Released March 1995 Artist Kirsty MacColl Producer Steve Lillywhite | Length 62:28 Release date March 1995 Label Virgin Records | |
Galore
(1995) Tropical Brainstorm
(2000) Genres Alternative rock, Folk rock, Country rock Similar Titanic Days, Kite, The Best of Kirsty MacColl, Desperate Character, Electric Landlady | ||
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Galore is a compilation album released by Kirsty MacColl in 1995. It features material previously released on the albums Desperate Character, Kite, Electric Landlady and Titanic Days, among other tracks by MacColl, totalling eighteen songs. Some of the tracks differ from their original releases; a couple of songs, such as "Innocence", are alternate takes, while "Miss Otis Regrets" is a different edit that omits the second half, "Just One of Those Things", performed by The Pogues. On release the album peaked at #6, MacColl's highest ever charting album.
Contents
Track listing
- "They Don't Know" - 3:02
- "A New England" - 3:49
- "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" - 3:07
- "He's On The Beach" - 3:31
- "Fairytale of New York" - 4:32 (The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl)
- "Miss Otis Regrets [Edit]" - 2:49 (Kirsty MacColl With The Pogues)
- "Free World" - 2:36
- "Innocence [Single Remix]" - 4:00
- "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby" - 2:48
- "Days" - 3:00
- "Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!" - 3:46
- "Walking Down Madison" - 4:37
- "My Affair" - 5:24
- "Angel" - 3:51
- "Titanic Days" - 5:43
- "Can't Stop Killing You" - 4:10
- "Caroline" - 2:46
- "Perfect Day" - 3:50 (Kirsty MacColl and Evan Dando)
Reception
"Her songs are built from the stuff of real people's real lives, not the moonings of an imagination stalled on the tour bus," enthused Q's David Hepworth in a four-star review, "and they underline the fact that great pop music is still among us if we only know where to look."
Songs
1They Don't Know3:03
2A New England3:49
3There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis3:08