Galore is a compilation album released by Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty Anna MacColl was an English singer-songwriter.MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s...

 in 1995. It features material previously released on the albums Desperate Character

Desperate Character

Desperate Character is the first solo album of British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, released in 1981. Re-released in March 1985 as Kirsty MacColl, with three tracks replaced with other songs...

, Kite

Kite (Kirsty MacColl album)

Kite is the breakthrough second album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 1989. Produced by her then husband Steve Lillywhite, it was her first album for Virgin Records. The album including MacColl's hit cover of The Kinks' "Days", as well as two tracks written with Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr...

, Electric Landlady

Electric Landlady

Electric Landlady is Kirsty MacColl's third studio album. Released in 1991, it was her second Capitol Records release and second collaboration with producer/husband Steve Lillywhite...

, and Titanic Days

Titanic Days

Titanic Days is Kirsty MacColl's fourth studio album, released in 1993. Containing 11 tracks, Titanic Days was sometimes hard to get in years after its release, but it was re-released in 2005 with a second CD of non-album tracks and some live recordings, including a version of "Miss Otis Regrets".-...

, among other tracks by MacColl, totaling 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

The Pogues

The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...

. On release the album peaked at #6, MacColl's highest ever charting album.

Track listing

1. "They Don't Know
   They Don't Know (Kirsty MacColl song)
   "They Don't Know" is a popular song, written and composed by singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, the daughter of singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl. Ms. MacColl recorded it in 1979. It became popular on radio in the United Kingdom, reaching #2 on the Music Week airplay chart...
   
   " - 3:02
2. "A New England
   A New England
   Kirsty MacColl recorded the song the year after its release by Bragg, produced by her then-husband Steve Lillywhite.. It was her biggest solo hit - reaching #7 in the UK Singles Chart and #8 in the Irish Singles Chart....
   
   " - 3:49
3. "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
   There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
   "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" was Kirsty MacColl's first hit single, charting in the UK at #14 in 1981, and remaining in the charts for nine weeks. It reached #9 in the Irish charts...
   
   " - 3:07
4. "He's On The Beach" - 3:31
5. "Fairytale of New York
   Fairytale of New York
   "Fairytale of New York" is a song by the Irish rock group The Pogues, released in 1987 and featuring the British singer Kirsty MacColl. The song is an Irish folk style ballad, written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan, and featured on The Pogues' album If I Should Fall from Grace with God...
   
   " - 4:32 (with The Pogues
   The Pogues
   The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...
   
   )
6. "Miss Otis Regrets
   Miss Otis Regrets
   "Miss Otis Regrets" is a song by Cole Porter from 1934. It was first performed on stage by Douglas Byng in Hi Diddle Diddle, which opened October 3, 1934 at the Savoy Theatre, London...
   
   " - 2:49
7. "Free World" - 2:36
8. "Innocence" - 4:00
9. "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby" - 2:48
10. "Days" - 3:00
11. "Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim" - 3:46
12. "Walking Down Madison" - 4:37
13. "My Affair" - 5:24
14. "Angel" - 3:51
15. "Titanic Days" - 5:43
16. "Can't Stop Killing You" - 4:10
17. "Caroline" - 2:46
18. "Perfect Day" - 3:50

External links

• Galore at KirstyMacColl.com