Songs That Made This Country Great

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Songs That Made This Country Great
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1992
Recorded1981–1991
Genre New wave
Length70:36
Label I.R.S. Records
Producer Joe Chiccarelli, Stewart Copeland, [Phil Cul, Hugh Jones, Richard Mazda, Bill Noland, Stan Ridgway, Louis VanderBerg, Hal Willner
Stan Ridgway chronology
Partyball
(1991)
Songs That Made This Country Great
(1992)
Black Diamond
(1996)
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Songs That Made This Country Great is a compilation album by the American new wave artist Stan Ridgway, with songs spanning from his time with Wall of Voodoo to his third album, Partyball . It was released on February 25, 1992, through I.R.S. Records.

Track listing

  1. "Salesman" – 5:26
  2. "Lonely Town" – 4:09
  3. "Drive, She Said" – 4:23
  4. "Don't Box Me In" – 4:36
  5. "Can't Complain" – 3:49
  6. "Goin' Southbound" – 4:42
  7. "Ring of Fire (Single Edit)" – 3:44
  8. "Camouflage (Single Remix Edit)" – 4:59
  9. "The Overlords" – 4:59
  10. "Lost Weekend" – 5:00
  11. "Cannon Song (aka Army Song)" – 2:17
  12. "The Big Heat" – 4:30
  13. "Peg and Pete and Me" – 4:41
  14. "Mexican Radio (Edit)" – 3:56
  15. "I Wanna Be a Boss" – 4:52
  16. "Walkin' Home Alone" – 4:33

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References

  1. Adams, Greg. "allmusic ((( The Best of Stan Ridgway: Songs That Made This Country Great > Review )))". Allmusic . Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  2. (May 1992). "Review: The Best of Stan Ridgway: Songs That Made This Country Great". Q .