The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds

The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds
Album cover for The Very Best of the Lightning Seeds (2006)
Greatest hits album by The Lightning Seeds
Released 12 June 2006
Recorded 1989-2006
Genre Alternative rock, indie pop
Length 78:39
Label Sony BMG (684800)
Producer Ian Broudie
The Lightning Seeds chronology

Life of Riley: The Lightning Seeds Collection
(2003)		 The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds
(2006)		 Four Winds
(2009)
Singles from The Very Best of the Lightning Seeds
  1. "Three Lions"
    Released: 5 June 2006 (reissue)
  2. "Song for No One"
    Released: 26 June 2006
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The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds is the second official greatest hits album by British alternative rock band The Lightning Seeds. It was released on 12 June 2006 peaking at number thirty-three on the UK Album Chart.

The compilation is essentially an update of the group's first greatest hits album 1997's Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds. The compilations share twelve tracks between them. The Very Best drops the group's second third single "All I Want" and replaces the original recording of "Three Lions" with the 1998 re-recording. The compilation includes a pair of b-side covers ("Be My Baby", "Lucifer Sam"), two songs from 1998's commercial failure Tilt, "Song for No One" - a remix of a song from Broudie's solo-album - and the new recording "Tables Have Turned".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ian Broudie; except where indicated. 

No. TitleWriter(s)Original album/single Length
1. "Lucky You"  Broudie, Terry HallJollification 4:19
2. "The Life of Riley"   Sense 4:03
3. "Change"   Jollification 4:00
4. "Feeling Lazy"  Broudie, Ian McNabbJollification 3:55
5. "Life's Too Short"   Tilt 4:00
6. "Pure"   Cloudcuckooland 3:48
7. "Song for No One" (new remixed version) Tales Told 2:54
8. "You Showed Me"  Gene Clark, James McGuinnDizzy Heights 4:07
9. "Be My Baby"  Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector"What You Say" (b-side) 3:44
10. "Sugar Coated Iceberg"  Broudie, Stephen JonesDizzy Heights 3:50
11. "Ready or Not"   Dizzy Heights 3:47
12. "Lucifer Sam"  Syd Barrett"Marvellous" (b-side) 3:05
13. "What If..."  Broudie, HallDizzy Heights 3:22
14. "If Only"  Broudie, Mike PickeringTilt 4:53
15. "Perfect"   Jollification 3:28
16. "What You Say"  Broudie, HallLike You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds 4:23
17. "Tables Have Turned"   previously unreleased 3:24
18. "Sense"  Broudie, HallSense 4:06
19. "Marvellous"   Jollification 5:33
20. "Three Lions '98"  David Baddiel (lyrics), Frank Skinner (lyrics), Broudie (music)non-album single 3:58

Charts

Charts (2006) Peak chart position
UK Albums Chart 33

References

  1. ↑ Mawer, Sharon. "The Lightning Seeds: 'The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 6, 2010.