The Best Of / Break Up the Concrete

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Best Of
• 1
  Talk of the Town
  3:16
• 2
  Kid
  3:05
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Back on the Chain Gang
  3:53
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Brass in Pocket
  3:04
  4.3 ★
• 5
  Message of Love
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Night in My Veins
  3:17
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Don’t Get Me Wrong
  3:48
  4.2 ★
• 8
  Middle of the Road
  4:15
  4.8 ★
• 9
  I’ll Stand by You
  3:58
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Stop Your Sobbing
  2:37
  3.5 ★
• 11
  Hymn to Her
  4:32
• 12
  Precious
  3:37
  4.4 ★
• 13
  Thumbelina
  3:19
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Cuban Slide
  4:33
• 15
  My City Was Gone
  4:27
• 16
  Day After Day
  4:03
• 17
  I Go to Sleep
  2:57
• 18
  Thin Line Between Love and Hate
  3:41
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Fools Must Die
  2:36
• 20
  Up the Neck
  4:22
  3.5 ★
• 21
  2000 Miles
  3:40
  3.0 ★
• 22
  Tattooed Love Boys
  3:00
  4.4 ★
• CD 2: Break Up the Concrete
• 1
  Boots of Chinese Plastic
  2:25
• 2
  The Nothing Maker
  3:58
• 3
  Don’t Lose Faith in Me
  2:45
• 4
  Don’t Cut Your Hair
  2:14
• 5
  Love’s a Mystery
  3:01
• 6
  The Last Ride
  3:40
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Almost Perfect
  4:48
• 8
  You Didn’t Have To
  3:10
• 9
  Rosalee
  4:14
• 10
  Break Up the Concrete
  2:41
• 11
  One Thing Never Changed
  3:45

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Release credits

• Adam Seymour
  guitar [6, 9]
• Andrew Bodner
  bass guitar [18], vocal [18]
• Andy Rourke
  bass [6]
• Bacon & Quarmby
  mix [19]
• Bill Price
  engineer [2, 4, 10, 12, 20, 22], mix [2, 10, 12, 20, 22]
• Billy Bremner
  guest [15], guitar [3, 15, 18], vocal [18]
• Bob Clearmountain
  mix [7], producer [7]
• Bruce Lampcov
  engineer [7]
• Chris Thomas
  producer [1-5, 8, 12-13, 15-18, 20-22]
• Chrissie Hynde
  background vocals [3], guitar [3, 5-9, 13, 18, 21], lead vocals [3], vocal [5-9, 13, 18, 21]
• Chucho Merchán
  bass [7]
• Ian Stanley
  producer [6, 9]
• J.F.T. Hood
  drums (drum set) [9]
• James Honeyman‐Scott
  guitar [5]
• Jeremy Allom
  assistant [18]
• Jimmy Copley
  drums (drum set) [6, 9]
• Jimmy Iovine
  producer [7]
• Malcolm Foster
  bass guitar [8, 13, 18, 21], vocal [18]
• Martin Chambers
  background vocals [3], drums (drum set) [3, 5, 8, 13, 18, 21], vocal [18]
• Michael Paul Stavrou
  mix [4]
• Nick Lowe
  producer [10]
• Paul Carrack
  piano [18], vocal [18]
• Pete Farndon
  bass guitar [5]
• Robbie McIntosh
  guitar [7-8, 13, 18, 21], vocal [18]
• Steve Churchyard
  engineer [3, 8, 13, 18, 21]
• Steve Jordan
  drums (drum set) [7], percussion [7]
• Steve Nye
  additional [2, 4, 10, 12, 20, 22]
• Steve Williams
  engineer [6, 9]
• Tony Butler
  background vocals [3], bass [15], bass guitar [3], guest [15]
• Wix
  piano [7], synthesizer [7]
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Issues

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  The Best Of / Break Up the Concrete

  2x CD
  1 June 2009
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  The Best Of / Break Up the Concrete

  Digital Media
  2009