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''Sing 20 Number One Hits'' is the tenth album by British pop group Brotherhood of Man. It was the first of two consecutive cover version albums by them. Released in 1980, it became the group's second biggest-selling album. == Background == This album was a departure from their previous albums in that it was made up of cover versions. The songs featured were all UK No.1 hits from the years 1974 to 1980.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UK Number One singles, 1975-1979 )〕 The album was released in November 1980 on Warwick Records (United Kingdom) and reached No.14 in the UK Album Charts. It became the group's second biggest selling album, remaining in the top 20 over Christmas 1980. It was awarded a gold disc for sales of over 100,000 by the BPI on 17 December 1980.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics - Brotherhood of Man )〕 This was the group's first album (of two) for Warwick Records, which released a series of albums alongside this by various other artists in the lead up to Christmas - ''Sing 20 Number One Hits'' being one of the most successful of these. The album also reached No.29 in the New Zealand album charts in May 1981.〔 This album, like the group's previous albums was produced by manager Tony Hiller. Commenting on the collection in 1995, Hiller commended their professionalism in the studio, stating; "They were tremendously fast, we could do an album in two weeks. They would bring up their own harmonies. They were a joy to work with and it shows".〔Tony Hiller interview with Michael Heatley, Pickwick Group, 1995〕 Of the songs contained, the earliest number one was a cover of "When Will I See You Again" by The Three Degrees from August 1974 and the most recent being "What's Another Year" by Johnny Logan from May 1980. Other notable covers included "Mull of Kintyre" by Wings, which was the UK's biggest-selling single at that time, and ABBA's "Dancing Queen" - a group that Brotherhood of Man had been compared to many times over their career. Altogether, two songs were from 1974, two from 1975, three from 1976, three from 1977, two from 1978, five from 1979 and three from 1980. Brotherhood of Man themselves scored three British No.1s during this period.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= All the No.1s )〕 No singles were released from the album in the UK, but track "One Day at a Time" was released as a single in South Africa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Brotherhood of Man World discography )〕 The album was released on Vinyl and Cassette, and although many of the tracks had been released on various compact disc compilations over the years, the album in its original form wasn't released on CD until 10 October 2011 via the Northworld label.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Sing 20 Number One Hits CD )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sing 20 Number One Hits」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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