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

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Track listing

# " Come Home" (Flood mix) from ''

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'' (1991 Re-release) # " Sit Down" from ''Gold Mother'' (1991 Re-release) # "

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'' # " Laid" from '' Laid'' # " Waltzing Along" (single version) from ''Whiplash'' # " Say Something" from ''Laid'' # " Born of Frustration" from ''

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'' # " Tomorrow" from ''Whiplash'' # " Destiny Calling" Previously unreleased # "Out to Get You" from ''Laid'' # " Runaground" Previously unreleased # "Lose Control" from ''Gold Mother'' (1991 Re-release) # "Sometimes" from ''Laid'' # "How Was It for You?" from ''Gold Mother'' # "Seven" from ''Seven'' # "

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" from ''Seven'' # " Ring the Bells" from ''Seven'' # "Hymn from a Village" from '' James II'' A limited edition version contains a second CD of live material, recorded at Whitfield St Studios in

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on 21 January 1998: # " Runaground" # " Ring the Bells" # "Out to Get You" # "Johnny Yen" # "Lose Control" # " Laid" # "

Reception

"They're as stubborn (another admirable James trait) as disenfranchised mules; their audience is not growing (''

'' sold 150,000) and they've influenced precisely nobody," observed '' Qs 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."

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