The Anthology 1972-1997

Compilation by The Real Thing

Released 24 September 2021

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Real Thing (expanded version)
  • 1
    Hallelujah Man
    3:31
  • 2
    You to Me Are Everything
    3:31
  • 3
    Topsy Turvy
    4:02
  • 4
    (He’s Just a) Moneymaker
    2:33
  • 5
    Young and Foolish
    3:40
  • 6
    Flash
    3:42
  • 7
    Can’t Get by Without You
    3:33
  • 8
    Why, Oh Why (Oh Why)
    3:07
  • 9
    Keep an Eye (On Your Best Friend)
    4:04
  • 10
    You’ll Never Know What You’re Missing
    4:08
  • 11
    Watch Out Carolina
    3:37
  • 12
    I Want You Back
    3:11
  • 13
    Stone Cold Love Affair
    3:09
  • 14
    A Love That’s Real
    4:24
  • 15
    Keep an Eye (On Your Best Friend) (edit)
    3:30
  • 16
    You’ll Never Know What You’re Missing (7″ single)
    3:28
  • 17
    Love Is a Playground
    3:37
  • 18
    Keep an Eye (On Your Best Friend) (extended version)
    4:28
  • 19
    You to Me Are Everything (extended version) (The Decade remix ’76‐’86)
    6:05
  • 20
    Can’t Get by Without You (extended version) (The Second Decade remix)
    7:18
  • CD 2: 4 From 8 (expanded version)
  • 1
    Love’s Such a Wonderful Thing
    3:30
  • 2
    Lovin’ You Is Like a Dream
    3:11
  • 3
    Kathy
    4:07
  • 4
    Down to the Way You Feel
    3:15
  • 5
    Plastic Man
    4:47
  • 6
    Lightning Strikes Again
    4:20
  • 7
    I Wish You Well
    3:33
  • 8
    Liverpool 8 Medley (Liverpool 8/Children of the Ghetto/Stanhope Street)
    11:39
  • 9
    Dance With Me
    2:59
  • 10
    Children of the Ghetto (edit)
    4:40
  • CD 3: Step Into Our World (expanded version)
  • 1
    Whatcha Say, Whatcha Do
    5:25
  • 2
    Lady, I Love You All the Time
    3:12
  • 3
    Rainin’ Through My Sunshine
    4:04
  • 4
    Can You Feel the Force?
    5:03
  • 5
    Give Me the Chance
    3:34
  • 6
    (We Gotta take It to the) Second Stage
    4:28
  • 7
    Won’t You Step Into My World?
    6:15
  • 8
    Whenever You Want My Love
    3:29
  • 9
    You Gotta Keep Holding On
    3:14
  • 10
    Love Me Right
    3:35
  • 11
    Let’s Go Disco
    3:24
  • 12
    Raining Through My Sunshine (edit)
    3:45
  • 13
    Never Be Alone
    4:24
  • 14
    Can You Feel the Force? (12” single)
    7:39
  • 15
    Can You Feel the Force (7” single)
    3:41
  • 16
    Can You Feel the Force? (US 12″ John Luongo remix)
    7:04
  • 17
    Can You Feel the Force? (US 12″ John Luongo remix) (instrumental)
    6:39
  • CD 4: Saints or Sinners (expanded version)
  • 1
    Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)
    7:50
  • 2
    Saint or Sinner
    5:30
  • 3
    The Story of My Life
    4:54
  • 4
    Thank You for Loving Me
    3:54
  • 5
    You Can’t Force the Funk
    4:58
  • 6
    Give Me Your Love
    3:43
  • 7
    One Girl in My Life
    4:49
  • 8
    Boogie Down (instrumental)
    7:50
  • 9
    Saint or Sinner (7″ single)
    4:23
  • 10
    Boogie Down (Get Funky Now) (7” single)
    4:04
  • 11
    Boogie Down (Get Funky Now) (instrumental) (7” single)
    4:06
  • 12
    She’s a Groovy Freak (12″ single)
    5:24
  • 13
    It’s the Real Thing
    3:48
  • 14
    She’s a Groovy Freak (7″ single)
    3:58
  • 15
    Foot Tappin’ (extended version)
    4:57
  • 16
    Foot Tappin’ (instrumental extended version)
    4:55
  • CD 5: The EMI, Calibre & Catawba Singles
  • 1
    Check It Out
    3:06
  • 2
    Daddy Dear
    3:49
  • 3
    Girl, I Don’t Mind (Losin’)
    4:23
  • 4
    Humpty Dumpty
    3:32
  • 5
    Listen, Joe McGintoo
    3:43
  • 6
    Plastic Man
    3:27
  • 7
    Sun Gold
    3:58
  • 8
    Vicious Circle (Part 1)
    3:09
  • 9
    Vicious Circle (Part 2)
    3:30
  • 10
    Foot Tappin’ (7” single)
    3:22
  • 11
    I Believe in You (7″ single)
    4:06
  • 12
    Love Takes Tears (7″ single)
    3:32
  • 13
    Goin’ for the Big One (7″ single)
    4:18
  • 14
    I Believe in You (extended version)
    6:57
  • 15
    You’re My Number One (12″ single)
    4:58
  • 16
    Goin’ for the Big One (12″ single)
    6:04
  • 17
    Street Corner Boogie (7″ single mix)
    4:38
  • 18
    Street Corner Boogie (12” single mix)
    6:21
  • CD 6: Remixes & RCA Singles
  • 1
    You to Me Are Everything (The Decade remix ’76‐’86) (7″ single version)
    3:17
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Can You Feel the Force? (’86 mix 12” single)
    6:42
  • 3
    Can You Feel the Force? (’86 mix 7” single)
    4:01
  • 4
    Can You Feel the Force (’89 remix 12″ single)
    6:54
  • 5
    Can You Feel the Force (’89 remix 7″ single)
    3:50
  • 6
    Can You Feel the Force (Mark Moore + Ian B remix)
    8:01
  • 7
    Can You Feel the Force (Rhythm Masters dub mix)
    6:29
  • 8
    We Got Love
    4:06
  • 9
    We Got Love (extended version)
    5:57
  • 10
    Street Scene (12″ version)
    4:52
  • 11
    We Got Love (dub mix)
    6:03
  • 12
    The Crime of Love (12″ extended version)
    5:23
  • 13
    Baby, Don’t Go (extended version)
    5:23
  • 14
    The Crime of Love (Un Poco Loco Latin instrumental mix)
    5:04
  • 15
    Baby, Don’t Go (instrumental)
    3:28
  • CD 7: The Jive Singles
  • 1
    Straight to the Heart (remix)
    4:12
  • 2
    Mystique
    4:26
  • 3
    Hard Times
    4:04
  • 4
    Children of the Ghetto
    4:28
  • 5
    I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
    3:47
  • 6
    Straight to the Heart (extended version)
    6:25
  • 7
    Hard Times (extended version)
    6:13
  • 8
    Children of the Ghetto (extended version)
    7:14
  • 9
    I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) (extended version)
    5:51
  • 10
    Straight to the Heart (Dubappella mix)
    5:16
  • 11
    Hard Times (The Real mix)
    5:46
  • 12
    Straight to the Heart (instrumental version)
    5:20
  • 13
    Straight to the Heart (extended remix)
    6:49

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