Scandal - Playlist: The Very Best Of Scandal (2008)

The best thing with the Sony Music ‘Playlist: The Very Best Of‘ series is not only to have the best songs from each artist into one single disc, but also the chance to have the only remastered versions of these songs.
In the case of “SCANDAL – Playlist: The Very Best of Scandal” the great deal is the inclusion of 4 Non-Album Tracks / Previously Unreleased songs only available into this CD (now out of print).
Indeed, in “Playlist: The Very Best of Scandal” we find the best songs from their album ‘Warrior’, and the complete first 5-track EP ‘Scandal’.

However… “SCANDAL – Playlist: The Very Best of Scandal” include songs recorded in 1982 during the ‘Scandal EP’ sessions (there was a young dude called Jon Bon Jovi providing backing vocals) but never released. The recoding & production are in the same high quality, finished songs, but not used as the Columbia Records contract specified a mini-LP / EP > maximum 5 tracks.
And these ‘outtakes’ are not sub-par songs… in fact, some are better than the ones finally selected for the EP!
“SCANDAL – Playlist; The Very Best of Scandal” is a must have for Scandal & Patty Smyth fans, and ’80s music in general.

Tracks:

01 – Goodbye to You (Scandal EP)
02 – Love’s Got a Line On You (Scandal EP)
03 – The Warrior (Warrior LP)
04 – Win Some, Lose Some (Scandal EP)
05 – She Can’t Say No (Scandal EP)
06 – Another Bad Love (Scandal EP)
07 – All My Life [Non-Album Track / Unreleased]
08 – Hands Tied (Warrior LP)
09 – Beat of a Heart (Warrior LP)
10 – Say What You Will (Warrior LP)
11 – Tonight (Warrior LP)
12 – Grow So Wise [Non-Album Track / Unreleased]
13 – If You Love Me [Non-Album Track / Unreleased]
14 – I’m Here Tonight [Non-Album Track / Unreleased]

Personnel:

Patty Smyth – lead vocals
Keith Mack – guitars
Zack Smith – guitars
Benjy King – keyboards, guitars
Ivan Elias – bass
Thommy Price – drums
Jon Bon Jovi – add. guitars, backing vocals