''Songs That Made This Country Great'' is a

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by the American new wave artist

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, with songs spanning from his time with Wall of Voodoo to his third album, ''

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''. It was released on February 25, 1992, through

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Track listing

# "Salesman" – 5:26 #*Originally from '' The Big Heat''. # "Lonely Town" – 4:09 #*Originally from '' Mosquitos''. # "Drive, She Said" – 4:23 #*Originally from '' The Big Heat''. # "Don't Box Me In" – 4:36 #*Originally from the '' Rumble Fish Soundtrack''. # "Can't Complain" – 3:49 #*Originally from '' Mosquitos''. # "Goin' Southbound" – 4:42 #*Originally from '' Mosquitos''. # "Ring of Fire (Single Edit)" – 3:44 #*Originally from ''

The Index Masters ''The Index Masters'' is a compilation album by American new wave band Wall of Voodoo, featuring their original 1980 EP and live recordings from 1979. Originally released in 1991 by Restless Records, it was reissued in 2005 by Rykodisc. Track ...

''. # "Camouflage (Single Remix Edit)" – 4:59 #*Originally from '' The Big Heat''. # "The Overlords" – 4:59 #*Originally from ''

''. # "Lost Weekend" – 5:00 #*Originally from ''

Call of the West ''Call of the West'' is the second studio album by Los Angeles rock music, rock band Wall of Voodoo, released in September 1982. The album contains "Mexican Radio", the group's most well-known song, which was released as a single and whose video r ...

''. # "Cannon Song (aka Army Song)" – 2:17 #*Originally from ''The Threepenny Opera'', released on '' Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill''. # "The Big Heat" – 4:30 #*Originally from '' The Big Heat''. # "Peg and Pete and Me" – 4:41 #*Originally from '' Mosquitos''. # "Mexican Radio (Edit)" – 3:56 #*Originally from ''

''. # "I Wanna Be a Boss" – 4:52 #*Originally from ''

''. # "Walkin' Home Alone" – 4:33 #*Originally from '' The Big Heat''.

References

{{Authority control Stan Ridgway albums 1989 greatest hits albums I.R.S. Records compilation albums Albums produced by Joe Chiccarelli