Nature's Best 2

Nature's Best 2
Compilation album by Nature's Best series
Released 4 October 2002
Length 140:21
Label Sony Music New Zealand
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Nature's Best 2 is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 31-65 on the APRA 75th Anniversary Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. See Nature's Best for more information on the selection process of this list.

Nature's Best 2 was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. DD Smash - "Outlook For Thursday" (Dave Dobbyn/DD Smash, 1983)
  2. Straitjacket Fits - "Down In Splendour" (Andrew Brough, 1990)
  3. Crowded House - "Better Be Home Soon" (Neil Finn, 1988)
  4. OMC - "How Bizarre" (Alan Jansson/Pauly Fuemana, 1995)
  5. Dave Dobbyn - "Language" (Dave Dobbyn, 1994)
  6. Split Enz - "Message to My Girl" (Neil Finn, 1984)
  7. Patea Maori Club - "Poi E" (Dalvanius Prime, 1984)
  8. Split Enz - "Stuff And Nonsense" (Tim Finn, 1979)
  9. The Feelers - "Venus" (James Reid, 1998)
  10. Emma Paki - "System Virtue" (Emma Paki, 1993)
  11. Tim Finn - "Fraction Too Much Friction" (Tim Finn, 1983)
  12. Herbs - "French Letter" (Tony Fonoti/Spencer Fusimalohi/Dilworth Karaka, 1995)
  13. Sharon O'Neill - "Maxine" (Sharon O'Neill, 1983)
  14. Space Waltz - "Out On The Street" (Alastair Riddell, 1974)
  15. Max Merritt & The Meteors -"Slippin' Away" (Max Merritt, 1975)
  16. Stellar* - "Violent" (Boh Runga, 1999)
  17. The Exponents - "Why Does Love Do This To Me?" (Jordan Luck, 1992)
  18. Shona Laing - "1905" (Shona Laing, 1972)

Disc two

  1. The Mutton Birds - "Anchor Me" (Don McGlashan, 1994)
  2. Th' Dudes - "Bliss" (Dave Dobbyn/Ian Morris, 1979)
  3. Netherworld Dancing Toys - "For Today" (Nick Sampson/Malcolm Black, 1984)
  4. King Kapisi - "Screems From Tha Old Plantation" (Bill Urale/Kas Futialo, 2000)
  5. John Rowles - "Cheryl Moana Marie" (John Rowles, 1969)
  6. Mi-Sex - "Blue Day" (Murray Burns/Colin Bayley, 1985)
  7. Zed - "Glorafilia" (Ben Campbell/Nathan King/Adrian Palmer, 1999)
  8. Headband - "Good Morning Mr Rock 'N' Roll" (Tommy Adderley/Billy Kristian, 1972)
  9. Split Enz - "History Never Repeats" (Neil Finn, 1981)
  10. Sisters Underground - "In The Neighbourhood" (Alan Jansson/Hassanah Orogbu/Brenda Makaoeafi, 1994)
  11. Citizen Band - "Julia" (Geoff Chunn, 1978)
  12. Shihad - "Pacifier" (Karl Kippenberger/Tom Larkin/Phil Knight/Jon Toogood, 1999)
  13. Larry's Rebels - "Let's Think of Something" (Roger Skinner, 1967)
  14. Bic Runga - "Bursting Through" (Bic Runga, 1997)
  15. Greg Johnson - "Liberty" (Greg Johnson, 1997)
  16. Strawpeople - "Sweet Disorder" (Paul Casserly/Mark Tierney/Anthony Ioasa, 1994)
  17. Sharon O'Neill - "Asian Paradise" (Sharon O'Neill, 1979)

See also