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Ruby Trax – The NME's Roaring Forty is a compilation album released by New Musical Express (NME) magazine in 1992 to commemorate 40 years of publication. The album features 40 cover versions of classic Number 1 songs by popular bands of the era, though as the NME based it on their own chart,[2] some songs (such as Ultravox's "Vienna" recorded by Vic Reeves)[3] did not reach number one on the British Market Research Bureau/Gallup chart (now branded as the Official Singles Chart).[4][5] It was released in the following formats: three LPs (NME40LP), three CDs (NME40CD) or two cassettes (NME40MC), all having a total of 40 songs.
The album spawned a double A-side single featuring Manic Street Preachers' version of "Suicide Is Painless", which was listed as "Theme from M.A.S.H.", and the Fatima Mansions' take on Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" . The 12" and CD versions of the single included an interview with Steve Lamacq about an incident in which Richey Edwards had carved '4 Real' into his arm with a razor blade. This was entitled "Sleeping with the NME" and credited to the Manic Street Preachers. The single peaked at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart.[6]
All proceeds from the album went to the charity The Spastics Society.
Track listing
3-CD version
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Coz I Luv You" | Noddy Holder, Jim Lea | The Wonder Stuff | 3:26 |
| 2. | "When Will I See You Again?" | Gamble and Huff | Billy Bragg | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Little Red Rooster" | Willie Dixon | The Jesus and Mary Chain | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Atomic" | Debbie Harry, Jimmy Destri | The Mission | 5:11 |
| 5. | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | The Fatima Mansions | 6:26 |
| 6. | "Stranger in Paradise" | Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest | Saint Etienne | 3:25 |
| 7. | "Cumberland Gap" | traditional | The Wedding Present | 1:30 |
| 8. | "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" | Lucio Battisti, Jack Fishman | Aztec Camera / Andy Fairweather-Low | 5:22 |
| 9. | "Show You the Way to Go" | Gamble and Huff | Dannii Minogue | 4:40 |
| 10. | "Where Do You Go To My Lovely?" | Peter Sarstedt | Welfare Heroine | 5:20 |
| 11. | "Bad Moon Rising" | John Fogerty | The Blue Aeroplanes | 5:21 |
| 12. | "Apache" | Jerry Lordan | Senseless Things | 2:41 |
| 13. | "Mr. Tambourine Man" | Bob Dylan | Teenage Fanclub | 2:11 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Another Brick in the Wall" | Roger Waters | Carter USM | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Maggie May" | Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton | Blur | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Ashes to Ashes" | David Bowie | Tears for Fears | 4:32 |
| 4. | "Rock Your Baby" | Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch | The House of Love | 2:31 |
| 5. | "I'm a Believer" | Neil Diamond | The Frank and Walters | 2:42 |
| 6. | "Shaddap You Face" | Joe Dolce | EMF | 1:56 |
| 7. | "Brass in Pocket" | Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott | Suede | 3:42 |
| 8. | "Ring My Bell" | Frederick Knight | Tori Amos | 4:35 |
| 9. | "Lady Madonna" | Lennon–McCartney | Kingmaker | 2:04 |
| 10. | "Like a Prayer" | Madonna, Patrick Leonard | Marc Almond | 6:10 |
| 11. | "Don't You Want Me?" | Philip Oakey, Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright | The Farm | 4:09 |
| 12. | "I've Never Been to Me" | Ron Miller, Kenneth Hirsch | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | 5:28 |
| 13. | "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison | Boy George | 3:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Voodoo Chile" | Jimi Hendrix | Jesus Jones | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Sunny Afternoon" | Ray Davies | Bob Geldof | 3:49 |
| 3. | "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" | Ennio Morricone | Johnny Marr & Billy Duffy | 4:50 |
| 4. | "Down Down" | Francis Rossi, Bob Young | Cud | 3:20 |
| 5. | "The Legend of Xanadu" | Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley | The Fall | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Secret Love" | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | Sinéad O'Connor | 2:53 |
| 7. | "World without Love" | Lennon–McCartney | World Party | 3:10 |
| 8. | "Tainted Love" | Ed Cobb | Inspiral Carpets | 4:24 |
| 9. | "Baby Come Back" | Eddy Grant | Elektric Music | 4:01 |
| 10. | "The Model" | Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos, Emil Schult | Ride | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Vienna" | Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann, Billy Currie | Vic Reeves | 3:21 |
| 12. | "Go Now" | Larry Banks, Milton Bennett | Tin Machine | 4:30 |
| 13. | "I Feel Love" | Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte | Curve | 4:25 |
| 14. | "Suicide Is Painless" | Johnny Mandel, Mike Altman | Manic Street Preachers | 3:40 |
See also
- Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father – the NME charity album featuring the number one double A-side "With a Little Help from My Friends" by Wet Wet Wet / "She's Leaving Home" by Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey
- List of NME number-one singles of the 1980s – from the NME's rival to charts broadcast by BBC Radio One and Independent Local Radio (Network Chart)
References
- ^ Carlson, Dean. "Review: Ruby Trax: The NME's Roaring 40". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
- ^ "Old-Charts". www.old-charts.com.
- ^ "Ultravox | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Who We Are - History of the Official Charts - The Eighties". www.officialcharts.com.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Manic Street Preachers/Fatima Mansions - Theme From M*A*S*H/(Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Retrieved 26 July 2009.