Street Life: 20 Great Hits
1986 greatest hits album by Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music
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Street Life: 20 Great Hits is a greatest hits album by Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, released on 14 April 1986 by E.G. Records.[3] The album reached number one on both the New Zealand and UK Albums Charts in 1986.
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| Released | 14 April 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1972–1985 | |||
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| Length | 73:55 | |||
| Label | E.G. | |||
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No material from Roxy Music (1972), Country Life (1974) or In Your Mind (1977) was included.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Bryan Ferry; except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Virginia Plain" (Roxy Music, non-album single, 1972) | 2:58 | |
| 2. | "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (edit) (Bryan Ferry, from These Foolish Things, 1973) | Bob Dylan | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Pyjamarama" (Roxy Music, non-album single, 1973) | 2:52 | |
| 4. | "Do the Strand" (edit) (Roxy Music, from For Your Pleasure, 1973) | 3:46 | |
| 5. | "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Bryan Ferry, from These Foolish Things, 1973) | Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey | 4:51 |
| 6. | "Street Life" (Roxy Music, from Stranded, 1973) | 3:27 | |
| 7. | "Let's Stick Together" (Bryan Ferry, from Let's Stick Together, 1976) | Wilbert Harrison | 2:59 |
| 8. | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Bryan Ferry, from Another Time, Another Place, 1974) | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 2:53 |
| 9. | "Love Is the Drug" (Roxy Music, from Siren, 1975) | Ferry, Andy Mackay | 4:04 |
| 10. | "Sign of the Times" (Bryan Ferry, from The Bride Stripped Bare, 1978) | 2:28 | |
| 11. | "Dance Away" (Roxy Music, from Manifesto, 1979) | 3:44 | |
| 12. | "Angel Eyes" (edit) (Roxy Music, from Manifesto, 1979) | Ferry, Mackay | 2:51 |
| 13. | "Oh Yeah" (edit) (Roxy Music, from Flesh + Blood, 1980) | 4:36 | |
| 14. | "Over You" (Roxy Music, from Flesh + Blood, 1980) | Ferry, Phil Manzanera | 3:26 |
| 15. | "Same Old Scene" (Roxy Music, from Flesh + Blood, 1980) | 3:58 | |
| 16. | "In the Midnight Hour" (Roxy Music, from Flesh + Blood, 1980) | Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper | 3:08 |
| 17. | "More Than This" (edit) (Roxy Music, from Avalon, 1982) | 4:10 | |
| 18. | "Avalon" (Roxy Music, from Avalon, 1982) | 4:16 | |
| 19. | "Slave to Love" (Bryan Ferry, from Boys and Girls, 1985) | 4:17 | |
| 20. | "Jealous Guy" (edit) (Roxy Music, non-album single, 1981) | John Lennon | 4:55 |
| Total length: | 73:55 | ||
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| New Zealand (RMNZ)[18] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||