The Best Of (James album)


The Best Of is the first of four compilation albums by British band James.

Track listing

  1. "Come Home" from Gold Mother
  2. "Sit Down" from Gold Mother
  3. "She's a Star" from Whiplash
  4. "Laid" from Laid
  5. "Waltzing Along" 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" from Gold Mother
  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"
  2. "Ring the Bells"
  3. "Out to Get You"
  4. "Johnny Yen"
  5. "Lose Control"
  6. "Laid"
  7. "Sound"

    Reception

"They're as stubborn as disenfranchised mules; their audience is not growing 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."