Their Finest Hour... and Then Some

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Their Finest Hour...And Then Some (Greatest Hits)
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 1992 (1992-10)
Genre Hard rock
Length56:03
Label Albert/Festival Mushroom
The Angels chronology
Red Back Fever / Left Hand Drive
(1992)
Their Finest Hour...And Then Some (Greatest Hits)
(1992)
Evidence
(1994)

Their Finest Hour... and Then Some is a greatest hits album by Australian hard rock group The Angels, released in October 1992. [1] The album peaked at number76 of the ARIA Albums Chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bernard Patrick Neeson, John Carrington Brewster-Jones and Richard Brewster-Jones, [3] unless otherwise indicated

Original release (472250 2)
No.TitleLength
1."Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again"4:04
2."Comin' Down"3:21
3."I Ain't The One"2:30
4."After The Rain"3:10
5."Love Takes Care"3:42
6."Straightjacket"3:19
7."Take A Long Line"3:01
8."Be With You"3:43
9."Marseilles"4:49
10."Shadow Boxer"2:41
11."No Exit"6:33
12."Waiting For The World"3:23
13."Can't Shake It"4:53
14."Out Of The Blue"3:19
15."Mr. Damage"3:38

Bonus tracks [4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Open That Door" 3:52
17."Who Rings the Bell (Studio Version)"Richard Brewster-Jones, Graham Leslie Bidstrup3:18
18."Whitest Lady" 5:34
19."Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (original single version)" 3:19

Notes

Part of the Alberts Classic Series reissues. Songs 16 - 19 are bonus tracks

Personnel

Credited to: [4]

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australian (ARIA) [5] 76

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