''The Best Things – The Greatest Hits'' is the first

greatest hits A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...

released by Australian rock band Boom Crash Opera. The album was released in August 1998 and includes tracks from all of Boom Crash Opera's five studio albums as well as non-album single "Soundtrack" and unreleased track "Radio".

Track listing

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Great Wall The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand Li (unit), ''li'' wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against Eurasian noma ...

" (Dale Ryder,

Richard Pleasance Richard Arnold Pleasance is an Australian rock musician and producer. He was a founding member of Boom Crash Opera on guitar, bass guitar, vocals and as a songwriter in 1985; they released three albums before Pleasance left in 1992. Their hit ...

) – 3:47 # "

Hands Up in the Air "Hands Up in the Air" is a song by Australian rock band Boom Crash Opera. It was released in 1986 as the second single from their self-titled studio album. The song reached number 16 in Australia. Track listing 7" single (0.258620) # Hands U ...

" (Peter Farnan, Richard Pleasance) – 3:57 # "

City Flat "City Flat" is a song by Australian rock band Boom Crash Opera, released in 1987 as the third single from their self-titled studio album. It was written by the band's two main songwriters: guitarist Peter Farnan and bass player Richard Pleasance ...

" (Peter Farnan, Richard Pleasance) – 4:1 # "

Her Charity "Her Charity" is the fourth single by Australian band Boom Crash Opera, released in 1987. It was the fourth single to be released from the band's self-title album. It peaked at number 32 on the Kent Music Report. The song is about Miss America ...

" (Peter Farnan, Richard Pleasance) – 5:02 # "

Onion Skin Onion skin may refer to: * onionskin, thin typewriter paper * "Onion Skin" (song), a single by Australian band Boom Crash Opera * onion skinning Onion skinning, in 2D computer graphics, is a technique used in creating animated cartoons and editi ...

" (Peter Farnan) – 3:30 # " Get Out of the House!" (Greg O'Connor, Dale Ryder, Peter Farnan; Peter Maslen, Richard Pleasance) – 3:21 # " The Best Thing" (Richard Pleasance) – 4:15 # " Dancing in the Storm" (Richard Pleasance, Peter Farnan) – 4:15 # "

Bettadaze "Bettadaze" is a song by Australian band, Boom Crash Opera. The song was released in November 1992 as the lead single from their third studio album, ''Fabulous Beast ''Fabulous Beast'' is the third studio album released by Australian rock grou ...

" (Peter Farnan, Greg O'Connor, Dale Ryder) – 3:59 # " In the Morning" (Peter Farnan, Greg O'Connor) – 3:59 # "

This Isn't Love "This Isn't Love" is a song by Australian rock band Boom Crash Opera. The song was released in August 1993 as the third and final single from their third studio album, '' Fabulous Beast''. The song charted at number 78 on the Australian ARIA Sin ...

" (Dale Ryder) – 3:33 # "

Gimme In golf, a gimme is a shot that the other players agree can count automatically without being played. When a player has only a very short putt left to play, other players may grant a gimme (i.e., one stroke is counted), but the ball is not play ...

" (Ian Tilley, Peter Farnan) – 3:37 # "Soundtrack" (Peter Farnan) – 4:48 # "Radio" (Dale Ryder) – 3:45 # "All" (Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen, Ian Tilley) – 4:15 # "Welcome to Tomorrow" (Peter Farnan) – 8:58

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best Things 1998 1998 greatest hits albums Boom Crash Opera albums Bertelsmann Music Group compilation albums Compilation albums by Australian artists