The Best Of (James album)

The Best of James
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
Whiplash
(1997)Whiplash1997		 The Best Of
(1998)		 Millionaires
(1999)Millionaires1999
Singles from The Best of James
  1. "She's a Star"
    Released: 9 March 1998
  2. "Runaground"
    Released: 25 May 1998
Professional ratings
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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

  1. "Come Home" (Flood mix) from Gold Mother
  2. "Sit Down" (June 1989) from Gold Mother (1991 Re-release)
  3. "She's a Star" (1997) from Whiplash
  4. "Laid" (October 1993) from Laid
  5. "Waltzing Along" (single version) from Whiplash
  6. "Say Something" from Laid
  7. "Born of Frustration" from Seven
  8. "Tomorrow" from Whiplash
  9. "Destiny Calling" Previously unreleased
  10. "Out to Get You" from Laid
  11. "Runaground" Previously unreleased
  12. "Lose Control" Non-album single
  13. "Sometimes" from Laid
  14. "How Was It for You?" from Gold Mother
  15. "Seven" from Seven
  16. "Sound" from Seven
  17. "Ring the Bells" from Seven
  18. "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:

  1. "Runaground" (live/bonus track)
  2. "Ring the Bells" (live/bonus track)
  3. "Out to Get You" (live/bonus track)
  4. "Johnny Yen" (live/bonus track)
  5. "Lose Control" (live/bonus track)
  6. "Laid" (live/bonus track)
  7. "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

  1. ↑ Q, April 1998
  2. ↑ Q, April 1998
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