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The Best of Steeleye Span
 
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The Best of Steeleye Span
~ Steeleye Span (Artist)
4.8 out of 5 stars 5 customer reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
1. Gaudette
2. Saucy Sailor
3. Jigs
4. Royal Forester
5. Dark Eyed Sailor
6. Alison Gross
7. One Misty Moisty Morning
8. Bold Poachers
9. Thomas The Rhymer
10. To Know Him Is To Love Him
11. Drink Down The Moon
12. Now We Are Six
13. New York Girls
14. Little Sir Hugh
15. Black Jack Davy
16. Hard Times Of Old England
17. Cadwith Anthem
18. Dance With Me
19. All Around My Hat

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This 2002 release is the definitive collection of the highly popular folk rock act's most prolific period, chronologically showcasing the five albums they recorded for Chrysalis from 1972-75 (Below The Salt, Parcel Of Rogues, Now We Are Six, All Around My Hat & Commoner's Crown). Guest appearances include David Bowie playing sax on "To Know Him Is To Love Him" and Peter Sellers, who's featured on "New York Girls". Tracks from the best selling, "All Around My Hat" are extensively featured.

 
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Blistering folk rock + a few forgettable moments, 9 May 2007
By Andy Millward (Broxbourne, Herts, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a right roistering collection of folk rock, from the blisteringly great (Alison Gross, Black Jack Davey, Hard Times of Old England, Gaudete, All Around My Hat) to the forgettable (To Know Him is to Love Him, Now We Are Six etc.) At their best, Tim Hart, Maddy Prior and company stood alongside the Fairports as popularisers of the folk tradition and made a brilliant job of it too. I can definitely forgive them the odd lapse in judgement in the face of haunting ditties like Alison Gross ("the ugliest witch in the north country.") Listen and enjoy!
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars ...And I was well content, 7 Feb 2006
By Mr. P. Marcel "Manticore" (Bordeaux, France) - See all my reviews
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I've been listening to Steeleye Span since I was a kid, too. But that was in the seventies! This record is a rather neat selection of their best titles. One restriction, though: I'd dropkick the cloying and dumb "To know him is to love him" from a high cliff, and put in the superlative, how-can-they-have-left-it-out? "Fighting for Strangers", the chilling tale of a mercenary's career, appropriately carried by a cold and almost abstract tune. As to Steeleye Span as a group - I've just told you I've been listening to them for about thirty years. What do you expect me to say about them??? Of course, they are brilliant. Nobody compares.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Steeleye Span Rock!!, 3 May 2005
By J. Kibble (Southampton, England) - See all my reviews
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I have been listening to Steeleye Span since I was a kid, and now at 16 they are one of my favourite bands. They mix folk with rock like it was childs play. Many of thier songs tell stories, some of death, but I still love them. Steeleye really are one of the forfathers of folkrock and this CD is a real tribute to them.

There are however three songs missing from this list, they are

1. Long Lankin
2. Marrowbones
3. Bedlam Boys

But aprt from that this is one of the best CDs I have ever brought. Whether you are into folk, rock, or just want to listen to somthing different, I would strongly advise listening to Any Steeleye Span CD, especially this one!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly some of the best!
I'm a massive Steeleye Fan and enjoy nothing more than listening to their finest tracks. Generally, with a compilation like this, you can never be sure if you'll end up loving... Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. McAleese

5.0 out of 5 stars Steeleye Span are rather dandy!
i love everything they do but what i would like to knoew in this album containing their best work where is the black Freighter. The best song ever.
Published 10 months ago by Freddie Savenger

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