Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds

Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds
Greatest hits album by The Lightning Seeds
Released	10 November 1997
Recorded	1989–1997
Genre	Alternative rock Britpop indie pop
Length	63:17
Label	Epic (489034)
Producer	Ian Broudie Jonathan Quarmby Kevin Bacon
The Lightning Seeds chronology
Dizzy Heights (1996) Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds (1997) Tilt (1999)
Singles from Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds
"What You Say" Released: 1 December 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Music Week	[2]
Uncut	[3]

Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds is the first greatest hits album by English alternative rock band The Lightning Seeds, released on 10 November 1997. The album includes the band's singles from 1989 up until the album's release, plus two previously unreleased tracks and one new version of a song from a previous studio album. "What You Say" was released as a single from the album in December 1997 and peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. ^[4] The album is named after a song on Dizzy Heights , but which does not appear this album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Broudie; Except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"What You Say"	Broudie, Terry Hall	Previously unreleased	4:26
2.	"The Life of Riley"		Sense 1992	4:03
3.	"Lucky You"	Broudie, Hall	Jollification 1994	4:21
4.	"You Showed Me"	Gene Clark, James McGuinn	Dizzy Heights 1996	4:09
5.	"Change" (7" radio edit)		Jollification	3:40
6.	"Waiting for Today to Happen" (1997 version)	Broudie, Nicky Jones	Original version on Dizzy Heights	3:53
7.	"Pure"		Cloudcuckooland 1989	3:48
8.	"Sugar Coated Iceberg"	Broudie, Stephen Jones	Dizzy Heights	3:53
9.	"Ready or Not"		Dizzy Heights	3:50
10.	"All I Want"	Broudie, Peter Coyle	Cloudcuckooland	2:54
11.	"Perfect"		Jollification	3:30
12.	"What If..."	Broudie, Hall	Dizzy Heights	3:23
13.	"Sense"	Broudie, Hall	Sense	4:07
14.	"Brain Drain"		Previously unreleased	3:52
15.	"Marvellous"		Jollification	5:44
16.	"Three Lions"	David Baddiel (Lyrics), Frank Skinner (Lyrics), Broudie (Music)	The Beautiful Game	3:44

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (1997–1998) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 188 UK Albums (OCC) [6] 5

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position UK Albums (OCC) [7] 22 Chart (1998) Position UK Albums (OCC) [8] 64

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [9]	2× Platinum	600,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Lightning Seeds: Like You Do...Best of The Lightning Seeds > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 6 August 2010.
2. "Reviews: Albums" (PDF). Music Week . 1 November 1997. p. 16. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
3. Hall, Terry (December 1997). "The Lightning Seeds: Like You Do". Uncut . No. 7. p. 101.
4. "Lightning Seeds". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 5 May 2023.
5. "The Lightning Seeds chart history, received from ARIA on 1 March 2022". ARIA . Retrieved 4 July 2024– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
6. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
7. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1997". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
8. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1998". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
9. "British album certifications – Lightning Seeds – Like You Do - Best Of". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 November 2018.