Wild Birds: 1985–1995

Wild Birds 1985-1995: The Best of the Beggars Banquet Years
Greatest hits album by Peter Murphy
Released	22 February 2000
Recorded	1985–1995
Genre	Alternative rock gothic rock[1]
Length	74:42
Label	Beggars Banquet
Producer	Pascal Gabriel Howard Hughes Gerry Kitchingham Peter Murphy Simon Rogers Mike Thorne Ivo Watts-Russell
Peter Murphy chronology
Cascade (1995) Wild Birds 1985-1995: The Best of the Beggars Banquet Years (2000) Dust (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	6.0/10[2]

Wild Birds: 1985–1995 is a compilation album of Peter Murphy's songs released in 2000. It includes his second Top 10 Modern Rock Tracks hit, the Turkish-influenced "The Sweetest Drop," from 1992's Holy Smoke album.

Track listing[]

1. "Cuts You Up" (Edit) (4:57)
2. "Subway" (4:36)
3. "The Scarlet Thing in You" (4:18)
4. "Indigo Eyes" (Edit) (4:09)
5. "Keep Me from Harm" (Edit) (4:01)
6. "Final Solution" (3:56)
7. "Deep Ocean Vast Sea" (4:08)
8. "Strange Kind of Love" (3:47)
9. "Hit Song" (Single Edit) (4:44)
10. "Huuvola" (5:51)
11. "All Night Long" (Single Edit) (4:37)
12. "Dragnet Drag" (Edit) (5:03)
13. "I'll Fall With Your Knife" (4:25)
14. "The Sweetest Drop" (4:16)
15. "Roll Call" (6:34)
16. "Jemal" (Version 2) (5:32)

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