Songs That Made This Country Great

1992 greatest hits album by Stan Ridgway
Songs That Made This Country Great
Greatest hits album by
Stan Ridgway
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1992
Recorded1981–1991
GenreNew wave
Length70:36
LabelI.R.S. Records
ProducerJoe Chiccarelli, Stewart Copeland, [Phil Cul, Hugh Jones, Richard Mazda, Bill Noland, Stan Ridgway, Louis VanderBerg, Hal Willner
Stan Ridgway chronology
Partyball
(1991)
Songs That Made This Country Great
(1992)
Black Diamond
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]

Songs That Made This Country Great is a compilation album by the American new wave artist Stan Ridgway, with songs spanning from his time with Wall of Voodoo to his third album, Partyball. It was released on February 25, 1992, through I.R.S. Records.

Track listing

  1. "Salesman" – 5:26
    • Originally from The Big Heat.
  2. "Lonely Town" – 4:09
    • Originally from Mosquitos.
  3. "Drive, She Said" – 4:23
    • Originally from The Big Heat.
  4. "Don't Box Me In" – 4:36
  5. "Can't Complain" – 3:49
    • Originally from Mosquitos.
  6. "Goin' Southbound" – 4:42
    • Originally from Mosquitos.
  7. "Ring of Fire (Single Edit)" – 3:44
  8. "Camouflage (Single Remix Edit)" – 4:59
    • Originally from The Big Heat.
  9. "The Overlords" – 4:59
  10. "Lost Weekend" – 5:00
  11. "Cannon Song (aka Army Song)" – 2:17
    • Originally from The Threepenny Opera, released on Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill.
  12. "The Big Heat" – 4:30
    • Originally from The Big Heat.
  13. "Peg and Pete and Me" – 4:41
    • Originally from Mosquitos.
  14. "Mexican Radio (Edit)" – 3:56
  15. "I Wanna Be a Boss" – 4:52
  16. "Walkin' Home Alone" – 4:33
    • Originally from The Big Heat.

References

  1. ^ Adams, Greg. "allmusic ((( The Best of Stan Ridgway: Songs That Made This Country Great > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  2. ^ (May 1992). "Review: The Best of Stan Ridgway: Songs That Made This Country Great". Q.
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