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The Best of Strange Cargos

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The Best of Strange Cargos
Compilation album by
Released20 February 1996
Recorded1987–1993
GenreElectronic, ambient
Length72:22
LabelI.R.S. Records
ProducerWilliam Orbit
William Orbit chronology
Strange Cargo Hinterland
(1995)
The Best of Strange Cargos
(1996)
Pieces in a Modern Style
(2000)
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The Best of Strange Cargos is a compilation album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. In it, selected tracks from the first three of Orbit's four-album Strange Cargo series are included. All recordings in the compilation — including a 1993 remix of 1992's "Water From A Vine Leaf" — preceded the 1995 album release of Strange Cargo Hinterland. Three other tracks are also remixes, versions which were not released on initial Strange Cargo series albums.

Track listing

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All music and lyrics by William Orbit.

No.TitleLength
1."Water From A Vine Leaf" (with Beth Orton)7:00
2."Dark Eyed Kid"5:24
3."Gringatcho Demento" (with Cleo Torres)6:34
4."Fire And Mercy"5:12
5."Via Caliénte"2:37
6."Time To Get Wize" (with Divine Bashim)4:07
7."Ruby Heart (transmogrified)"4:40
8."Atom Dream"4:02
9."Harry Flowers"4:32
10."Love My Way"2:36
11."Riding to Rio"3:03
12."The Story Of Light" (with Christine Leach)6:14
13."Silent Signals (revisited)"2:25
14."Painted Rock"3:20
15."Water From A Vine Leaf (Underworld remix)"7:00
16."Water Babies"3:25
Total length:72:22