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 33 on the UK Album Chart.

The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds
Album cover for The Very Best of the Lightning Seeds (2006)
Greatest hits album by
Released12 June 2006
Recorded1989–2006
GenreAlternative rock, indie pop
Length78:39
LabelSony BMG (684800)
ProducerIan 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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 12 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

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All tracks are written by Ian Broudie; except where indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Original album/singleLength
1."Lucky You"Broudie, Terry HallJollification4:19
2."The Life of Riley" Sense4:03
3."Change" Jollification4:00
4."Feeling Lazy"Broudie, Ian McNabbJollification3:55
5."Life's Too Short" Tilt4:00
6."Pure" Cloudcuckooland3:48
7."Song for No One" (new remixed version) Tales Told2:54
8."You Showed Me"Gene Clark, James McGuinnDizzy Heights4:07
9."Be My Baby"Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector"What You Say" (b-side)3:44
10."Sugar Coated Iceberg"Broudie, Stephen JonesDizzy Heights3:50
11."Ready or Not" Dizzy Heights3:47
12."Lucifer Sam"Syd Barrett"Marvellous" (b-side)3:05
13."What If..."Broudie, HallDizzy Heights3:22
14."If Only"Broudie, Mike PickeringTilt4:53
15."Perfect" Jollification3:28
16."What You Say"Broudie, HallLike You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds4:23
17."Tables Have Turned" previously unreleased3:24
18."Sense"Broudie, HallSense4:06
19."Marvellous" Jollification5:33
20."Three Lions '98"David Baddiel (lyrics), Frank Skinner (lyrics), Broudie (music)non-album single3:58

Charts

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Chart (2006) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 33

References

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