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This album, released back in 1988, is labelled as a "Best Of" compilation, but I''ve always felt that it had never done the Thompson Twins any justice. Apart from "In The Name Of Love ''88" (Remixed by Shep Pettibone), all the other tracks are original mixes from the time that they were originally released BUT six out of the ten tracks were, rather illogically, SHORTENDED from their original form, and it was done rather badly if you ask me (thanks to an engineer named Tuta Aquino). The only gems that are worth listening to are the (formally) very rare U.S. remix of "You Take Me Up", remixed by François Kervorkian back in 1984. It origianlly had the subtitle "High Plains Mixer" when it first appeared as a 12" in a plain white sleeve with the Twins logon and the words "Scrictly Limited Editon" on it. This mix is not so rare now, and it''s brilliant. Eaqually rare is the remixed version of "The Gap", a mix that I had never heard before until I bought the CD, and it has not been edited either. Lastly, there''s a previously unreleased version of "King For A Day" which in this form (and did not include electric guitars as on the version that appears on the "Here''s To Future Days" (1985) album), is actually a remix of a track that origianally appeared on the B-Side of a single slated for release in Spring of ''85 (called "Roll Over"), and was originally called "Fools In Paradise". Note that the lyrics are slightly different before it chorus is sung. "Roll Over", by the way, was never released, but can be found on North American copies of the "Future Days" LP. It''s one of their best songs. There had been other Thompson Twins compilations released over the years, and all of them seem to include something that had never been heard before, but to this day, non of them had done justice to this band. "Greatest Mixes", however, is still the one that''s readilly available.