The Best of Divine
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The Best of Divine is a best-of compilation album
by Divine, issued in 1997
. It followed The Originals and the Remixes the prior year, but has not been followed by any other albums since, making it the last of six posthumous Divine albums.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by Divine, issued in 1997
1997 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...
. It followed The Originals and the Remixes the prior year, but has not been followed by any other albums since, making it the last of six posthumous Divine albums.
Track listing
- Shoot Your ShotShoot Your Shot"Shoot Your Shot" is a single by Divine released in 1983 from his album The Story So Far.-Chart performance:"Shoot Your Shot" became Divine's second single to chart on the Dutch Singles Chart after "Native Love ". It debuted at #32 and eventually peaked at #7.The song spent a total of 11 weeks on...
- 6:27 - Jungle Jezebel - 4:43
- Native Love (Step By Step)Native Love (Step By Step)"Native Love " is the first single from Divine's album The Story So Far.-Chart performance:"Native Love " became Divine's first single to chart on the Dutch Singles Chart. It debuted at #37 before climbing to and peaking at #28 in its second week...
- 3:59 - Love ReactionLove Reaction"Love Reaction" is the third single from the album The Story So Far by Divine. "Love Reaction" was recorded twice upon the suggestion of Divine's Dutch record company, the second version modeled after New Order's successful "Blue Monday" single...
- 5:36 - Shout It Out - 3:23
- T-Shirts and Tight Blue Jeans - 3:59
- Psychedelic Shack - 3:38
- Shake It UpShake It Up (Divine song)"Shake It Up" is the fourth single from the album The Story So Far by Divine.-Chart performance:"Shake It Up" became Divine's fourth and last single to chart on the Dutch Singles Chart. It debuted at #30 before climbing to and peaking at #13 in its third week...
- 5:51 - Kick Your Butt - 5:26
- Alphabet Rap - 6:02
- You Think You're a ManYou Think You're a Man"You Think You're a Man" is the fifth single from the album The Story So Far by Divine. It was also covered by The Vaselines in 1987 and appeared on the EP Son of a Gun.-Chart performance:...
- 6:04 - Walk Like a Man - 5:27
- I'm So BeautifulI'm So BeautifulDivine released "I'm So Beautiful" in 1984 as the sixth single from his album The Story So Far.-Chart performance:"I'm So Beautiful" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #58 before climbing to and peaking at #52 in its second week...
- 5:58 - Hey You! - 5:38