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The Best of Kirsty MacColl

This is both an updated version of Galore to include the late 90s, and a trailer for the more comprehensive box set, From Croydon to Cuba, which contains all the songs here and of course much more.

The main selling point for committed fans is a newly recorded version by Steve Lillywhite and Pete Glenister of Sun on the Water, the lovely song which first saw the light of day on the boxed set, and here is buffed up and burnished into a finished song from its previously demo only incarnation.

For those seeking their first introduction to Kirsty's music this is now absolutely the place to start, with no sign of a weak track anywhere.

Musicians: Pete Glenister, Robbie McIntosh, Johnny Marr, Colin Stuart, Mark Nevin, Chester Kamen, Wes n'Djock, Kirsty MacColl, Steve Turner, Billy Bremner, Elliot Randall, Guy Pratt, Gary Tibbs, James Eller, Dave Ruffy, David Palmer, Glyn Havard, Lee Partiss, Paul Riley, Pino Palladino, Sal Cuevas, Mel Gaynor, Robbie Ameen, Jody Linscott, Roy Dodds, Milton Cardona, Jose Mangual Jr, Marc Quinones, Paul Crowder, Oscar Hernandez, Steve Nieve, Trevor Gray, Wilf Gibson, Roy Gillard, Gavyn Wright, ...

Track Listing

1. They don't know
   Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
   "They don't know about us .. and they've never heard of love! "
2. There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
   Kirsty MacColl & Philip Rambow LYRICS, CHORDS
   "but he's a liar, and I'm not sure about you"
3. Terry
   Kirsty MacColl & Gavin Povey LYRICS, CHORDS
   "Terry's not the kind to mess around and change his mind ..."
4. A new England
   Written by Billy Bragg LYRICS, CHORDS
   "Are you looking for another girl?"
5. He's on the beach
   Kirsty MacColl & Gavin Povey LYRICS, CHORDS
   "I'm not sure where he is - but he's out of reach"
6. Don't come the cowboy with me, Sonny Jim!
   Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
   "They'll never mind if you're counting the cracks on the wall"
7. Fairytale of New York
   Performed witth The Pogues
   Written by Shane MacGowan & Jem Finer LYRICS
   "It was Christmas Eve, babe..."
8. Free World
   Written by Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
   "With a pocketful of plastic like a dollar on elastic in this free world "
9. Innocence
   Written by Kirsty MacColl & Pete Glenister LYRICS, CHORDS
   "You won't be seeing me again but you'll always wonder why"
10. Days
    Ray Davies LYRICS, CHORDS
    "Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me "
11. Still Life
    Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
    "Our love is just a relic of the past - you'd never recognise the old town now"
12. Miss Otis regrets
    Written by Cole Porter LYRICS
    "She drew a gun and shot her lover down!"
13. Walking down Madison
    Kirsty MacColl & Johnny Marr LYRICS
    "From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement it's not that far... "
14. My affair
    Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS
    "It's no concern of yours if I sleep with the President"
15. Soho Square
    Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS,CHORDS
    Previously issued on Titanic Days
    "An empty bench in Soho Square, if you'd have come you'd have found me there "
16. Titanic Days
    Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS
    "I just know though I can't see but I can feel his hands all over me "
17. As Long as you Hold Me
    Billy Bragg LYRICS, CHORDS
    "As long as you hold me I'll get by"
18. Perfect day
    Performed witth Evan Dando
    Written by Lou Reed LYRICS, CHORDS
    "Maybe a movie too, and then home"
19. In these shoes?
    Kirsty MacColl & Pete Glenister LYRICS
    "I said 'In these shoes? No way, Jose', I said 'Honey, let's stay right here.'"
20. England 2 Colombia 0
    Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
    "I didn't mention my kids, I thought I'd wait a bit - but I am free and single and he's a lying git"
21. Sun on the Water (new version)
    Kirsty MacColl & Pete Glenister LYRICS
    "It was the place where she felt free, and Heaven lies under the sea,
    Hell is just dry land to me, when I'm dreaming ................ "

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