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NME PARTNERS EMI TO LAUNCH NEW NME CLASSICS RETAIL CD
March 11, 2008
NME today announces a new partnership with EMI the largest independent music company and the oldest record company in the world to launch a new retail album, NME Classics.
NME Classics will be a 3-CD selection of the very best bands and artists to have been championed by NME through the decades. The magazine's heritage sees the album spanning the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, bringing together a collection of the definitive 'classic' bands, including The Stooges, Ramones, Blondie, New Order, Depeche Mode, Stone Roses, Ash, Supergrass, Radiohead and Manic Street Preachers.
NME editor Conor McNicholas says: NME is renowned for championing new music, but we never forget the bands that have had such a huge impact on music in the past. We've put together some of the most influential and inspirational artists on a 3-CD album, packed with some of the most magical music anthems of the past three decades. It's a must have!
NME publisher Emily Hutchings says: This project has been really exciting to work on and by working together with EMI for the first time, we've been able to bring together in one place all the bands and artists that NME fans have loved over the decades. NME Classics represents all the bands that have had a real impact on music culture over the years .
Steve Pritchard, co-mananging director EMI Catalogue Marketing, adds: Having grown up with NME in the glory days of punk and those classic single reviews, it's a real case of mixing business with pleasure working with the magazine on this Classics collection. Spanning these three decades gives a real sense of the flow through of creativity and attitude from the initial punk explosion and we hope we can capture the imagination of like-minded music buyers from these generations. It's the perfect playlist for anyone's iPod.
The NME Classics album goes on sale today, March 10.
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About NME:
NME is the longest published and most respected music weekly in the world. Every week it gives its readers the most exciting, most authoritative coverage of the very best in contemporary music.
About EMI:
EMI is the world's leading independent music company. It operates directly in 50 countries, with licenses in a further 20 and employs around 5,500 people.
About EMI TV:
EMI TV is the TV advertised compilations label for EMI Music. The label's most well known brands range from the Now That's What I Call Music series to The Best...In The World...Ever! and more recently the 101 Hits albums.
Full track listing:
CD One
1. MC5 KICK OUT THE JAMS
2. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND I'M WAITING FOR THE MAN
3. THE STOOGES NO FUN
4. THE DOORS L.A. WOMAN
5. NEW YORK DOLLS JET BOY
6. PATTI SMITH GLORIA
7. THE DAMNED NEAT NEAT NEAT
8. X-RAY SPEX OH BONDAGE UP YOURS!
9. RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS BLANK GENERATION
10. DEAD BOYS SONIC REDUCER
11. IGGY POP LUST FOR LIFE
12. THE SAINTS THIS PERFECT DAY
13. RAMONES SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER
14. THE ONLY ONES ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER PLANET
15. SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES HONG KONG GARDEN
16. BLONDIE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
17. MAGAZINE SHOT BY BOTH SIDES
18. BUZZCOCKS EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
19. XTC THIS IS POP?
20. TELEVISION MARQUEE MOON
21. DAVID BOWIE HEROES
CD Two
1. THE CLASH I FOUGHT THE LAW
2. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS SUSPECT DEVICE
3. THE JAM GOING UNDERGROUND
4. THE VAPORS TURNING JAPANESE
5. GENERATION X KISS ME DEADLY
6. THE PRETENDERS BRASS IN POCKET
7. THE SELECTER ON MY RADIO
8. THE BEAT MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM
9. MADNESS ONE STEP BEYOND
10. BAD MANNERS SPECIAL BREW
11. THE SPECIALS GHOST TOWN
12. THE CURE LOVECATS
13. TALKING HEADS PSYCHO KILLER (live)
14. KRAFTWERK TOUR DE FRANCE
15. MALCOLM MCLAREN BUFFALO GIRLS
16. NEW ORDER BLUE MONDAY
17. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN THE BACK OF LOVE
18. AZTEC CAMERA WALK OUT TO WINTER
19. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN JUST LIKE HONEY
20. PRINCE SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
21. JOY DIVISION ATMOSPHERE
CD Three
1. MORRISSEY SUEDEHEAD
2. THE STONE ROSES SHE BANGS THE DRUMS
3. HAPPY MONDAYS STEP ON
4. INSPIRAL CARPETS THIS IS HOW IT FEELS
5. DEPECHE MODE ENJOY THE SILENCE
6. ORBITAL CHIME
7. MASSIVE ATTACK UNFINISHED SYMPATHY
8. PRIMAL SCREAM MOVIN' ON UP
9. SUEDE ANIMAL NITRATE
10. OASIS LIVE FOREVER
11. R.E.M. WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH?
12. ASH GIRL FROM MARS
13. SUPERGRASS CAUGHT BY THE FUZZ
14. RADIOHEAD JUST
15. PULP COMMON PEOPLE
16. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS FEAT. NOEL GALLAGHER SETTING SUN
17. BLUR SONG 2
18. MANIC STREET PREACHERS A DESIGN FOR LIFE
19. THE VERVE BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Anna Gawan, press officer, IPC Media on 020 314 85405 or email anna_gawan@ipcmedia.com
