The Best of Chapterhouse

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The Best of Chapterhouse
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Greatest hits album by
Released7 May 2007
Recorded1990–1993
Genre Dream pop
Shoegaze
Length68:02
Label Sony BMG
Chapterhouse chronology
Blood Music
(1993)
The Best of Chapterhouse
(2007)
Chronology
(2023)
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The Best of Chapterhouse is a greatest hits compilation album by English shoegazing band Chapterhouse released in 2007 on CD. The inner sleeve features a brief history of Chapterhouse written by Michael Heatley.

Track listing

  1. "We Are the Beautiful" (from Blood Music ) – 4:15
  2. "Falling Down" (from Whirlpool ) – 3:57
  3. "Pearl" (from Whirlpool ) – 5:16
  4. "Mesmerise" (from Mesmerise ) – 4:14
  5. "Autosleeper" (from Whirlpool ) – 4:49
  6. "Come Heaven" (from Whirlpool 2006 Reissue ) – 5:33
  7. "Breather" (from Whirlpool ) – 4:20
  8. "She's a Vision" (from Blood Music ) – 4:12
  9. "There's Still Life" (from Blood Music ) – 5:03
  10. "Love Forever" (from Blood Music ) – 6:00
  11. "Then We'll Rise" (from Mesmerise ) – 4:15
  12. "In My Arms" (from Whirlpool 2006 Reissue ) – 4:41
  13. "Ecstasy II" – 3:51
  14. "Something More" (from Whirlpool ) – 3:19
  15. "On the Way to Fly" (from Blood Music ) – 4:25

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