Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection


Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection is a 1983 compilation album by the British synth-pop group Visage.

Background

Released as a stop-gap between studio albums whilst the band was experiencing contractual difficulties, the compilation includes all of the Visage singles released up to that point, the majority taken from their first two albums Visage and The Anvil, as well as a couple of non-single tracks. The cassette version was released as a "Special Dance Mix Cassette", featuring remixes as well as a bonus track, "Der Amboss". This version was also made available as a "Special Dance Mix Promotional Album" on vinyl, with a "Special Limited Edition Dance Mix Album" subsequently released on 17 February 1984, which included a red border around the edge of the front cover instead of light blue, as on the standard edition of the album.
In British HMV stores, a limited number of copies of the album and cassette were issued with a free 7" vinyl picture disc of the "Pleasure Boys" single from 1982. The album reached No. 38 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry, based on pre-release sales to shops.
The album was re-released a decade later on 8 November 1993 as Fade to Grey – The Best of Visage with a similar cover and tracklisting but with the inclusion of two tracks not featured on the original release: "Love Glove", from the album Beat Boy, and the Bassheads/Andy Stevenson remix of "Fade to Grey", which became a minor Top 40 hit again in 1993. The only single not included on this compilation was "Beat Boy", the band's final single from 1984.
The Special Dance Mix version of the album was released on CD for the first time on 31st January 2020 by Rubellan Remasters. The CD features all of the tracks originally included on the original 1983 cassette version along with several bonus tracks.

Track listing

Special Dance Mix versions

1983 Special Dance Mix Cassette

Side one:
  1. "Fade to Grey" – 6:20
  2. "Mind of a Toy" – 5:10
  3. "Visage" – 5:31
  4. "We Move" – 3:32
  5. "Tar" – 3.30
  6. "Der Amboss" – 4:34
Side two:

  1. "In the Year 2525" – 3:42

  2. "The Anvil" – 5:01

  3. "Night Train" – 6:20

  4. "Pleasure Boys" – 3:33

  5. "Damned Don't Cry" – 5:40


2020 Rubellan Remasters Special Dance Mix CD
  1. "Fade to Grey" – 6:22
  2. "Mind of a Toy" – 5:11
  3. "Visage" – 5:33
  4. "We Move" – 3:34
  5. "Tar" – 3:28
  6. "In the Year 2525" – 3:40
  7. "The Anvil" – 4:57
  8. "Night Train" – 6:24
  9. "Pleasure Boys" – 3:27
  10. "The Damned Don't Cry" – 5:37
  11. "Frequency 7" – 3:05
  12. "Night Train" – 3:42
  13. "Der Amboss" – 4:37
  14. "Pleasure Boys" – 5:50
  15. "Night Train" – 5:03