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All the Best (Stiff Little Fingers album)

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Released
  
February 4, 1983

Artist
  
Stiff Little Fingers

Label
  
Chrysalis Records

Recorded
  
1978–1983

Release date
  
4 February 1983

Genres
  
Punk rock, New wave

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Length
  
46:17 (Disc 1) 50:63 (Disc 2)

All the Best (1983)
  
Flags and Emblems (1991)

Similar
  
Stiff Little Fingers albums, Punk rock albums

All the Best is a compilation album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1983.

Contents

The album consists of the A- and B-sides of all the band's singles and EPs recorded and released between 1978 and 1983. It was originally released to coincide both with the release of the band's final single "Price of Admission" and with their two "farewell shows" which took place in February 1983. The band reformed in 1987 and released further singles and the tracks on this album would later form a substantial part of the compilation album Anthology, released in 2002.

All the Best peaked at No. 19 on the UK Album Chart.

Track listing

CD1

  1. "Suspect Device" (Fingers, Gordon Ogilvie) – 2:29
  2. "Wasted Life" (Fingers) – 3:03
  3. "Alternative Ulster" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:41
  4. "78 RPM" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:36
  5. "Gotta Gettaway" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:40
  6. "Bloody Sunday" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:29
  7. "Straw Dogs" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:20
  8. "You Can't Say Crap on the Radio" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:50
  9. "At the Edge" (Fingers) – 2:57
  10. "Running Bear" (live) (J.P. Richardson, Johnny Preston) – 3:15
  11. "White Christmas" (live) (Irving Berlin) – 2:24
  12. "Nobody's Hero" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 4:12
  13. "Tin Soldiers" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 4:49
  14. "Back to Front" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:58
  15. "Mr. Fire Coal Man" (Wailing Souls) – 4:54

CD2

  1. "Just Fade Away" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:03
  2. "Go for It" (Fingers) – 3:04
  3. "Doesn't Make It Alright" (live) (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers) – 3:26
  4. "Silver Lining" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:01
  5. "Safe as Houses" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 5:29
  6. "Sad Eyed People" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:53
  7. "Two Guitars Clash" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 4:28
  8. "Listen" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 4:11
  9. "That's When Your Blood Bumps" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:41
  10. "Good for Nothing" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:44
  11. "Talkback" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 2:47
  12. "Stands to Reason" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:01
  13. "Bits of Kids" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:35
  14. "Touch and Go" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:20
  15. "Price of Admission" (Fingers, Ogilvie) – 3:20

Personnel

  • Jake Burns–Vocals/Guitar
  • Henry Cluney–Guitar/Vocals (lead vocals CD1 tracks 10 & 11, CD2 track 7)
  • Ali McMordie–Bass
  • Brian Faloon–Drums (CD1 tracks 1–4)
  • Jim Reilly–Drums (CD1 tracks 5–15 and CD2 tracks 1–5)
  • Dolphin Taylor–Drums/Vocals (CD2 tracks 6–15)

    • Songs

    1Suspect Device2:43
    2Wasted Life3:15
    3Alternative Ulster2:44

    References

    All the Best (Stiff Little Fingers album) Wikipedia
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