Start: The Best of British

Start: The Best of British is a 20-track compilation album featuring Duran Duran, released in the UK by Dino Entertainment during 1994.

About the album
The album is a collection of songs by various UK acts, compiled from the late 1970s and 1980s. This was a period known by some as the Second British Invasion, a time when UK music acts became popular in the USA due to the cable music channel MTV.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s music from the UK was informed by the after effects of the Punk/New Wave revolution. In 1979, a single called "Roxanne" by The Police (included on this album), cracked the American Top 40. This was soon followed by chart successes for acts such as Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, Squeeze and Gary Numan.

The compilation includes Duran Duran's "Save A Prayer", a song released in the USA as a live version which reached no.16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985. Also featured is "Watching the Detectives" by Elvis Costello, a song Duran Duran covered on their 1995 Thank You album.

Album notes: From out of Punk and New Wave came some of the best British bands for a generation. Against a backdrop of 80s Britain came energy, creativity but above all attitude.

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 * 1) "Town Called Malice" - The Jam (2:54)
 * 2) "Roxanne" - The Police (3:11)
 * 3) "Ghost Town" - The Specials (3:40)
 * 4) "Baggy Trousers" - Madness (2:46)
 * 5) "Watching the Detectives" - Elvis Costello (3:44)
 * 6) "Come on Eileen" - Dexys Midnight Runners (4:06)
 * 7) "Save A Prayer" - Duran Duran (5:25)
 * 8) "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" - Tears For Fears (4:09)
 * 9) "Golden Brown" - The Stranglers (3:28)
 * 10) "Long Hot Summer" - The Style Council (3:48)
 * 11) "Poison Arrow" - ABC (3:24)
 * 12) "Relax" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (3:55)
 * 13) "Don't Go" - Yazoo (3:04)
 * 14) "Souvenir" - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (3:35)
 * 15) "World Shut Your Mouth" - Julian Cope (3:14)
 * 16) "Ever Fallen In Love" - The Buzzcocks (2:41)
 * 17) "The Killing Moon" - Echo & The Bunnymen (5:47)
 * 18) "We Close Our Eyes" - Go West (3:42)
 * 19) "True" - Spandau Ballet (5:31)
 * 20) "Young At Heart" - Bluebells (3:23)

Credits

 * Concept, compilation – Nic Moran