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    The Essential Collection

    01/01/1993

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    All Music Guide Review

    A fine collection of Kirsty MacColl's early singles for Stiff Records in the late '70s. She wrote effortlessly melodic three-minute pop singles that managed to recast the classic girl-group sound of the '60s into a style that was contemporary and timeless, much like how Rockpile energetically recast '50s and '60s rock & roll. Not only were these singles some of the best she's ever written, the singles were among the best pop songs of the era, including the original version of Tracey Ullman's hit "They Don't Know" and the infectious "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop (Swears He's Elvis)." ~ Chris Woodstra, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
  • 3:06
  • 2
  • A New England
  • 3:52
  • 3
  • Patrick
  • 3:06
  • 4
  • Eighty Year Old Millionaire
  • 2:51
  • 5
  • See That Girl
  • 3:02
  • 6
  • Until the Night
  • 3:10
  • 7
  • Just One Look
  • 2:19
  • 8
  • He Thinks I Still Care
  • 2:56
  • 9
  • They Don't Know
  • 3:01
  • 10
  • Turn My Motor On
  • 2:24
  • 11
  • Please Go to Sleep
  • 2:28
  • 12
  • Terry
  • 3:50
  • 13
  • Quietly Alone
  • 2:38
  • 14
  • Teenager in Love
  • 2:36
  • 15
  • A New England (12" Version)
  • 7:51
  • 16
  • There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (Country V)
  • 3:44

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