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Last Days of the Century

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Released
  
24 August 1988

Artist
  
Al Stewart

Producer
  
Joe Chiccarelli

Genre
  
Pop music

Last Days of the Century (1988)
  
Rhymes in Rooms (1992)

Release date
  
24 August 1988

Label
  
Enigma Records

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Recorded
  
March–April 1988 at Capitol B Studios, Hollywood, California

Similar
  
Russians & Americans, Famous Last Words, Between the Wars, Bed‑Sitter Images, Down in the Cellar

Last Days of the Century is the eleventh studio album by Al Stewart, released in August 1988. It was re-released in 2007 with bonus tracks.

Contents

Original LP Release

Side 1

  1. "Last Days of the Century" (Al Stewart, Peter White) (6:17)
  2. "Real and Unreal" (Stewart) (3:32)
  3. "King of Portugal" (Stewart, White) (4:22)
  4. "Red Toupée" (Stewart, White) (3:34)
  5. "Where Are They Now" (Stewart, White) (5:55)

Side 2

  1. "Bad Reputation" (Stewart, White) (4:54)
  2. "Josephine Baker" (Stewart, White) (4:11)
  3. "License to Steal" (Stewart) (3:50)
  4. "Fields of France" (Stewart) (2:52)
  5. "Antarctica" (Stewart, White) (4:04)
  6. "Ghostly Horses of the Plain" (Stewart, Steve Recker) (2:26)


Original CD Release Bonus Track

  • "Helen and Cassandra" (Stewart) (4:44)


    • 2007 CD Re-Release Bonus Tracks

  • "Ghostly Horses of the Plain" (vocal) (Stewart, Recker) (3:29)
  • "Ten Cents" (Stewart, Tori Amos) (4:05)
  • "Dreaming" (Stewart, Amos) (4:16)


    • Notes

  • "Ghostly Horses of the Plain" is an instrumental: Al Stewart has also recorded a version of the song with lyrics, available on the 1996 release "Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time" and as a bonus track on the 2007 "Last Days of the Century" CD re-release.
  • Tori Amos sings background vocals on two tracks, "Last Days of the Century" and "Red Toupée".

    • Al stewart last days of the century 1988


    Songs

    1Prelude1:11
    2Last Days of the Century6:08
    3Real and Unreal3:35

    References

    Last Days of the Century Wikipedia
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