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I was in high school when AFOS's first album was released, and being a synth junkie I fell in love with the quirky band immediately. AFOS was a highly influential band, albeit a short-lived one, and this disc has many of their best. This import version also contains "Windows", an excellent little tune that was only released in the US as the B side of "Space Age Love Song" and is thus very hard to find. I particularly like "Nightmares", "Transfer Affection", the instrumental "DNA", and "It's Not Me Talking". Unfortunately, there are also some of AFOS's later songs on here, when they were trying to sound more like New Order than New Order did. Example: "Who's That Girl".

Of all their 'Greatest Hits' compilations available, this no doubt is the best of them all. Included are their big hits- I RAN, SPACE AGE LOVE SONG, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, etc. But also some of their later songs (IT'S NOT ME TALKING, THE MORE YOU LIVE THE MORE YOU LOVE, WHO'S THAT GIRL [SHE'S GOT IT], WISHING...) are all worthy of honourable mention. The only titles that, in my opinion, could have easily been replaced are the likes of NIGHTMARES, COMMITTED, LIVING IN HEAVEN, and WINDOWS. Other catchy tracks from perhaps their debut album (MESSAGES, YOU CAN RUN, DON'T ASK ME, + STANDING IN THE DOORWAY) could better have been their substitutes. Even better yet, had they all together been combined, no future 'Best Of' could have come near it's match. As it remains, however, the final star of this hits collection and review is better shining somewhere off into eternity...

This is a really great CD. Flock of Seagulls haven't put out a bad one yet. Two songs that haven't been on other CD's by this group yet are "Windows" and " Committed". Both great songs The first time I heard these songs I liked them. This album should be rated more than 5 stars. This is really good. Everyone should listen to this one.

A new wave group with a lot of rock influence: songs like "Never Again", "Space age L.S.", "The more you live", "Wishing" makes them the Roxy Music of the 80's (as far as there was P.Reynolds on guitar). Plus "Telecommunication" is way post punk, and "It's not me talking" would make happy any Cure's fan; if you like synths,drum machines as well as guitars and you're looking for romantic melodies & lyrics DON'T MISS THIS CD

This is one of three different greatest hits packages I have of A Flock Of Seagulls. Each package has some songs not on the other packages. Since three of their albums are no longer in print at the moment, I've relied on buying these hits packages to get almost everything they released. This package is great along with songs on it like "Living in Heaven." Buy it because it is worth it.

This is the most comprehensive of the Flock of Seagulls collections, and it demonstrates just how good these guys were. Riding the crest of the synthpop/new wave explosion in America in 1982, they mastered not only the art of guitar and synth fusion but of writing simple yet infectious melodies. Beyond the radio hits "I Ran" and "Space Age Love Song", you have to witness truly touching songs like "Wishing", "The More You Live, The More You Love" and "Transfer Affection", and experience the haunting "Nightmares" or paranoid "It's Not Me Talking". They quickly became laughable icons of the New Wave movement, thanks in part to Mike Score's absurd haircut, but they really were so much better than what any superficial retro 80's kitsch might have you believe, and it's a crime that their excellent first two albums have not been properly reissued on CD (ignoring the long out-of-print versions).

This is a band that captivated me in the early 80's and I still listen to them on a regular basis. This greatest hits CD has the songs us A.F.O.S. fans all love and has three that I never heard before. Commited being the less favorite of the three, and Windows being the best of the three as Living in heaven is a good song also. If you're a true fan you'll like them all because it's a FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, right? A CD company could do us all a favore and release LISTEN on CD for us fans.