Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds

Greatest hits album by

The Lightning Seeds

Released

10 November 1997

Recorded

1989–1997

Genre

Length

63:17

Label

Epic (489034)

Producer

The Lightning Seeds chronology

Dizzy Heights
(1996)

Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds
(1997)

Tilt
(1999)

Singles from Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds

"What You Say"
Released: 1 December 1997

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Music Week	^[2]

Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds is the first greatest hits album by English alternative rock band The Lightning Seeds, released on 10 November 1997. The album includes the band's singles from 1989 up until the album's release, plus two previously unreleased tracks and one new version of a song from a previous studio album. "What You Say" was released as a single from the album in December 1997 and peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3]

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Transcription

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Broudie; Except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"What You Say"	Broudie, Terry Hall	Previously unreleased	4:26
2.	"The Life of Riley"		Sense 1992	4:03
3.	"Lucky You"	Broudie, Hall	Jollification 1994	4:21
4.	"You Showed Me"	Gene Clark, James McGuinn	Dizzy Heights 1996	4:09
5.	"Change" (7" radio edit)		Jollification	3:40
6.	"Waiting for Today to Happen" (1997 version)	Broudie, Nicky Jones	Original version on Dizzy Heights	3:53
7.	"Pure"		Cloudcuckooland 1989	3:48
8.	"Sugar Coated Iceberg"	Broudie, Stephen Jones	Dizzy Heights	3:53
9.	"Ready or Not"		Dizzy Heights	3:50
10.	"All I Want"	Broudie, Peter Coyle	Cloudcuckooland	2:54
11.	"Perfect"		Jollification	3:30
12.	"What If..."	Broudie, Hall	Dizzy Heights	3:23
13.	"Sense"	Broudie, Hall	Sense	4:07
14.	"Brain Drain"		Previously unreleased	3:52
15.	"Marvellous"		Jollification	5:44
16.	"Three Lions"	David Baddiel (Lyrics), Frank Skinner (Lyrics), Broudie (Music)	The Beautiful Game	3:44

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[4]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	22
Chart (1998)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	64

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[7]	2× Platinum	600,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Lightning Seeds: Like You Do...Best of The Lightning Seeds > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
^ "Reviews: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 1 November 1997. p. 16. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ "Lightning Seeds". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1997". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1998". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ "British album certifications – Lightning Seeds – Like You Do - Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

v t e The Lightning Seeds
Ian Broudie Riley Broudie Martyn Campbell Chris Sharrock Paul Hemmings Keith York Mathew Priest Zak Starkey
Studio albums	Cloudcuckooland Sense Jollification Dizzy Heights Tilt Four Winds See You in the Stars
Compilations	Pure Like You Do... Best of the Lightning Seeds Life of Riley: The Lightning Seeds Collection The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds
Singles	"Pure" "The Life of Riley" "Three Lions" "You Showed Me"
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