It Never Rains in Southern California (compilation album)

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It Never Rains in Southern California
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Compilation album by
Released5 November 1996
Genre Rock
Length74:53
Label Collectables Records
Producer Albert Hammond
Mike Hazlewood
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It Never Rains in Southern California is a compilation album by the British singer and songwriter Albert Hammond. It was released in 1996 under the Collectables Records label.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Listen to the World" – 2:55
  2. "If You Gotta Break Another Heart" – 2:38
  3. "From Great Britain to L.A." – 3:29
  4. "Brand New Day" – 3:21
  5. "Anyone Here in the Audience" – 3:55
  6. "It Never Rains in Southern California" – 3:51
  7. "Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels" – 4:27
  8. "Down by the River" – 3:03
  9. "The Road to Understanding" – 4:20
  10. "The Air That I Breathe" – 3:47
  11. "Smokey Factory Blues" – 3:28
  12. "The Peacemaker" – 2:40
  13. "Woman of the World" – 3:06
  14. "Everything I Want to Do" – 2:34
  15. "Who's for Lunch Today?" – 2:55
  16. "The Free Electric Band" – 3:23
  17. "Rebecca" – 3:06
  18. "The Day the British Army Lost the War" – 4:02
  19. "For the Peace of All Mankind" – 4:11
  20. "I Think I'll Go That Way" – 3:34
  21. "Half a Million Miles from Home" – 2:49
  22. "I'm a Train" – 3:19

Session personnel

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