Singles Collection (The Coral album)

Singles Collection
Compilation album by The Coral
Released 15 September 2008
Recorded 1999–2008
Genre Indie
Label Deltasonic
Producer 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 15 September 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 8 September 2008.[10]

Track listing

Disc 1: Singles Collection
No. TitleWriter(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. TitleWriter(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

Personnel

The Coral
Production
Other personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Ireland (Irish Albums Chart)[11] 26
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 13

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "review". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  3. ↑ Drowned In Sound review
  4. ↑ The Independent review
  5. ↑ "The Mirror review". Mirror.co.uk. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  6. ↑ "NME review". Nme.com. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  7. ↑ "The Times review". Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  8. ↑ Singles Collection Announced, thecoral.co.uk
  9. ↑ The Coral announce 'The Singles Collection' album, Last Broadcast
  10. ↑ Colothan, Scott, The Coral To Release Singles Album, Gigwise
  11. ↑ "The Coral – Singles Collection". acharts.us. αCharts.us. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "The Coral | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 11 November 2011.

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