If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles

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If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles
If The Beatles Had Read Hunter The Wonder Stuff Album Cover.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 1994
Genre Indie rock
Label Polydor
Producer Pat Collier; Mick Glossop; David Morris & Richard Willis
The Wonder Stuff chronology
Construction for the Modern Idiot
(1993)
If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles
(1994)
Live In Manchester
(1995)
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If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles (1994) is a singles compilation released after The Wonder Stuff's original demise in 1994, which reached number 8 on the UK album charts.

Contents

The title referred to a quote (that) “if the writer Hunter S. Thompson had been a presiding influence over The Beatles, then they might have looked and sounded like The Wonder Stuff"[ citation needed ].

Track listing

  1. "Welcome to the Cheap Seats" (2:36)
  2. "A Wish Away" (2:30)
  3. "Caught in My Shadow" (3:34)
  4. "Don't Let Me Down, Gently" (3:02)
  5. "The Size of a Cow" (3:13)
  6. "Hot Love Now!" (3:13)
  7. "Dizzy" (Tommy Roe/Freddy Weller) (3:19) (Credited to Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff)
  8. "Unbearable" (2:26)
  9. "Circlesquare" (3:22)
  10. "Who Wants to Be the Disco King?" (2:49)
  11. "Golden Green" (3:02)
  12. "Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More" (2:49)
  13. "'Coz I Luv You" (Noddy Holder/Jim Lea) (3:29) (A cover of the band Slade's 1971 single)
  14. "Sleep Alone" (3:35)
  15. "Full of Life (Happy Now)" (3:34)
  16. "It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby" (2:48)
  17. "On the Ropes" (3:54)
  18. "It's Not True" (1:58)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [2] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. "If the Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles - The Wonder Stuff | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "British album certifications – The Wonder Stuff – If The Beatles Had read Hunter: The Singles". British Phonographic Industry.