The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and The Communards

The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and The Communards is a compilation album covering Scottish pop singer Jimmy Somerville's career in Bronski Beat, The Communards and as a solo artist. It was released in 2001 and reached number 29 in the UK Albums Chart.

The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and The Communards
Greatest hits album by Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and The Communards
Released	10 September 2001
Recorded	1984–1995
Genre	Synthpop Hi-NRG dance
Length	74:54
Label	London
Producer	Mike Thorne Stephen Hague Pascal Gabriel

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album features mostly the same tracks, although in a different order, to the 1990 compilation The Singles Collection 1984/1990. Only one track from that album, "Run from Love", isn't featured on The Very Best and is replaced with the newer track "Hurt So Good".

Although Bronski Beat had three UK top 40 hits after Somerville's departure ("Hit That Perfect Beat", "C'mon C'mon" and "Cha Cha Heels")[2] they are not included on the compilation as it is intended as a retrospective of Somerville's career.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	From album	Length
1.	"Smalltown Boy" (Bronski Beat)	Jimmy Somerville Larry Steinbachek Steve Bronski	The Age of Consent	5:00
2.	"Don't Leave Me This Way" (The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris)	Kenneth Gamble Leon Huff Cary Gilbert	Communards	4:33
3.	"Why?" (Bronski Beat)	Somerville Steinbachek Bronski	The Age of Consent	3:58
4.	"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (Jimmy Somerville)	Sylvester James Dip Warrick	Read My Lips	3:58
5.	"Disenchanted" (The Communards)	Somerville Richard Coles	Communards	4:11
6.	"Never Can Say Goodbye" (The Communards)	Clifton Davis	Red	4:28
7.	"So Cold the Night" (The Communards)	Somerville Coles	Communards	4:41
8.	"To Love Somebody" (Jimmy Somerville)	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb	The Singles Collection 1984/1990	4:17
9.	"There's More to Love (Than Boy Meets Girl)" (The Communards)	Somerville Coles	Red	3:51
10.	"Comment te dire adieu" (Jimmy Somerville featuring June Miles-Kingston)	Jack Gold Arnold Goland Serge Gainsbourg	Read My Lips	3:38
11.	"You Are My World" (The Communards)	Somerville Coles	Communards	4:31
12.	"I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me" (Bronski Beat with Marc Almond)	Giorgio Moroder Pete Bellotte Donna Summer Geoff Goddard	Hundreds & Thousands	5:48
13.	"Tomorrow" (The Communards)	Somerville Coles	Red	4:49
14.	"Hurt So Good" (Jimmy Somerville)	Phillip Mitchell	Dare to Love	3:52
15.	"Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" (Jimmy Somerville)	Somerville	Read My Lips	4:49
16.	"For a Friend" (The Communards)	Somerville Coles	Red	4:38
17.	"It Ain't Necessarily So" (Bronski Beat)	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin	The Age of Consent	4:06

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2001–02) Peak position German Albums Chart[3] 49 UK Albums Chart[4] 29

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Gold 100,000 sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Very Best of Jimmy Somerville: Bronski Beat and the Communards - Jimmy Somerville - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
2. "BRONSKI BEAT - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
3. Germany - Media Control Charts - The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and The Communards
4. UK - Albums Chart - The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and The Communards
5. "British album certifications – Jimmy Somerville – The Very Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 October 2018. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type The Very Best Of in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.