Name: The Best Of by The Housemartins
Brand: The Housemartins
SKU: 602498182147
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (98 reviews)

COMPILATION

A more succinct and straightforward anthology of the Housemartins than 1988's Now That's What I Call Quite Good!, 2004's The Best of the Housemartins is a 14-track overview that sticks to the basics. While it does not contain the significant BBC sessions, B-sides, and album cuts featured on Quite Good!, it does feature superior sound and all the material (such as "Happy Hour," "Sheep," "The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death," and their cover of the Isley Brothers' "Caravan of Love") that casual fans truly need. Most of the band's biggest fans will tell you, of course, that the two studio albums are absolutely necessary.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo

1. Happy Hour

by The Housemartins

Bass Guitar: Norman Cook; Performer
Primary Artist: The Housemartins; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Norman Cook; Performer
Drums: Hugh Whitaker; Performer
Guitar: Stan Cullimore
Paul Heaton; Performer
Performer: Hugh Whitaker
Stan Cullimore
Paul Heaton
Norman Cook; Performer
Vocals: Paul Heaton; Performer
Composer: Ian Peter Cullimore
Paul Heaton; Composer
Lyricist: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Composer
Engineer: Phil Bodger; Production
Producer: John Williams; Production
Studio Personnel: Phil Bodger; Production
Additional Vocals: Stan Cullimore
Norman Cook
Hugh Whitaker; Other
Composer Lyricist: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Other

2. Five Get Over Excited

by The Housemartins

Primary Artist: The Housemartins; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Composer
Lyricist: Ian Peter Cullimore
Paul Heaton; Composer
Producer: The Housemartins
John Williams; Production
Composer Lyricist: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Other

3. Caravan Of Love

by The Housemartins

Performer: Stan Cullimore
Paul Heaton
Norman Cook
Dave Hemingway; Performer
Primary Artist: The Housemartins; Main Performer
Vocals: Stan Cullimore
Paul Heaton
Norman Cook
Dave Hemingway; Performer
Composer: Christopher Jasper
Ernest Isley; Composer
Lyricist: Christopher Jasper
Ernest Isley; Composer
Producer: John Williams; Production
Composer Lyricist: Christopher Jasper
Ernest Isley; Other

4. Think For A Minute

by The Housemartins

Primary Artist: The Housemartins; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Composer
Lyricist: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Composer
Producer: John Williams; Production
Composer Lyricist: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Other

5. Me And The Farmer

by The Housemartins

Primary Artist: The Housemartins; Main Performer
Bass: Norman Cook; Performer
Bass (vocal): Norman Cook; Performer
Guitar: Stan Cullimore; Performer
Performer: Stan Cullimore
Paul Heaton
Norman Cook; Performer
Vocals: Paul Heaton; Performer
Composer: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Composer
Lyricist: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Composer
Producer: John Williams
The Housemartins; Production
Composer Lyricist: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Other

6. Flag Day

by The Housemartins

Primary Artist: The Housemartins; Main Performer
Bass: Norman Cook; Performer
Bass (vocal): Norman Cook; Performer
Drums: Hugh Whitaker; Performer
Guitar: Stan Cullimore; Performer
Keyboard: Ted Key; Performer
Performer: Stan Cullimore
Paul Heaton
Ted Key
Norman Cook
Hugh Whitaker; Performer
Vocals: Paul Heaton; Performer
Composer: Ian Peter Cullimore
Anthony Matthew Key
Paul Heaton; Composer
Lyricist: Anthony Matthew Key
Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore; Composer
Producer: Jeffrey Wood; Production
Composer Lyricist: Paul Heaton
Ian Peter Cullimore
Anthony Matthew Key; Other