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Songs That Made This Country Great is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

by American New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

artist Stan Ridgway

Stan Ridgway

Stanard 'Stan' Ridgway is an American multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums and was the original lead singer of the band Wall of Voodoo...

with songs spanning from his time with Wall of Voodoo

Wall of Voodoo

Wall of Voodoo was an American New Wave group from Los Angeles best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone.-Formation:...

to his third album Partyball
Partyball
Partyball is the third album by Stan Ridgway and his last release by Geffen Records.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Stan Ridgway# "Watch Your Step/Jack Talked " - 4:19 # "I Wanna Be a Boss" - 4:52...

. It was released on February 25, 1992 through I.R.S. Records

I.R.S. Records

I.R.S. Records was a record label, started in the United States in 1979 by Miles Copeland III along with Jay Boberg and Carl Grasso. Miles was also the manager of Wishbone Ash, The Police, and later, Sting, as well as other bands. I.R.S. was the sister label of Copeland's Illegal Records .I.R.S...

Track listing

"Salesman" - 5:26
- Originally from The Big Heat
  The Big Heat (album)
  The Big Heat is the 1986 debut solo album by former Wall of Voodoo vocalist Stan Ridgway, named after the 1953 noir film of the same name. Originally released as a nine-song album, including the #4 UK hit "Camouflage", the album was re-released in 1993 with six additional tracks...
  
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"Lonely Town" - 4:09
- Originally from Mosquitos
  Mosquitos (album)
  -Track listing:# "Heat Takes a Walk" - 2:43# "Lonely Town" - 4:09# "Goin' Southbound" - 4:42# "Dogs" - 4:05# "Can't Complain" - 3:49# "Peg and Pet and Me" - 4:41# "Newspapers" - 2:41# "Calling Out to Carol" - 4:04# "The Last Honest Man" - 4:01...
  
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"Drive, She Said" - 4:23
- Originally from The Big Heat
  The Big Heat (album)
  The Big Heat is the 1986 debut solo album by former Wall of Voodoo vocalist Stan Ridgway, named after the 1953 noir film of the same name. Originally released as a nine-song album, including the #4 UK hit "Camouflage", the album was re-released in 1993 with six additional tracks...
  
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"Don't Box Me In" - 4:36
- Originally from the Rumble Fish Soundtrack.
"Can't Complain" - 3:49
- Originally from Mosquitos
  Mosquitos (album)
  -Track listing:# "Heat Takes a Walk" - 2:43# "Lonely Town" - 4:09# "Goin' Southbound" - 4:42# "Dogs" - 4:05# "Can't Complain" - 3:49# "Peg and Pet and Me" - 4:41# "Newspapers" - 2:41# "Calling Out to Carol" - 4:04# "The Last Honest Man" - 4:01...
  
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"Goin' Southbound" - 4:42
- Originally from Mosquitos
  Mosquitos (album)
  -Track listing:# "Heat Takes a Walk" - 2:43# "Lonely Town" - 4:09# "Goin' Southbound" - 4:42# "Dogs" - 4:05# "Can't Complain" - 3:49# "Peg and Pet and Me" - 4:41# "Newspapers" - 2:41# "Calling Out to Carol" - 4:04# "The Last Honest Man" - 4:01...
  
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"Ring of Fire (Single Edit)" - 3:44
- Originally from The Index Masters
  The Index Masters
  The Index Masters is a 1991 compilation album from Los Angeles new wave band Wall of Voodoo consisting of the original 1980 EP and live tracks from 1979...
  
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"Camouflage (Single Remix Edit)" - 4:59
- Originally from The Big Heat
  The Big Heat (album)
  The Big Heat is the 1986 debut solo album by former Wall of Voodoo vocalist Stan Ridgway, named after the 1953 noir film of the same name. Originally released as a nine-song album, including the #4 UK hit "Camouflage", the album was re-released in 1993 with six additional tracks...
  
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"The Overlords" - 4:59
- Originally from Partyball
  Partyball
  Partyball is the third album by Stan Ridgway and his last release by Geffen Records.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Stan Ridgway# "Watch Your Step/Jack Talked " - 4:19 # "I Wanna Be a Boss" - 4:52...
  
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"Lost Weekend" - 5:00
- Originally from Call of the West
  Call of the West
  Call of the West is the second studio album by Los Angeles new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1983. "Mexican Radio", released as a single and as a video that received moderate airplay on MTV), is the group's most well-known song....
  
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"Cannon Song (aka Army Song)" - 2:17
- Originally from The Threepenny Opera, released on Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill
  Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill
  Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill is a 1985 tribute album to German-American composer Kurt Weill. It was executive-produced by Hal Willner and John Telfer, and produced by Hal Willner and Paul M...
  
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"The Big Heat" - 4:30
- Originally from The Big Heat
  The Big Heat (album)
  The Big Heat is the 1986 debut solo album by former Wall of Voodoo vocalist Stan Ridgway, named after the 1953 noir film of the same name. Originally released as a nine-song album, including the #4 UK hit "Camouflage", the album was re-released in 1993 with six additional tracks...
  
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"Peg and Pete and Me" - 4:41
- Originally from Mosquitos
  Mosquitos (album)
  -Track listing:# "Heat Takes a Walk" - 2:43# "Lonely Town" - 4:09# "Goin' Southbound" - 4:42# "Dogs" - 4:05# "Can't Complain" - 3:49# "Peg and Pet and Me" - 4:41# "Newspapers" - 2:41# "Calling Out to Carol" - 4:04# "The Last Honest Man" - 4:01...
  
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"Mexican Radio (Edit)" - 3:56
- Originally from Call of the West
  Call of the West
  Call of the West is the second studio album by Los Angeles new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1983. "Mexican Radio", released as a single and as a video that received moderate airplay on MTV), is the group's most well-known song....
  
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"I Wanna Be a Boss" - 4:52
- Originally from Partyball
  Partyball
  Partyball is the third album by Stan Ridgway and his last release by Geffen Records.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Stan Ridgway# "Watch Your Step/Jack Talked " - 4:19 # "I Wanna Be a Boss" - 4:52...
  
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"Walkin' Home Alone" - 4:33
- Originally from The Big Heat
  The Big Heat (album)
  The Big Heat is the 1986 debut solo album by former Wall of Voodoo vocalist Stan Ridgway, named after the 1953 noir film of the same name. Originally released as a nine-song album, including the #4 UK hit "Camouflage", the album was re-released in 1993 with six additional tracks...
  
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