| The Finest | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 26 November 1996 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 51:25 | |||
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| Fine Young Cannibals chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
| Melody Maker | (favorable)[3] |
| Q |  [4] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[5] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | A−[6] |
The Finest is a greatest hits album by British rock band Fine Young Cannibals, released in 1996 by London Records (under the FFRR brand name)[7] and licensed in the United States to MCA Records. It includes tracks from the band's two studio albums Fine Young Cannibals (1985) and The Raw & the Cooked (1989), plus a track from the film Something Wild and three new tracks. "The Flame" was released as an accompanying single, making number 17 in the UK chart.
The album's cover art was created by Anton Corbijn. It has sold 600,000 copies worldwide, excluding the United States.[8]
All tracks written by Roland Gift and David Steele, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "She Drives Me Crazy" (from The Raw & the Cooked, 1989) | 3:36 | |
| 2. | "The Flame" (previously unreleased) | 3:51 | |
| 3. | "Johnny Come Home" (from Fine Young Cannibals, 1985) | 3:36 | |
| 4. | "Good Thing" (from The Raw & the Cooked) | 3:22 | |
| 5. | "Suspicious Minds" (from Fine Young Cannibals) | Mark James | 3:58 |
| 6. | "Blue" (from Fine Young Cannibals) |
| 3:32 |
| 7. | "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" (from Something Wild soundtrack, 1986) | Pete Shelley | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Don't Look Back" (from The Raw & the Cooked) | 3:40 | |
| 9. | "Tell Me What" (from The Raw & the Cooked) | 2:47 | |
| 10. | "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" (from The Raw & the Cooked) | 4:19 | |
| 11. | "Couldn't Care More" (from Fine Young Cannibals) | 3:31 | |
| 12. | "Funny How Love Is" (from Fine Young Cannibals) |
| 3:30 |
| 13. | "Take What I Can Get" (previously unreleased) |
| 4:15 |
| 14. | "Since You've Been Gone" (previously unreleased) | 3:40 |
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[16] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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