| 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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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty is a compilation album released by the 'rock inkie' (newspaper)[2][3][4][5][6][7] NME (New Musical Express) 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 as the NME based it on the NME's own chart,[8] some songs (such as Ultravox's "Vienna" recorded by Vic Reeves)[9] did not reach number one on the British Market Research Bureau/Gallup chart (now branded as the Official Singles Chart).[10][11] 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 interview with Steve Lamacq about the infamous '4 Real' incident. This was entitled "Sleeping with the NME" and credited to the Manic Street Preachers. The single peaked at #7 in the UK Singles Chart.[12]
All proceeds from the album went to the charity The Spastics Society.
Track listings
3-CD version
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
See also
- Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father – the NME charity album featuring the Number One double-A sided hit "With a Little Help from My Friends" by Wet Wet Wet / "She's Leaving Home" by Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey
- List of NME number-one singles of the 1980s – from the NME's rival to charts broadcast by BBC Radio One and Independent Local Radio (Network Chart)
References
- ↑ Carlson, Dean. "Review: Ruby Trax: The NME's Roaring 40". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
- ↑ Lamb, Maggoty (April 21, 2010). "Inky Fingers: Maggoty Lamb asks if NME can save us from Q" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ Sturges, Fiona (February 3, 2002). "From weekly to weakly". The Guardian.
- ↑ "The king of the inkies". Los Angeles Times. May 9, 2004.
- ↑ "Worth Their Wait". Pitchfork.
- ↑ "Media: NME faces the music". The Independent. October 23, 2011.
- ↑ Warner, Simon. "Friends and NME, PopMatters".
- ↑ "Old-Charts". www.old-charts.com.
- ↑ "Ultravox | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ↑ "Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ↑ "Who We Are - History of the Official Charts - The Eighties". www.officialcharts.com.
- ↑ "The Official Charts Company - Manic Street Preachers/Fatima Mansions - Theme From M*A*S*H/(Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Retrieved 26 July 2009.