Annie Lennox "Walking on Broken Glass"

EdisonLite:

I just performed an A/B comparison between the single and album version of Annie Lennox's "Walking on Broken Glass" and, to me, the single was EQ'd to sound brighter but it otherwise sounds like the same mix as the album version.

So, both the cassette and CD singles have edits of the song, but they are different edits?

Edited by aaronk

my cassingle issued in 1992 on arista 12452 is IDENTICAL to the version from her 1992 cd "diva"

first we need to confirm the label & catalog number of the cd single.........if it is the same as the cassingle catalog we need to have a further discussion..........if it is NOT the same catalog number the ONLY version that is the single version is the one which matches the billboard chart cataog number, which in this instance is the cassingle version....

The commercial CD single of "Walking on Broken Glass" was released under Arista 12484 and contains five tracks including the "single mix" (thus technically qualifying this release as a maxi-CD single). I also have the DJ CD single on Arista ASCD-2452 with the proceeding track listing and actual run times:

1) Single Mix - 3:59
2) Album Version - 4:12

Now, "Walking on Broken Glass" officially became a hit in 1992 which falls between the time period of July 28, 1990 and June 27, 1998 when the Billboard Hot 100 chart officially counted the cassette single as the standard commercial single configuration. That being said, I would agree with Ed's assessment that the 4:12 cassette single version of "Glass" should be considered the official 45 version and not the 3:59 "Single Mix" found on the CD single (though I originally did consider the latter to be the 45 version on the "Single/album version distinctions..." thread; I've since modified and revised this). By the same token, we should keep in mind here that the Top 40 Music on Compact Disc book is not a Billboard affiliated or endorsed publication, so Pat of course is under no obligation to adhere to Billboard's policies unless he so chooses.

Here's the way I'd propose sorting this out... Have all CD appearances of "Glass" running 4:11 or 4:12 in the 10th edition be listed with the comment: (LP and cassette single version). Maybe Pat might also want to include general comments directly under the song title stating something like:

DJ CD copies of this single run (3:59) and (4:12); cassette single copies run (4:12) just like the LP version, while commercial CD single copies feature the (3:59) edit

How does that sound?


Edited by Todd Ireland