Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet - Blu-ray audio
Wed, September 02, 2026
Spandau Ballet’s classic compilation Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet was first released in the year 2000 and spans the band’s career from 1980 to 1989. It features 17 top 40 hit singles, including ‘Gold’, ‘True’, ‘Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)’, ‘Through The Barricades’, ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’ and many more.
For the first time, this collection is available in immersive Dolby Atmos, mixed by spatial audio master Steven Wilson, and for a limited time will be available to pre-order as a physical release with SDE-exclusive Blu-ray audio (region-free).
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19 songs are available in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo, including an exclusive bonus track, ‘How Many Lies?’, the third single from 1986’s Through The Barricades. Additionally, PCM Stereo instrumental versions of all tracks are available for the first time.
The Blu-ray also delivers 17 bonus tracks: classic and rare 12-inch mixes of hit singles from the 1980s (stereo-only). Finally, to complement the new mixes and bonus tracks, this Blu-ray also includes the original stereo mix of Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet, offering a truly compelling spatial and stereo audio experience for Spandau Ballet fans.
Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet is available to pre-order exclusively from the SDE shop for two weeks only.
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Please note: This is an AUDIO-only product. No Spandau Ballet promotional videos are included on this Blu-ray disc.
- Note on product compatibility: The (region-free) Blu-ray audio disc requires a standard Blu-ray player for playback. Decoding the Dolby Atmos Mix requires a Dolby Atmos certified soundbar or a Dolby Atmos compatible receiver or amplifier, with appropriate speaker set-up. The 5.1 mixes require a DTS 5.1 compatible soundbar or a DTS 5.1 compatible receiver or amplifier, with appropriate speaker set-up. The stereo content will play back on any soundbar or stereo system connected to a Blu-ray player. -
Track listing:
Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet
All songs in Dolby Atmos (48 kHz / 24 bit), 5.1 Surround (96 kHz / 24 bit), PCM Stereo (96 kHz / 24 bit) and PCM Stereo Instrumental (96 kHz / 24 bit)
1. Gold
2. True
3. Only When You Leave
4. Lifeline
5. Communication
6. Instinction
7. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)
8. To Cut A Long Story Short
9. The Freeze
10. Muscle Bound
11. Paint Me Down
12. Raw
13. Round and Round
14. Highly Strung
15. Fight For Ourselves
16. I’ll Fly For You
17. Be Free With Your Love
18. How Many Lies?
19. Through The Barricades
Additional Stereo 12” Versions
(All tracks 48 kHz / 24 bit)
1. To Cut A Long Story Short (Mix 1)
2. The Freeze (Special Mix)
3. Muscle bound (12” Version)
4. Glow (12” Version)
5. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (Extended Mix)
6. Paint Me Down (Remix)
7. Instinction (Remix)
8. Lifeline (Dub Mix)
9. Communication (Club Mix)
10. Gold (Extended Version)
11. Only When You Leave (Extended Mix)
12. I’ll Fly For You (Glide Mix)
13. Highly Strung (Extended Version)
14. Fight For Ourselves (Extended Remix)
15. Through The Barricades (Extended Version)
16. Raw (Amnesia Mix)
17. Be Free With Your Love (Extended Dance Mix)
Original Mix: Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet
All songs 48 kHz / 24 bit
1. Gold
2. True
3. Only When You Leave
4. Lifeline
5. Communication
6. Instinction
7. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)
8. To Cut A Long Story Short
9. The Freeze
10. Muscle Bound
11. Paint Me Down
12. Raw
13. Round and Round
14. Highly Strung
15. Fight For Ourselves
16. I’ll Fly For You
17. Be Free With Your Love
18. Through The Barricades
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