{"history":[],"article":{"id":"3ac50c10-07e3-430a-97c3-5688cc8e0aab","title":"Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection","slug":"fade-to-grey-the-singles-collection","content":":::summary\n![Original 1983 cover art](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Visage///Singles///Collection///front///cover///1983.jpg)\n**Name:** Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection \n**Type:** Compilation \n**Artist:** [Visage](https://bliptext.com/articles/visage-band) \n**Released:** November 1983 \n**Genre:** [Synth-pop](https://bliptext.com/articles/synth-pop) \n**Label:** [Polydor](https://bliptext.com/articles/polydor-records) \n**Producer:** [Midge Ure](https://bliptext.com/articles/midge-ure), Visage \n**Prev Title:** [The Anvil](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-anvil-album) \n**Prev Year:** 1982 \n**Next Title:** [Beat Boy](https://bliptext.com/articles/beat-boy) \n**Next Year:** 1984 \n:::\n\n# \n**Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection** is a 1983 [compilation album](https://bliptext.com/articles/compilation-album) by the British [synth-pop](https://bliptext.com/articles/synth-pop) group [Visage](https://bliptext.com/articles/visage-band).\n\n# Background\nReleased as a stop-gap between studio albums whilst the band was experiencing contractual difficulties, the compilation includes all of the [Visage](https://bliptext.com/articles/visage-visage-album) singles released up to that point (five of them UK Top 30 hits), the majority taken from their first two albums [Visage](https://bliptext.com/articles/visage-visage-album) (1980) and [The Anvil](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-anvil-album) (1982), as well as a couple of non-single tracks.\nThe cassette version was released as a Special Dance Mix Cassette, featuring remixes as well as a bonus track, \"Der Amboss\" (a German-language version of the song \"The Anvil\").This version was also available on limited vinyl with a red rim around the outer sleeve instead of blue.\nIn British [HMV](https://bliptext.com/articles/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](https://bliptext.com/articles/pleasure-boys)\" single from 1982. The album reached No. 38 on the [UK Albums Chart](https://bliptext.com/articles/uk-albums-chart) and was certified Gold by the [British Phonographic Industry](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-phonographic-industry), based on pre-release sales to shops.\nThe album was re-released a decade later as [Fade to Grey](https://bliptext.com/articles/fade-to-grey-visage-song) – 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](https://bliptext.com/articles/love-glove)\" (Visage's penultimate single), from the album [Beat Boy](https://bliptext.com/articles/beat-boy) (1984), and the [Bassheads](https://bliptext.com/articles/bassheads)/Andy Stevenson remix of \"[Fade to Grey](https://bliptext.com/articles/fade-to-grey-visage-song)\", which became a minor Top 40 hit again in 1993.\nThe only single not included on this compilation was \"[Beat Boy](https://bliptext.com/articles/beat-boy-song)\", the band's final single from 1984.\nIn October 2020, the Special Dance Mix version of the album was released for the first time on CD by Rubellan Remasters.\nThe CD features all of the tracks originally included on the original 1983 cassette version (many of them still in their non-stop \"hit mix\" form) along with several bonus tracks.\n\n# Track listing\n\n## Standard version\n\n## Special Dance Mix versions\n**1983 Special Dance Mix Cassette**\n**Side one:**\n**Side two:**\n

\"In the Year 2525\" – 3:42
\"The Anvil\" (special remix for this album) – 5:01
\"Night Train\" (special remix for this album) – 6:20
\"Pleasure Boys\" – 3:33
\"Damned Don't Cry\" (12\" Dance Mix) – 5:40

(Timings are approximate, as the cassette release was produced as a non-stop \"hit mix\" in which some tracks fade into each other.)\n**2020 Rubellan Remasters Special Dance Mix CD**\n\n# Charts\n\n# Certifications","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T08:13:09.302Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T08:13:09.302Z","search_vector":"'collect':6 'fade':1 'grey':3 'singl':5","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection \n**Type:** Compilation \n**Artist:** [Visage](https://bliptext.com/articles/visage-band) \n**Released:** November 1983 \n**Genre:** [Synth-pop](https://bliptext.com/articles/synth-pop) \n**Label:** [Polydor](https://bliptext.com/articles/polydor-records) \n**Producer:** [Midge Ure](https://bliptext.com/articles/midge-ure), Visage \n**Prev Title:** [The Anvil](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-anvil-album) \n**Prev Year:** 1982 \n**Next Title:** [Beat Boy](https://bliptext.com/articles/beat-boy) \n**Next Year:** 1984 \n \n\n# \n**Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection** is a 1983 [compilation album](https://bliptext.com/articles/compilation-album) by the British [synth-pop](https://bliptext.com/articles/synth-pop) group [Visage](https://bliptext.com/articles/visage-band).\n\n# Background\nReleased as a stop-gap between studio albums whilst the band was experiencing contractual difficulties, the compilation includes all of the [Visage](https://bliptext.com/articles/visage-visage-album) singles released up to that point (five of them UK Top 30 hits), the majority taken from their first two albums [Visage](https://bliptext.com/articles/visage-visage-album) (1980) and [The Anvil](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-anvil-album) (1982), as well as a couple of non-single tracks.\nThe cassette version was released as a Special Dance Mix Cassette, featuring remixes as well as a bonus track, \"Der Amboss\" (a German-language version of the song \"The Anvil\").This version was also available on limited vinyl with a red rim around the outer sleeve instead of blue.\nIn British [HMV](https://bliptext.com/articles/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](https://bliptext.com/articles/pleasure-boys)\" single from 1982. The album reached No. 38 on the [UK Albums Chart](https://bliptext.com/articles/uk-albums-chart) and was certified Gold by the [British Phonographic Industry](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-phonographic-industry), based on pre-release sales to shops.\nThe album was re-released a decade later as [Fade to Grey](https://bliptext.com/articles/fade-to-grey-visage-song) – 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](https://bliptext.com/articles/love-glove)\" (Visage's penultimate single), from the album [Beat Boy](https://bliptext.com/articles/beat-boy) (1984), and the [Bassheads](https://bliptext.com/articles/bassheads)/Andy Stevenson remix of \"[Fade to Grey](https://bliptext.com/articles/fade-to-grey-visage-song)\", which became a minor Top 40 hit again in 1993.\nThe only single not included on this compilation was \"[Beat Boy](https://bliptext.com/articles/beat-boy-song)\", the band's final single from 1984.\nIn October 2020, the Special Dance Mix version of the album was released for the first time on CD by Rubellan Remasters.\nThe CD features all of the tracks originally included on the original 1983 cassette version (many of them still in their non-stop \"hit mix\" form) along with several bonus tracks.\n\n# Track listing\n\n## Standard version\n\n## Special Dance Mix versions\n**1983 Special Dance Mix Cassette**\n**Side one:**\n**Side two:**\n \n \"In the Year 2525\" – 3:42 \n \"The Anvil\" (special remix for this album) – 5:01 \n \"Night Train\" (special remix for this album) – 6:20 \n \"Pleasure Boys\" – 3:33 \n \"Damned Don't Cry\" (12\" Dance Mix) – 5:40 (Timings are approximate, as the cassette release was produced as a non-stop \"hit mix\" in which some tracks fade into each other.)\n**2020 Rubellan Remasters Special Dance Mix CD**\n\n# Charts\n\n# Certifications","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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