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  XMR133CDCD  £12.00

Label

Xtra Mile

Chris TT

Best Of

May 2017 marks Chris T-T's 20th anniversary making music. The same week in 1997 that Tony Blair came to power, Chris moved to London and before the end of May he'd played his first solo gigs (Chris that is, not Tony) and self-released his debut 7" single. Shortly after, Chris home recorded and self-released his debut album Beatverse (years before this became commonplace) on a MiniDisc four-track with no computer. Beatverse was barely distributed but won Chris label interest and Radio 1 plays from Steve Lamacq, who championed the song 'Shit From All Angles' on the Evening Session. By Christmas, Chris was guesting live on the show. Over two decades since then, Chris T-T has always walked his own path, with visionary psych pop, startling humour and unflinching, sometimes discomforting radicalism. He's released 10 solo albums to consistent praise and played over 2,300 shows worldwide. Ten years ago he joined the Xtra Mile Recordings family, signing in 2007 on the suggestion of fast-rising young singer and fan Frank Turner. He has released four albums with Xtra Mile; Capital (2008), Love Is Not Rescue (2010), The Bear (2013) and last year's 9 Green Songs.

Tracklist

• Disc: 1
  1. Dreaming Of Injured Popstars
  2. Ownership
  3. The English Earth
  4. Shit From All Angles
  5. You Can Be Flirty
  6. Drink Beer
  7. Sellotape (Dawson’s Creek)
  8. Eminem Is Gay
  9. 7 Hearts
  10. Giraffes #1
  11. The Huntsman Comes A-Marchin
  12. Preaching To The Converted
  13. (We Are) The King Of England
  14. A Box To Hide In
  15. Market Square
  16. Elephant In The Room
  17. The Bear
  18. Gulls
  19. Love Me, I’m A Liberal (band version)

  Disc: 2
  1. The Idris Lung (1997 version)
  2. Cutler (7” version)
  3. A Hole Full Of Submarines (band version)
  4. Tendon #3
  5. What If My Heart Never Heals? (7” version)
  6. Tomorrow Morning (7” version)
  7. N253 (band version)
  8. Decksweep
  9. The Headcold Bit Of The Winter
  10. 100,000 Turkeys
  11. Back In The U.S.S.R.
  12. Bored Of The War
  13. You Can’t Stop The Machine
  14. In The Dressing Room
  15. A-Z (Xtra Mile High Club piano version)
  16. Nintendo (piano version)
  17. Words Fail Me (acoustic version)
  18. The Outer Darkness Theme (with Gill Sandell)
  19. Dancing On My Own
  20. 31 Pills (band version)