The Virgin Years - Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 group Fra Lippo Lippi

Fra Lippo Lippi (band)

Fra Lippo Lippi is a New Wave band from Norway. They had several hits in the 1980s, such as "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That", "Everytime I See You" and "Light and Shade", and recorded a new album as late as 2002...

 released exclusively in the Philippines

Philippines

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. Unlike the 1995 compilation The Best of Fra Lippo Lippi '85-'95

The Best of Fra Lippo Lippi '85-'95

The Best of Fra Lippo Lippi '85-'95 is a compilation album by Norwegian pop rock group Fra Lippo Lippi. It covers the band's musical career from their 1985 album Songs to their 1992 album Dreams, plus the new songs "Everybody Everywhere" and "If You Were in My Shoes".Many of the songs were...

(which contains re-recordings due to legal reasons), this album contains the original recordings of songs from the band's albums Songs

Songs (Fra Lippo Lippi album)

Songs is the third studio album by Norwegian pop rock group Fra Lippo Lippi. Originally released in 1985 by the band's own label, Easter Productions, Songs received favorable reviews and sold around 5,000 copies without any means of promotion....

(the 1986 Virgin release, though these tracks themselves are remixes from the original 1985 edition of the album) and Light and Shade

Light and Shade (Fra Lippo Lippi album)

Light and Shade is the fourth studio album by Norwegian pop rock group Fra Lippo Lippi. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California and produced by Walter Becker ....

; this was made possible by OctoArts Records' partnership with EMI

EMI

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, the parent company of the band's former record label Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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Track listing

1. "The Distance Between Us
   The Distance Between Us (song)
   "The Distance Between Us" is a song by Norwegian New Wave group Fra Lippo Lippi, released as a B-side to their 1986 single Shouldn't Have to Be Like That. The song also became a huge success in the Philippines. It is from their third album Songs....
   
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2. "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That
   Shouldn't Have to Be Like That
   "Shouldn't Have To Be Like That" is a single by Norwegian New Wave group Fra Lippo Lippi, released from their third album Songs in 1986.In 2005 the song was remixed and released by Molella under the title "Lost Love"....
   
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3. "Come Summer"
4. "Angel
   Angel (Fra Lippo Lippi song)
   "Angel" is a single by Norwegian New Wave group Fra Lippo Lippi, released from their fourth album Light and Shade in 1987....
   
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5. "Coming Home"
6. "Indifference"
7. "Freedom"
8. "Crash of Light"
9. "Everytime I See You
   Everytime I See You
   "Every Time I See You" is a single by Norwegian New Wave group Fra Lippo Lippi, released in 1986. The song appears on the re-release of their album Songs, which was re-recorded and remixed for the international market, after Virgin Records signed the band to a worldwide contract...
   
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10. "Light and Shade"
11. "Some People"
12. "Home"
13. "Regrets"
14. "Crazy Wisdom"
15. "Beauty and Madness"
16. "Just Like Me"

Personnel

• Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen is a Norwegian best known for being the founder and bassist of the pop rock band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Background :Rune Kristoffersen spent the eighties playing bass in Norwegian pop outfit Fra Lippo Lippi, signed to Virgin Records and had an album produced by Walter Becker from...
  
   - Bass, keyboards
• Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the New Wave/synth pop band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Biography :...
  
  - Vocals, keyboards