Let Them Drag My Soul Away: Singles, Demos, Sessions And Live Recordings (1979-1982)

Let Them Drag My Soul Away: Singles, Demos, Sessions and Live Recordings 1979-1982 is a compilation album by British pop group Dead or Alive, released on July 21, 2023, by Cherry Red Records. Comprising material which pre-dates the release of their first studio album, Sophisticated Boom Boom, the compilation features the band's singles I'm Falling, Number Eleven, The Stranger and the It's Been Hours Now EP, all of which charted on the UK Independent Singles Chart upon their initial releases. It also features the band's first commercial release, Birth of a Nation, released under the moniker Nightmares in Wax. In addition to previously released material, Let Them Drag My Soul Away features various early versions of tracks that were released on Sophisticated Boom Boom, and live material, including two Peel sessions; totalling 16 previously unreleased tracks. The release found success in the band's native United Kingdom, where it peaked within the top 10 on the Independent Albums Chart, and within the top 40 on various other charts in the region. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_The...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)