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 (formerly) very rare U.S. remix of "You Take Me Up", remixed by François Kervorkian back in 1984 (who isn't credited in the CD). It origianlly had the subtitle "High Plains Mixer" when it first appeared as a 12" single in a plain white sleeve with the Twins logo 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 back in '88, 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 the chorus is sung. 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, none of them had done justice to this band. "Greatest Mixes", however, is still the one that's readilly available.

This album opens with the dance-floor classic "In the Name of Love," re-mixed from its 1982 form for 1988 audiences, and the rest of the album isn't much of a step down.

The re-mixing doesn't do anything to affect the effect of the songs. "The Gap" is a tad too long, and "You Take Me Up" isn't a very good song, but all the others contain bone-crushing hooks and steady dance rhythms. "Hold Me Now" is an effective ballad, and other standout tracks are "Love on Your Side," "Lay Your Hands on Me," and "Get That Love."

Worth the money, and simpler than shelling out for the individual albums, the best of which was probably 1984s "Into the Gap."

First of all, the sound quality of this disc is quite poor and given what sound engineering technology that is available out there today, I'd recommend waiting until Arista gets around to doing better remastering jobs of their albums.

Secondly, there are only 10 tracks here and as the other reviewers have stated, these are not the best remixes of the tracks and so you are not getting value for money.

Thirdly, and most importantly, although the 10 tracks here quite fairly represent the band's best works, this album also quite clearly shows that TT were really more than just a singles band.

You really had to listen to the entire albums to truly appreciate their brilliance. I'm speaking about their earlier albums more so than their later efforts ie. everything up to and including "Here's To Future Days".

However, if you had to sum up the band on one album, their best work is by far "Into the Gap" which has some brilliant tracks that never made it to single status and yet represent some of their best work. "No Peace for the Wicked" is my favourite track of theirs and is quite possibly their best track after "Hold Me Now".

I'd recommending waiting for an mlps digitally remastered version of "Into The Gap" to be released if you want their best work and giving this one a miss. Let's hope it's not going to be a long wait....

This CD was basically just a filler to get the Twins out of their Arista contract... and it shows. Aside from the 1988 remix of "In the Name of Love", and a previously unavailable mix of "King For a Day"... there is nothing else on this CD that a die-hard Twins fan has not already heard. In fact, most of the mixes were shortened from their original incarnations.

That being said... if you are a fan of the Twins and their ability to hypnotize you with their undeniably catchy hooks and melodies, this CD is right up your alley.

This is a good general collection of the T-Twins 12 inch mixes. For some reason, they are edited from their original form, which is annoying to those of us familiar with the longer versions. Standout tracks are "Lies", "The Gap", "Hold Me Now", "Love on Your Side" and "In the Name of Love '88". It would have been nice to see the superior remixes of "We Are Detective", "Watching" and "Sister of Mercy" on here instead of the bland mixes of "You Take Me Up", "King for A Day" and "Get That Love". But those songs were bigger hits in the US.