The Best of Fad Gadget
| The Best of Fad Gadget | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by  Fad Gadget  | ||||
| Released | 11 December 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–2000 | |||
| Genre | New wave, electronic | |||
| Length | 147:10 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Producer | Frank Tovey, Daniel Miller, John Fryer, Gareth Jones | |||
| Fad Gadget chronology | ||||
 
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The Best of Fad Gadget is a double compilation album of singles and 12" mixes released by Fad Gadget (the stage name of Frank Tovey). The album is split between singles and B-sides on disc one, and 12" mixes and song reworkings on disc two. Mute Records released the album in December 2001, a few months before Frank Tovey's sudden death.[3]
Track listing
Disc one
- "Back to Nature"
 - "The Box" B-side of "Back to Nature"
 - "Ricky's Hand"
 - "Handshake" B-side of "Ricky's Hand"
 - "Fireside Favourite"
 - "Insecticide" B-side of "Fireside Favourite"
 - "Make Room"
 - "Lady Shave" Double A-side with "Make Room"
 - "Saturday Night Special"
 - "King of the Flies"
 - "Life on the Line"
 - "4M" B-side of "Life on the Line"
 - "For Whom the Bells Toll"
 - "Love Parasite" B-side of "For Whom the Bells Toll"
 - "I Discover Love"
 - "Collapsing New People"
 - "One Man's Meat"
 - "Luxury" Released as Frank Tovey
 
Disc two
- "Collapsing New People" (Berlin Mix)
 - "Fireside Favourite" (Toasted Crumpet Mix)
 - "Swallow It" (Regurgitated)
 - "Love Parasite 2"
 - "Luxury" (Remix)
 - "For Whom The Bells Toll 3"
 - "I Discover Love" (Extended)
 - "Sleep" (Electro-induced Original)
 - "Life on the Line" (Version 2)
 - "One Mans Meat" (Remix)
 - "Immobilise" (Foot Binding Trot Mix)
 - "Collapsing New People" (London Mix)
 
Notes
- ^ Allmusic review
 - ^ Gardner, Neil (November 2001). "Reviews: Reissues". Rock Sound. No. 30. UK: IXO Publishing Ltd. p. 100.
 - ^ Frank Tovey obituary at Mute Records
 
