The Best Of (James album)
The Best of James | ||||
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Greatest hits album by James | ||||
Released | 23 March 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1984–1997 | |||
Genre | Alternative Britpop | |||
Length | 69:19 | |||
Label | Mercury Records/Fontana Records | |||
James chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Best of James | ||||
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AllMusic | link |
Q | [1] |
The Best Of is the first of four compilation albums by British band James (the second album is B-Sides Ultra).
Track listing
- "Come Home" (Flood mix) from Gold Mother
- "Sit Down" (June 1989) from Gold Mother (1991 Re-release)
- "She's a Star" (1997) from Whiplash
- "Laid" (October 1993) from Laid
- "Waltzing Along" (single version) from Whiplash
- "Say Something" from Laid
- "Born of Frustration" from Seven
- "Tomorrow" from Whiplash
- "Destiny Calling" Previously unreleased
- "Out to Get You" from Laid
- "Runaground" Previously unreleased
- "Lose Control" Non-album single
- "Sometimes" from Laid
- "How Was It for You?" from Gold Mother
- "Seven" from Seven
- "Sound" from Seven
- "Ring the Bells" from Seven
- "Hymn from a Village" from James II
A limited edition version contains a second CD of live material, recorded at Whitfield St Studios in London on 21 January 1998:
- "Runaground" (live/bonus track)
- "Ring the Bells" (live/bonus track)
- "Out to Get You" (live/bonus track)
- "Johnny Yen" (live/bonus track)
- "Lose Control" (live/bonus track)
- "Laid" (live/bonus track)
- "Sound" (live/bonus track)
Reception
"They're as stubborn (another admirable James trait) as disenfranchised mules; their audience is not growing (Whiplash sold 150,000) and they've influenced precisely nobody," observed Q's John Aizlewood, "but every track here – including new songs 'Runaground' and 'Destiny Calling, which unveil the mature James: "Tell us when our time is up/Show us how to die well/Show us how to let it all go" – bristles with inspiration."[2]
References
Preceded by Let's Talk About Love by Celine Dion |
UK number-one album 4–10 April 1998 |
Succeeded by This Is Hardcore by Pulp |
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