Should God Forget: A Retrospective (1997) (Columbia/Legacy C2K 65152) (Double CD)
This is a 2-disc compilation album that was released in 1997 and was produced by Tim Butler and Bruce Dickinson of Columbia Records. Has songs from the first seven albums, plus five live recordings, two alternate versions, and a b-side.
Track listing:
CD 1:
1. India
2. Sister Europe
3. Pulse
4. Mack The Knife (Live)
5. Blacks/Radio
6. We Love You
7. Imitation Of Christ
8. Soap Commercial (Live)
9. Pretty In Pink (Original Version)
10. Mr. Jones
11. Into You Like A Train
12. I Wanna Sleep With You
13. Merry Go Round (Yes I Do) (UK Version)
14. President Gas
15. Love My Way
16. Sleep Comes Down
17. I Don't Want To Be Your Shadow (Non-LP B-side)
CD 2:
1. Alice's House (Alternate Version)
2. The Ghost In You
3. Here Come Cowboys
4. Heaven
5. Highwire Days
6. Heartbeat (Live)
7. All Of The Law (Live)
8. Heartbreak Beat
9. All That Money Wants
10. Entertain Me
11. Should God Forget
12. Torch
13. Get A Room (Live)
14. Until She Comes
15. All About You
16. There's A World
Notes:
CD 1:
Tracks 1–3 and 5–7: From The Psychedelic Furs (1980); "Blacks/Radio" made its first US appearance on this compilation because the song was removed from US releases of the album. The only Americans who were lucky enough to hear the song were the ones who bought the UK version of the debut as an import.
Track 4: Recorded during the Peel Sessions on BBC Radio, broadcasted on June 18, 1980.
Track 8: From the Peel Sessions, June 18, 1980.
9–12: From Talk Talk Talk (1981)
13–16: From Forever Now (1982); the version of "Merry Go Round (Yes I Do) is the one that only appeared on the British versions of Forever Now.
Track 17: B-side of "Danger" (UK single) and "Love My Way" (US single).
CD 2:
Tracks 1–6: From Mirror Moves (1984); the alternate version of "Alice's House" was recorded during the sessions for Forever Now; the live version of "Heartbeat" was from The Psychedelic Furs' concert at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, California on August 28, 1987.
7–8: From Midnight To Midnight (1987); the live version of "All Of The Law" was from the August 28, 1987 show.
Track 9: From All Of This And Nothing (1988)
10–12: From Book Of Days (1989)
13–16: From World Outside (1991); the live version of "Get A Room" was from The Psychedelic Furs' concert at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois on November 13, 1991.
