. “You Are My World”
  7. “Don´t Leave Me This Way”
  8. “Never Can Say Goodbye”
  9. “Comment Te Dire Adieu”
  10. “You Make Me Feel-Mighty Real”
  11. “To Love Somebody”
  12. “So Cold The Night”
EURO MIXX - DJ COPY
Euro-Mixx - Euro Mixx Records Vol. 01 (a)

5″ cd DJ Compilation

  1. “Bronski Beat – Megamix“
  2. “Erasure – Megamix”
  3. “Eurythmics – Megamix”
  4. “Pet Shop Boys – Megamix”
  5. “Depeche Mode – Megamix”
  6. “Prince – Megamix”
  7. “Madonna – Megamix”
The ClassicTechno Mixes - The Mega Mixes ! - Special Limited Edition
TheClassisTechnoMixesTheMegamixesa

5″ cd DJ Services Compilation

  1. “Front 242, Depeche Mode & Nitzer Ebb – Megamix”
  2. “New Order, Yello, Eurythmics… – Mean Mad Monday Mix”
  3. “Nitzer Ebb – Nitz Mix”
  4. “Yello – Megamix”
  5. “New Order – Blue Order Megamix”
  6. “Bronski Beat – Bronski Beats”
On USound Blue Order (Mega Mix)
Blue Order Mega Mix

12″  DJ Services Compilation

  1. “On USound Blue Order (Mega Mix)”
  2. “Blue Order (Mega Mix)”
  3. “Bonus Bronski Beats”
IT`S IN THE MIX - Razormaid Compilation
It`s In The Mix 1

12″  Razormaid Compilation – Various Artists

  1. “Madonna”
  2. “Yellow”
  3. “Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy” (Razormaid Mix – 5:53 min)
  4. “Bronski Beat – Run From Love” (Razormaid Mix – 7:01 min)

BRONSKI BEAT – war eine britische Synthie-Pop-Gruppe der 1980er Jahre. Sie bestand aus Steve Bronski und Larry Steinbachek, die für Keyboard und Perkussion zuständig waren, und dem Sänger Jimmy Somerville. Die Gruppe wurde 1983 gegründet. Im folgenden Jahr erschien ihre Debütsingle Smalltown Boy, die von einem Jungen handelt, der von seinen Mitmenschen aufgrund seiner Homosexualität verachtet wird. Die folgende Single Why handelte von dem gleichen Thema, jedoch war das Lied sowohl textlich als musikalisch dunkler und härter. Ende 1984 veröffentlichte die Gruppe das Album The Age of Consent. Auf der Innenhülle der LP war das Schutzalter für homosexuelle Handlungen in den verschiedenen Länder der Welt dargestellt. In der dritten Single It Ain’t Necessarily So werden drei Geschichten des Alten Testaments interpretiert (David gegen Goliath aus 1. Buch Samuel, Buch Jona, Mose Geburt aus 2. Buch Mose), der Text stammt von Ira Gershwin und wurde schon 1935 in der Oper Porgy and Bess uraufgeführt. Die Klarinetten-Soli wurden von Richard Coles gespielt, mit dem Somerville später The Communards gründete. 1985 nahmen die drei zusammen mit Marc Almond eine Coverversion von Donna Summers Hit I Feel Love auf. In diesem Stück wurden auch die Songs Love to Love You Baby und Johnny Remember Me zu einem Medley verarbeitet. Kurz danach verließ Somerville die Band und gründete mit Richard Coles The Communards. Bei Bronski Beat stieg der Sänger John Foster ein, der deutlich unpolitischer war und nicht über eine solche prägnante Stimme wie Somerville verfügte. Die Single Hit That Perfect Beat war wieder ein großer Erfolg. Danach folgten ein weniger erfolgreiches Lied (C’mon C’mon) und das Album Truthdare Doubledare. Danach löste sich die Gruppe auf. 1995 scheiterte die Band mit einem Comebackversuch mit dem Album Rainbow Nation, das aus altem Material und neuen Songs bestand.

Jimmy Somerville Interview Oct.1984

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