The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds
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.
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| Released | 12 June 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1989-2006 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, indie pop | |||
| Length | 78:39 | |||
| Label | Sony BMG (684800) | |||
| Producer | Ian Broudie | |||
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| Singles from The Very Best of the Lightning Seeds | ||||
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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 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 tracks are written by Ian Broudie; except where indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album/single | Length |
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| 1. | "Lucky You" | Broudie, Terry Hall | Jollification | 4:19 |
| 2. | "The Life of Riley" | Sense | 4:03 | |
| 3. | "Change" | Jollification | 4:00 | |
| 4. | "Feeling Lazy" | Broudie, Ian McNabb | Jollification | 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 McGuinn | Dizzy 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 Jones | Dizzy 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, Hall | Dizzy Heights | 3:22 |
| 14. | "If Only" | Broudie, Mike Pickering | Tilt | 4:53 |
| 15. | "Perfect" | Jollification | 3:28 | |
| 16. | "What You Say" | Broudie, Hall | Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds | 4:23 |
| 17. | "Tables Have Turned" | previously unreleased | 3:24 | |
| 18. | "Sense" | Broudie, Hall | Sense | 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 |
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| UK Albums Chart | 33 |
References
- Mawer, Sharon. "The Lightning Seeds: 'The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 6, 2010.