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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Now That's What I Call Quite Good | type = greatest | artist = [[The Housemartins]] | cover = Ntwicqg album cover.jpg | alt = | released = 1988 | recorded = Various | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Indie rock]] | length = 78:39 | label = [[Go! Discs]] | producer = Various | prev_title = [[The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death]] | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = [[Live at the BBC (The Housemartins album)|Live at the BBC]] | next_year = 2006 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r40946|pure_url=yes}} link] | noprose = yes }} '''''Now That's What I Call Quite Good''''' was the post-breakup [[greatest hits]] [[album]] from [[The Housemartins]], released in 1988. As well as singles (such as the UK number one "[[Caravan of Love]]"), the compilation includes various album tracks, B-sides and radio session recordings. It includes many humorous liner notes from the band (for example, numerous sales and chart position statistics β but only from [[New Zealand]]). ==Track listing== #"I Smell Winter" β 3:23 <small>B-side of the "[[Think for a Minute]]" 12" single.</small> #"Bow Down" β 3:01 <small>From ''[[The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death]]''.</small> #"[[Think for a Minute|Think for a Minute!]]" β 3:29 <small>Single version.</small> #"[[There Is Always Something There to Remind Me|There is Always Something There to Remind Me]]" β 3:30 <small>[[John Peel]] Session 4/11/87. Released as a single.</small> #"The Mighty Ship" β 1:50 <small>B-side of the "[[Happy Hour (The Housemartins song)|Happy Hour]]" single/12".</small> #"[[Sheep (The Housemartins song)|Sheep]]" β 2:16 <small>From ''[[London 0 Hull 4]]''.</small> #"I'll Be Your Shelter (Just Like a Shelter)" β 4:46 <small>[[Luther Ingram]] cover. B-side of the "[[Sheep (The Housemartins song)|Sheep]]" 12".</small> #"[[Five Get Over Excited]]" β 2:41 <small>from ''[[The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death]]''.</small> #"Everyday's the Same" β 2:56 <small>1987 outtake.</small> #"[[Build (song)|Build]]" β 4:48 <small>from ''[[The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death]]''.</small> #"Step Outside" β 4:13 <small>B-side of the "[[Me and the Farmer]]" 12".</small> #"[[Flag Day (song)|Flag Day]]" β 3:32 <small>Original single version.</small> #"[[Happy Hour (The Housemartins song)|Happy Hour]]" β 2:22 <small>From ''[[London 0 Hull 4]]''.</small> #"[[You've Got a Friend]]" β 3:30 <small>[[Carole King]] cover. Previously unreleased demo.</small> #"[[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]]" β 2:47 <small>Kelly Gordon/[[The Hollies]] cover. [[Capital London|Capital Radio]] Session 13/3/86.</small> #"Freedom" β 3:27 <small>[[Janice Long]] Session 6/11/85.</small> #"The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death" β 3:30 <small>From ''[[The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death]]''.</small> #"[[Caravan of Love#The Housemartins version|Caravan of Love]]" β 3:39 <small>[[Isley-Jasper-Isley]] cover. Non-album single.</small> #"The Light is Always Green" β 3:58 <small>from ''[[The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death]]''.</small> #"We're Not Deep" β 2:15 <small>From ''[[London 0 Hull 4]]''.</small> #"[[Me and the Farmer]]" β 2:54 <small>From ''[[The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death]]''.</small> #"Lean on Me" β 4:27 <small>From ''[[London 0 Hull 4]]''.</small> #"Drop Down Dead" β 3:01 <small>John Peel Session 21/7/85.</small> #"Hopelessly Devoted to Them" β 2:10 <small>B-side of the "[[Five Get Over Excited]]" 12".</small> ==Charts== {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (1988) !Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|UK|8|artist=The Housemartins|album=Now That's What I Call Quite Good|accessdate=27 February 2021}} |} ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=The Housemartins|title=Now That's What I Call Quite Good|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=1988|access-date=27 February 2021|id=4766-1305-2}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{The Housemartins}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:The Housemartins compilation albums]] [[Category:1988 compilation albums]] [[Category:Go! Discs compilation albums]]
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