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The Essential Collection (Kirsty MacColl album)

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The Essential Collection

Compilation album by

Kirsty MacColl

Released

1993

Length

52:54

Label

Stiff Records

Kirsty MacColl chronology

Electric Landlady
(1991)

The Essential Collection
(1993)

Titanic Days
(1993)

The Essential Collection is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, released by Stiff Records in 1993. It contains seventeen tracks covering MacColl's early recording career for Stiff and includes those released as singles and B-sides, as well as selections from her debut album Desperate Character (1981). The last three tracks are included as bonus tracks.^[1]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Chris Woodstra of AllMusic described the compilation as a "fine collection", with "some of the best singles [MacColl] ever [wrote]". He added: "She wrote melodic pop singles that managed to recast the classic girl-group sound of the '60s into a style that was contemporary and timeless."^[2]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis"	Kirsty MacColl, Philip Rambow	3:09
2.	"A New England"	Billy Bragg	3:51
3.	"Patrick"	MacColl	3:07
4.	"Eighty Year Old Millionaire"	MacColl	2:52
5.	"See That Girl"	MacColl	3:04
6.	"Until the Night"	MacColl, Phil Johnstone	3:10
7.	"Just One Look"	Doris Payne, Gregory Carroll	2:18
8.	"He Thinks I Still Care"	Roysden D. Lipscombe, Steve Duffy	2:57
9.	"They Don't Know"	MacColl	3:03
10.	"Turn My Motor On"	MacColl	2:24
11.	"Please Go to Sleep"	MacColl	2:31
12.	"Terry"	MacColl, Gavin Povey	3:55
13.	"Quietly Alone"	MacColl	2:40
14.	"Teenager in Love"	MacColl, Rambow	2:38
15.	"A New England" (12" version)		7:56
16.	"Terry" (12" version)		5:19
17.	"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" (Country version)		3:44

References[edit]

^ "The Essential Collection". Kirsty MacColl. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

^ ^a ^b Chris Woodstra. "The Essential Collection - Kirsty MacColl | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

v t e Kirsty MacColl
Studio albums	Desperate Character Kirsty MacColl Kite Electric Landlady Titanic Days Tropical Brainstorm Real
Compilations	The Essential Collection Galore What Do Pretty Girls Do? The One and Only From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology The Best of Kirsty MacColl A New England: The Very Best of Kirsty MacColl All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology See That Girl 1979–2000
Singles	"They Don't Know" "You Caught Me Out" "Keep Your Hands off My Baby" "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" "See That Girl" "You Still Believe in Me" "I Want Out" "Terry" "A New England" "He's on the Beach" "Free World" "Days" "Innocence" "Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!" "Walking Down Madison" "My Affair" "All I Ever Wanted" "Angel" "Can't Stop Killing You" "Caroline" "Perfect Day" "Mambo de la Luna" "In These Shoes?"
With The Pogues	"Fairytale of New York"
Related articles	Discography Ewan MacColl Steve Lillywhite "Dear John"

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