The Best Of

by The Jags

The Best Of cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:16:46
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Guy Barker, Phil Chapman, Chris Hunter, Alex Baird, Jon Astley, Simon Humphrey, Steve Prudence, John Alder

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Here's the Jags...' collects The Jags, the North Yorkshire band whose 'Back of My Hand' was a British new wave hit. Their records joined Elvis Costello-style songwriting to power pop economy.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitars, harmonies, accessible, retro

Tracklist

  1. Evening Standards (3:45)
  2. Party Games (5:21)
  3. Tune Into Heaven (3:21)
  4. Last Picture Show (4:16)
  5. The Tourist (4:16)
  6. Desert Island Discs (3:36)
  7. Woman's World (2:52)
  8. Back Of My Hand (3:16)
  9. She's So Considerate (2:42)
  10. Little Boy Lost (3:18)
  11. Single Vision/BMW (4:26)
  12. Here Comes My Baby (3:01)
  13. I Never Was A Beachboy (3:28)
  14. Another Town, Another Place (5:01)
  15. The Train And The Plane (2:57)
  16. Silver Birds (1:48)
  17. The Sound Of G-O-O-D-B-Y-E (3:01)
  18. Small Change (4:54)
  19. Mind Reader (2:34)
  20. Little Lloyd Wright (4:18)
  21. Fearing A Tornado (4:35)

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