Ruby Trax
| Ruby Trax | |
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 23 November 1992 |
| Genre | Alternative rock |
| Length | 156:04 |
| Label | New Musical Express |
| Producer | various producers |
| Singles from Ruby Trax | |
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty is a compilation album released by the magazine NME in 1992 to commemorate 40 years of publication. The album features 40 cover versions of classic Number 1 songs by popular bands of the era, though technically not all of the songs (such as Ultravox's "Vienna" recorded by Vic Reeves) were number ones. It was released in the following formats: three LPs (NME40LP), three CDs (NME40CD) or two cassettes (NME40MC), all having a total of 40 songs.
The album spawned a double A-side single featuring Manic Street Preachers' version of "Suicide Is Painless", which was listed as "Theme from M.A.S.H.", and The Fatima Mansions' take on Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" . The 12" and CD versions of the single included an extra Manic Street Preacher song "Sleeping with the NME". The single peaked at #7 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]
All proceeds from the album went to the charity The Spastics Society.
Track listings
3-CD version
| Disc one | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
| 1. | "Coz I Luv You" | Noddy Holder, Jim Lea | The Wonder Stuff | 3:26 |
| 2. | "When Will I See You Again?" | Gamble and Huff | Billy Bragg | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Little Red Rooster" | Willie Dixon | The Jesus and Mary Chain | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Atomic" | Debbie Harry, Jimmy Destri | The Mission | 5:11 |
| 5. | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | The Fatima Mansions | 6:26 |
| 6. | "Stranger in Paradise" | Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest | Saint Etienne | 3:25 |
| 7. | "Cumberland Gap" | traditional | The Wedding Present | 1:30 |
| 8. | "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" | Lucio Battisti, Jack Fishman | Aztec Camera / Andy Fairweather-Low | 5:22 |
| 9. | "Show You the Way to Go" | Gamble and Huff | Dannii Minogue | 4:40 |
| 10. | "Where Do You Go To My Lovely?" | Peter Sarstedt | Welfare Heroine | 5:20 |
| 11. | "Bad Moon Rising" | John Fogerty | The Blue Aeroplanes | 5:21 |
| 12. | "Apache" | Jerry Lordan | Senseless Things | 2:41 |
| 13. | "Mr. Tambourine Man" | Bob Dylan | Teenage Fanclub | 2:11 |
| Disc two | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
| 1. | "Another Brick in the Wall" | Roger Waters | Carter USM | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Maggie May" | Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton | Blur | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Ashes to Ashes" | David Bowie | Tears for Fears | 4:32 |
| 4. | "Rock Your Baby" | Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch | The House of Love | 2:31 |
| 5. | "I'm a Believer" | Neil Diamond | The Frank and Walters | 2:42 |
| 6. | "Shaddap You Face" | Joe Dolce | EMF | 1:56 |
| 7. | "Brass in Pocket" | Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott | Suede | 3:42 |
| 8. | "Ring My Bell" | Frederick Knight | Tori Amos | 4:35 |
| 9. | "Lady Madonna" | Lennon–McCartney | Kingmaker | 2:04 |
| 10. | "Like a Prayer" | Madonna, Patrick Leonard | Marc Almond | 6:10 |
| 11. | "Don't You Want Me?" | Philip Oakey, Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright | The Farm | 4:09 |
| 12. | "I've Never Been to Me" | Ron Miller, Kenneth Hirsch | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | 5:28 |
| 13. | "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison | Boy George | 3:27 |
| Disc three | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
| 1. | "Voodoo Chile" | Jimi Hendrix | Jesus Jones | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Sunny Afternoon" | Ray Davies | Bob Geldof | 3:49 |
| 3. | "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" | Ennio Morricone | Johnny Marr & Billy Duffy | 4:50 |
| 4. | "Down Down" | Francis Rossi, Bob Young | Cud | 3:20 |
| 5. | "The Legend of Xanadu" | Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley | The Fall | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Secret Love" | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | Sinéad O'Connor | 2:53 |
| 7. | "World without Love" | Lennon–McCartney | World Party | 3:10 |
| 8. | "Tainted Love" | Ed Cobb | Inspiral Carpets | 4:24 |
| 9. | "Baby Come Back" | Eddy Grant | Elektric Music | 4:01 |
| 10. | "The Model" | Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos, Emil Schult | Ride | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Vienna" | Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann, Billy Currie | Vic Reeves | 3:21 |
| 12. | "Go Now" | Larry Banks, Milton Bennett | Tin Machine | 4:30 |
| 13. | "I Feel Love" | Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte | Curve | 4:25 |
| 14. | "Suicide Is Painless" | Johnny Mandel, Mike Altman | Manic Street Preachers | 3:40 |
References
- ↑ Carlson, Dean. "Review: Ruby Trax: The NME's Roaring 40". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
- ↑ "Chart Stats - Manic Street Preachers/Fatima Mansions - Theme From M*A*S*H/(Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Retrieved 26 July 2009.