Best Of (Voice of the Beehive album)

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Best Of
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Greatest hits album by
Released1997
Recorded1987–1991
Genre Alternative rock/pop
Producer Pat Collier
Pete Collins
Marvin Etzioni
Leigh Gorman
Harding & Curnow
Gary Jangan
Hugh Jones
Alan Tarney
Don Was
Voice of the Beehive chronology
Sex & Misery
(1995)
Best Of
(1997)

Best Of is a compilation album from alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive. Released in the UK only, it was the second Voice of the Beehive hits collection (the first being 1991's A Portrait ). This compilation featured singles and tracks from the band's first two albums Let It Bee and Honey Lingers .

Track listing

  1. "Don't Call Me Baby" (Bryn, Jones) - 3:05
  2. "Monsters and Angels" (Bryn, Jones) - 3:38
  3. "I Think I Love You" (T. Romeo) - 3:13
  4. "I Say Nothing" (Bryn, Jones) - 3:24
  5. "I Walk the Earth" (Nack) - 3:40
  6. "Perfect Place" (Brooke, Bryn, Jones) - 3:33
  7. "Man in the Moon" (Brooke, Bryn) - 3:12
  8. "Sorrow Floats" (Bryn) - 4:16
  9. "The Beat of Love" (Brooke, Bryn, Nack) - 4:02
  10. "Adonis Blue" (Bryn, Jones) - 3:40
  11. "Look at Me" (Bryn, Jones) - 3:03
  12. "Just Like You" (Brett, Bryn, Jones) - 3:22
  13. "What You Have Is Enough" (Bryn) - 2:33
  14. "Say It" (Bryn, Jones) - 2:28
  15. "Oh Love" (Brooke, Jones) - 2:58
  16. "Beauty to My Eyes" (Bryn) - 3:01
  17. "Trust Me" (Bryn) - 3:17
  18. "There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car" (Bryn, Zodiac Mindwarp) - 2:35

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