The Best Of (James album)
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| Greatest hits album by James | ||||
| Released | 23 March 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1984–1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative Britpop | |||
| Length | 69:19 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records/Fontana Records | |||
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The Best Of is the first of four compilation albums by British band James (the second album is B-Sides Ultra).
A limited edition version contains a second CD of live material, recorded at Whitfield St Studios in London on 21 January 1998:
"They're as stubborn (another admirable James trait) as disenfranchised mules; their audience is not growing (Whiplash sold 150,000) and they've influenced precisely nobody," observed Q's 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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