Songs That Made This Country Great

1992 greatest hits album by Stan Ridgway

Songs That Made This Country Great

Greatest hits album by

Stan Ridgway

Released| February 25, 1992
Recorded| 1981–1991
Genre| New wave
Length| 70:36
Label| I.R.S. Records
Producer| Joe Chiccarelli, Stewart Copeland, [Phil Cul, Hugh Jones, Richard Mazda, Bill Noland, Stan Ridgway, Louis VanderBerg, Hal Willner
Stan Ridgway chronology
| Partyball
(1991)  | Songs That Made This Country Great
(1992)  | Black Diamond
(1996)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Q| [2]

Songs That Made This Country Great is a compilation album by the American new wave artist Stan Ridgway, with songs spanning from his time with Wall of Voodoo to his third album, Partyball. It was released on February 25, 1992, through I.R.S. Records.

## Track listing

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1. "Salesman" – 5:26
* Originally from The Big Heat.
2. "Lonely Town" – 4:09
* Originally from Mosquitos.
3. "Drive, She Said" – 4:23
* Originally from The Big Heat.
4. "Don't Box Me In" – 4:36
* Originally from the Rumble Fish Soundtrack.
5. "Can't Complain" – 3:49
* Originally from Mosquitos.
6. "Goin' Southbound" – 4:42
* Originally from Mosquitos.
7. "Ring of Fire (Single Edit)" – 3:44
* Originally from The Index Masters.
8. "Camouflage (Single Remix Edit)" – 4:59
* Originally from The Big Heat.
9. "The Overlords" – 4:59
* Originally from Partyball.
10. "Lost Weekend" – 5:00
* Originally from Call of the West.
11. "Cannon Song (aka Army Song)" – 2:17
* Originally from The Threepenny Opera, released on Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill.
12. "The Big Heat" – 4:30
* Originally from The Big Heat.
13. "Peg and Pete and Me" – 4:41
* Originally from Mosquitos.
14. "Mexican Radio (Edit)" – 3:56
* Originally from Call of the West.
15. "I Wanna Be a Boss" – 4:52
* Originally from Partyball.
16. "Walkin' Home Alone" – 4:33
* Originally from The Big Heat.

## References

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1. ^ Adams, Greg. "allmusic ((( The Best of Stan Ridgway: Songs That Made This Country Great > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
2. ^ (May 1992). "Review: The Best of Stan Ridgway: Songs That Made This Country Great". Q.

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Stan Ridgway

Studio albums|

* The Big Heat
* Mosquitos
* Partyball
* Black Diamond
* The Way I Feel Today
* Anatomy
* Snakebite
* Neon Mirage
* Mr. Trouble

Extended plays|

* Film Songs

Compilations|

* Songs That Made This Country Great
* Holiday in Dirt

Singles|

* "Don't Box Me In"
* "The Big Heat"
* "Drive, She Said"
* "Camouflage"
* "Goin' Southbound"
* "Calling Out to Carol"
* "I Wanna Be a Boss"

with Pietra Wexstun|

* Blood
* Silly Songs for Kids, Volume One

Wall of Voodoo|

| Studio albums|

* Dark Continent
* Call of the West

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Extended plays|

* Wall of Voodoo

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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