Singles Collection (The Coral album)

Singles Collection

Compilation album by The Coral

Released

15 September 2008

Recorded

1999–2008

The Coral, Ian Broudie, Adrain Utley, Geoff Barrow, Craig Silvey, Mike Hunter, Dan Hulme

The Coral chronology

Roots & Echoes
(2007)

Singles Collection
(2008)

Butterfly House
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Contactmusic.com	(9/10)^[2]
Drowned In Sound	(7/10)^[3]
The Independent	^[4]
The Mirror	^[5]
NME	(9/10)^[6]
The Times	^[7]

Singles Collection is a 3LP & 2CD compilation album by The Coral,^[8] and was released on September 15, 2008^[9] in the United Kingdom on the Deltasonic label. It featured a new song "Being Somebody Else", which was released as a single on September 8, 2008.^[10]

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart performance
4 References
5 External links

Track listing

Disc 1: Singles Collection
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dreaming of You" (from The Coral)	James Skelly	2:21
2.	"In the Morning" (from The Invisible Invasion)	J. Skelly	2:33
3.	"Pass It On" (from Magic and Medicine)	J. Skelly	2:19
4.	"Don't Think You're the First" (from Magic and Medicine)	J. Skelly	4:05
5.	"Jacqueline" (from Roots & Echoes)	J. Skelly, Nick Power	3:29
6.	"Secret Kiss" (from Magic and Medicine)	J. Skelly	2:57
7.	"Goodbye" (from The Coral)	J. Skelly, Power	4:03
8.	"Shadows Fall" (single version)	The Coral	3:14
9.	"Liezah" (from Magic and Medicine)	J. Skelly, Power	3:33
10.	"Who's Gonna Find Me"	J. Skelly, Power	3:27
11.	"Bill McCai" (from Magic and Medicine)	J. Skelly	2:39
12.	"Put the Sun Back" (from Roots & Echoes)	J. Skelly	3:02
13.	"Something Inside of Me" (from The Invisible Invasion)	J. Skelly	2:26
14.	"Being Somebody Else" (new song)	J. Skelly	2:39

Disc 2: Mysteries & Rarities
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When All the Birds Have Flown" (Roots & Echoes outtake)	J. Skelly	4:22
2.	"The Golden Bough" (new song)	J. Skelly	2:37
3.	"Michael's Song" (new song)	J. Skelly, Power	2:51
4.	"The Cry of the City" (new song)	J. Skelly	3:21
5.	"Everybody's Talkin'" (live from Isle of Man)	Fred Neil	2:43
6.	"Far from the Crowd" (live at Elevator Studios)	J. Skelly	3:33
7.	"She's Got a Reason" (live at Elevator Studios)	J. Skelly	4:30
8.	"Return Her to Me" (Magic and Medicine outtake)	J. Skelly, Power	2:37
9.	"Monkey to the Moon" (The Invisible Invasion outtake)	The Coral	2:45
10.	"It Was Nothing" (from Help!: A Day in the Life)	J. Skelly, Power	2:54
11.	"Cobwebs" (8-track demo)	J. Skelly, Ian Skelly, Lee Southall	3:20
12.	"Simon Diamond" (original version)	J. Skelly, Power	2:30
13.	"Shadows Fall" (4-track instrumental)	The Coral	2:57
14.	"Calendars and Clocks" (demo)	J. Skelly, Power	3:45
15.	"Seagulls" (previously unreleased)	J. Skelly, Southall	1:47
16.	"Dreaming of You" (demo)	J. Skelly	1:52
17.	"It's in Your Hands" (demo)	The Coral	3:50
18.	"Reward" (live at The Queen, Liverpool)	Julian Cope	2:58
19.	"Bye Bye Love" (live from Isle of Man)	Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant	1:59

iTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
20.	"Don't Think You're the First" (live at Elevator Studios)	J. Skelly	4:12
21.	"Fireflies" (live at Elevator Studios)	J. Skelly, Bill Ryder-Jones	4:00

Personnel

The Coral

James Skelly – vocals, guitar, producer, arrangements
Lee Southall – guitar, producer, arrangements
Bill Ryder-Jones – guitar, trumpet, producer, arrangements, string arrangements
Paul Duffy – bass guitar, saxophone, producer, arrangements
Nick Power – keyboards, producer, arrangements
Ian Skelly – drums, producer, arrangements, artwork, design

Production

Ian Broudie – producer, mixing (disc 1 tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 14; disc 2 track 8)
Adrian Utley – producer, engineer (disc 1 tracks 2 & 13; disc 2 tracks 9 & 10)
Geoff Barrow – producer (disc 1 tracks 2 & 13; disc 2 tracks 9 & 10)
Craig Silvey – producer, engineer (disc 1 tracks 5, 10 & 12; disc 2 track 1)
Mike Hunter – producer, engineer, mixing (disc 1 track 8; disc 2 tracks 12 & 14)
Dan Hulme – producer, engineer, mixing (disc 2 tracks 2–4, 6 & 7); engineer (disc 1 track 14)
Jon Gray – engineer (disc 1 tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11; disc 2 track 8)
Pat O'Shaughnessy – recording, mixing (disc 2 track 16)
Dave McDonnell – recording (disc 2 track 11)
Scott Clegg – recording (disc 2 track 18)
Ben Booker – mixing (disc 2 track 19)
Sean O'Hagan – string arrangements (disc 1 track 14)

Other personnel

Kevin Power – artwork, design

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Ireland (Irish Albums Chart)^[11]	26

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Contactmusic.com review
^ Drowned In Sound review
^ The Independent review
^ The Mirror review
^ NME review
^ The Times review
^ Singles Collection Announced, thecoral.co.uk
^ The Coral announce 'The Singles Collection' album, Last Broadcast
^ Colothan, Scott, The Coral To Release Singles Album, Gigwise
^ "The Coral - Singles Collection". acharts.us. αCharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/37796. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "The Coral – Singles Collection". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

External links

Official website
Singles Collection at Allmusic
Singles Collection at Discogs (list of releases)

The Coral

James Skelly • Lee Southall • Nick Power • Paul Duffy • Ian Skelly Bill Ryder-Jones

Albums	The Coral • Magic and Medicine • Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker • The Invisible Invasion • Roots & Echoes • Butterfly House

Compilations	Singles Collection

Singles	"Shadows Fall" • "Goodbye" • "Dreaming of You" • "Don't Think You're the First" • "Pass It On" • "Secret Kiss" • "Bill McCai" • "In the Morning" • "Something Inside of Me" • "Who's Gonna Find Me" • "Jacqueline" • "Put the Sun Back" • "1000 Years"

Related articles	Discography • Deltasonic