Best Of Art Of Noise

Art of Noise | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 14, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B000003MU8
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,221 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opus 4

2. Yebo!

3. Instruments of Darkness (All of Us Are One People)

4. Robinson Crusoe

5. Peter Gunn

6. Paranoimia

7. Legacy

8. Dragnet '88

9. Kiss

10. Something Always Happens

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Media Type: CD
Artist: ART OF NOISE
Title: BEST OF ART OF NOISE
Street Release Date: 01/14/1997
Domestic
Genre: ELECTRONIC

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Blue Cover Version Is Available At HTFCDS.COM, January 23, 2002

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Psevhu (Brewster, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of Art Of Noise (Audio CD)

This version is acceptable, but the blue covered CD has extended-length songs, and is more worth the expense. The "Blue Cover" version can be found at HTFCDS.COM, based in Aurora, Illinois.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BLUE vs. PINK Versions revealed !, October 21, 2006

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D.O. "D.O." - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of the Art of Noise (Audio CD)

I finally decided to upgrade my A.O.N. cassetes to CD,
and I had forgotten there were two versions of the 'Best Of A.O.N.'- blue AND pink- which I still resent today as when I was first was forced to choose-
(and there is confusion when the color specification is missing - so hopefully this helps you to choose the color that's right for you.
When I first discovered A.O.N., I was enthralled.
I opted then for the BLUE version on cassette because it had more songs and boasted the extended and 'AON' mixes(which are essentially just extended post-release), but fear it's demise as cassette decks become harder to replace.
Over the years, I came to accept this BLUE version as the definitive collection of A.O.N., but, alas, some of the extended,
mixes were kind of long-winded (like this version of 'Dragnet 88' with a Dan Ackroyd sampled vocal overdose,
and the superfluous, repetetive orchestrals).
'Moments In Love' , with it's pulsing, hypnotic texture had to grow on me through relistening, is on this version.

The extended 'Paranoimia' featuring Max Headroom here (6:30)-as noted in one of the other reviews,
is not the radio version, but this should have been the only extended re-mix
(I love all three Paranoimia versions though, as this sampled, beatbox style was the distinctive, fun, A.O.N. sound )

The glaring differance of BLUE is the inclusion of 'Beatbox (Diversion One)', Close(To The Edit),
and the extended mix of 'Paranoimia' and 'Peter Gunn Theme' (which begs editing), but this
sampled-techno-beat style IS the art of Art Of Noise.
'Moments In Love' is also on this BLUE version. It's pulsing, hypnotic style IS the art of A.O.N.
BLUE contains the best (long) version of Princes' 'Kiss', featuring Tom Jones - -
this is the main reason I'd reccomend BLUE as the desert island selection..

The PINK edition, more considerate in regard for succinctness, has fewer of the
signature beat driven tracks and sampling technique tracks that distinguished A.O.N.
The biggest departure comes in the first half :
'Yebo' , 'Instruments Of Darkness', and 'Robinson Crusoe' replace
'Beatbox','Moments In Love', and Close(To The Edit) from the BLUE version
Shorter versions of 'Paranoimia', and 'Peter Gunn' are refreshing, and I do prefer the female spoken
intro to 'Paranoimia'
-but 'Kiss featuring Tom Jones' on the blue version is the quintessential version.
I reccomend the Blue version AND the Pink version combined - without Dan Ackroyd at all ! I hate remixes as a marketing ploy! What a tool!
So I went with PiNK on CD...so now, I still have to afford a Blue one too
on a future purchase since my cassette is still good...
[* It should be a LAW to include release dates on CD'S!!! ]
~David Galloway

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't really qualify as a "greatest hits" album, December 23, 1999

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Matthew Wilcox (Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of Art Of Noise (Audio CD)

I empathize with the AON fans who once owned the illustrious "blue cover" version of this title. I'm fortunate enough to still have my copy which, to set the record straight, is basically the 12" mixes of most of the titles on this release. It is true that removing "Moments In Love" from this album is a crime, but I also believe that the original version of "Legs" was a much better single for Art Of Noise than its evil twin, "Legacy". Finally, I have never been able to locate a CD with the original version of "Beat Box" (the version on the Into Battle ep). Even the Daft CD, which compiles Into Battle, the Moments In Love ep, and (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art Of Noise! left this version out, which should have also been included on this compilation of their 7" singles. Keep your eyes open for the hard-to-find "blue cover" version.