The Compilation: Certain Shades Of Limelight

Cherry Red announce a new Swing Out Sister collection, the 8CD box set called Certain Shades Of Limelight.

This 8CD set features newly mastered albums released between 1994 and 2004 along with three bonus CDs of B-sides, remixes, edits and rarities. The albums in question are:

• The Living Return (1994)
• Shapes And Patterns (1997)
• Filth And Dreams (1999)
• Somewhere in the Night (2001)
• Where Our Love Grows (2004)

This set has been compiled in conjunction with Corinne Drewery and Andy Connell and the booklet features notes from John Earls. The packaging will be the same as before and a third SOS box in this series has been confirmed!

Certain Shades Of Limelight will be released on 27 June 2025, via Cherry Pop.

CD 1: The Living Return

 

1. Better Make It Better

2. Don’t Let Yourself Down

3. Ordinary People

4. Mama Didn’t Raise No Fool

5. Don’t Give Up on A Good Thing

6. Making The Right Move

7. La La (Means I Love You)

8. Feel Free

9. Stop And Think It Over

10. That’s The Way It Goes

11. All In Your Mind

12. Pesadelo Dos Autores

13. Low Down Dirty Business

 

CD 2: Shapes and Patterns

 

1. Somewhere In the World

2. Here And Now

3. We Could Make It Happen

4. Shapes And Patterns

5. Better Make It Better

6. Something Out of This World

7. Joe Meek’s Cat

8. Stoned Soul Picnic

9. You Already Know

10. Always

11. Now You’re Not Here

12. Icy Cold as Winter

13. Shapes And Patterns (Reprise)

 

CD 3: Filth And Dreams

 

1. Who’s Been Sleeping

2. Closer Than the Sun

3. Sugar Free

4. Filth And Dreams

5. Happy When You’re High

6. If I Had the Heart

7. When Morning Comes

8. Invisible

9. World Out of Control

10. Make You Stay

 

CD 4: Somewhere Deep in The Night

 

1. Through The Sky

2. Will We Find Love?

3. Somewhere Deep in The Night

4. The Vital Thing

5. What Kind of Fool Are You?

6. Suspended In Time

7. Alpine Crossing

8. Fool Tag

9. Where The Hell Did, I Go Wrong?

10. Non E Vero Ma Ci Credo

11. Touch Me Now

12. The Vital Thing-Take B

13. Where Do I Go?

14. Now Listen to Me 

 

CD 5: Where Our Love Grows

 

1. Love Won’t Let You Down

2. Where Our Love Grows

3. When The Laughter Is Over

4. Certain Shades of Limelight

5. From My Window

6. Caipirinha

7. Where Our Love Grows (A Cappella)

8. Let The Stars Shine

9. We’ll Find a Place

10. Happy Ending

11. La Source

12. Love Won’t Let You Down (More Love)

 

CD 6: The Big Elsewhere

 

1. Now You’re Not Here – Vocal Mix

2. Now You’re Not Here – Daddy Macks Back

3. Now You’re Not Here – Da-Li-Da

4. Now You’re Not Here – So Low

5. Now You’re Not Here – Water and Water

6. Now You’re Not Here – Desolate Shores

7. Now You’re Not Here – Deep Siesta

8. Now You’re Not Here – Instrumental

9. Now You’re Not Here – TV Mix

10. Now You’re Not Here – Cool Mix

11. Now You’re Not Here – Original Karaoke

12. Now You’re Not Here – Passion Fruit Mix

13. Now You’re Not Here – Original Single Mix

 

CD 7: Excursions and Versions

 

1. La La (Means I Love You) – Self Anointing Version

2. La La (Means I Love You) – U.S. Mix with Flute

3. La La (Means I Love You) – UK Edit W/Guitar Solo

4. La La (Means I Love You) – U.S. Mix with Trumpet

5. Better Make It Better – Eastside Connection

6. Better Make It Better – Ten Men Mix

7. Better Make It Better – Acappella Mix

8. Heaven Only Knows – Little Piece of Heaven Mix

9. Heaven Only Knows – Too Much Heaven Mix

10. Somewhere In the World – Circle & Square Mix

11. Somewhere In the World – Instrumental

12. Somewhere In the World – Original Karaoke

13. We Could Make It Happen – Instrumental

14. We Could Make It Happen – Original Karaoke

15. We Could Make It Happen – What’s Happening Mix

 

CD 8: More excursions and versions

 

1. Who’s Been Sleeping – Parabolica Mix

2. Alpine Crossing – Gravallax Mix

3. Alpine Crossing – A Cappella Mix

4. Alpine Crossing – Extended Mix

5. Waters Of March – Single

6. La La (Means I Love You) – Edit

7. Better Make It Better – Edit

8. Better Make It Better – Radio Edit

9. Better Make It Better – Edi

10. Ordinary People – Edit

11. Mama Didn’t Raise No Fool – Edit

12. Making The Right Move – Edit

13.Stop And Think It Over – Edit

14. All In Your Mind – Edit

15. Through The Sky – Single Edit

16. Somewhere Deep in The Night – Radio Edit

17. Love Won’t Let You Down – Radio Edit