Street Life: 20 Great Hits

Street Life: 20 Great Hits
Street Life: 20 Great Hits
Greatest hits album by Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music
Released	14 April 1986
Recorded	1972–1985
Genre	Glam rock; art rock; pop rock; new wave;
Length	73:55
Label	E.G.
Roxy Music chronology
Bryan Ferry chronology

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
AllMusic (re-release)	^[2]

Material from Roxy Music (1972), Country Life (1974) and In Your Mind (1977) were not included.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bryan Ferry; except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Street Life: 20 Great Hits*
Chart (1986)	Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[13]	48
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[14]	47
European Albums (Music & Media)^[15]	43
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[16]	22
UK Albums (Gallup)^[17]	18

Certifications

Certifications for *Street Life: 20 Great Hits*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[18]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[19]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Bibliography

Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

Street Life: 20 Great Hits at Discogs (list of releases)

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