| The One and Only | ||||
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| Released | 2001 | |||
| Length | 55:47 | |||
| Label | Metro | |||
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The One and Only is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl. It was released by Metro in 2001 and reached No. 34 on the UK Budget Albums Chart. [1] The compilation features fourteen tracks from MacColl's recording career under Stiff Records. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Richie Unterberger of AllMusic described the compilation as "rather eccentric" and a "collection of above-average (mostly) '80s pop/rock". [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A New England" | Billy Bragg | 1984 single | 3:49 |
| 2. | "They Don't Know" | MacColl, Philip Rambow | 1979 single | 3:02 |
| 3. | "Terry" | MacColl | 1983 single | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Libertango" | Astor Piazzolla | Each Little Thing (Sharon Shannon, 1997) | 4:23 |
| 5. | "Turn My Motor On" | MacColl | B-side of "They Don't Know" | 2:23 |
| 6. | "I'm Going Out with an Eighty Year Old Millionaire" | MacColl | B-side on 12" version of "A New England" | 2:51 |
| 7. | "Patrick" | MacColl | B-side of "A New England" | 3:05 |
| 8. | "He's on the Beach" | MacColl, Gavin Povey | 1985 single | 5:22 |
| 9. | "The Manchester Rambler" | Ewan MacColl | 1983 recording from Black and White: The Definitive Ewan MacColl Collection (1990) | 4:42 |
| 10. | "Quietly Alone" | MacColl | B-side of "Terry" | 2:35 |
| 11. | "Please Go to Sleep" | MacColl | B-side of "He's On the Beach" | 2:29 |
| 12. | "Terry (12" Mix)" | MacColl | 5:16 | |
| 13. | "Greetings to the New Brunette" | Bragg | Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (Billy Bragg, 1986) | 3:31 |
| 14. | "A New England (12" Mix)" | Bragg | 7:55 |
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Budget Albums Chart [1] | 34 |
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Galore is a compilation album released by Kirsty MacColl in 1995. It features material previously released on the albums Desperate Character, Kite, Electric Landlady and Titanic Days, among other tracks by MacColl, totalling eighteen songs. Some of the tracks differ from their original releases; a couple of songs, such as "Innocence", are alternate takes, while "Miss Otis Regrets" is a different edit that omits the second half, "Just One of Those Things", performed by The Pogues. On release the album peaked at No. 6, MacColl's highest ever charting album.
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