Nature's Best 2
| Nature's Best 2 | ||||
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| Compilation album by Nature's Best series | ||||
| Released | 4 October 2002 | |||
| Length | 140:21 | |||
| Label | Sony Music New Zealand | |||
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Nature's Best 2 is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 31-65 on the APRA 75th Anniversary Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. See Nature's Best for more information on the selection process of this list. [1]
Nature's Best 2 was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist and year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Outlook for Thursday" |
| DD Smash (1983) | 4:05 |
| 2. | "Down in Splendour" | Andrew Brough | Straitjacket Fits (1990) | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Better Be Home Soon" | Neil Finn | Crowded House (1988) | 3:09 |
| 4. | "How Bizarre" |
| OMC (1995) | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Language" | Dobbyn | Dave Dobbyn (1994) | 3:29 |
| 6. | "Message to My Girl" | N. Finn | Split Enz (1983) | 4:01 |
| 7. | "Poi E" | Pātea Māori Club (1983) | 3:52 | |
| 8. | "Stuff and Nonsense" | Tim Finn | Split Enz (1979) | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Venus" | James Reid | The Feelers (1998) | 4:51 |
| 10. | "System Virtue" | Emma Paki | Emma Paki (1993) | 4:41 |
| 11. | "Fraction Too Much Friction" | T. Finn | Tim Finn (1983) | 4:14 |
| 12. | "French Letter" |
| Herbs (1982) | 3:41 |
| 13. | "Maxine" | Sharon O'Neill | Sharon O'Neill (1983) | 4:35 |
| 14. | "Out on the Street" | Alastair Riddell | Space Waltz (1974) | 3:16 |
| 15. | "Slippin' Away" | Max Merritt | Max Merritt and the Meteors (1975) | 5:28 |
| 16. | "Violent" | Boh Runga | Stellar* (1999) | 3:30 |
| 17. | "Why Does Love Do This to Me?" | Jordan Luck | The Exponents (1992) | 3:26 |
| 18. | "1905" | Shona Laing | Shona Laing (1972) | 2:58 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist and year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anchor Me" | Don McGlashan | The Mutton Birds (1994) | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Bliss" |
| Th' Dudes (1980) | 4:59 |
| 3. | "For Today" |
| Netherworld Dancing Toys (1984) | 5:31 |
| 4. | "Screems From Da Old Plantation" |
| King Kapisi (2000) | 4:44 |
| 5. | "Cheryl Moana Marie" |
| John Rowles (1969) | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Blue Day" |
| Mi-Sex (1983) | 4:15 |
| 7. | "Glorafilia" |
| Zed (1999) | 3:21 |
| 8. | "Good Morning Mr Rock 'N' Roll" | Tommy Adderley | Headband (1971) | 2:46 |
| 9. | "History Never Repeats" | N. Finn | Split Enz (1981) | 2:58 |
| 10. | "In the Neighbourhood" |
| Sisters Underground (1994) | 3:35 |
| 11. | "Julia" | Geoff Chunn | Citizen Band (1978) | 5:37 |
| 12. | "Pacifier" |
| Shihad (1999) | 4:03 |
| 13. | "Let's Think of Something" | Roger Skinner | Larry's Rebels (1967) | 3:37 |
| 14. | "Bursting Through" | Bic Runga | Bic Runga (1996) | 3:43 |
| 15. | "Liberty" | Greg Johnson | Greg Johnson (1997) | 3:30 |
| 16. | "Sweet Disorder" |
| Strawpeople (1994) | 4:11 |
| 17. | "Asian Paradise" | O'Neill | Sharon O'Neill (1980) | 5:04 |
See also
References
- ↑ Various - Nature's Best 2 - More Of New Zealand's Top Songs Of All-Time, 2002, retrieved 6 December 2025