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Al Stewart - The Best of Al Stewart (1986)

Track listing:
  1. Time Passages 6:42
  2. Running Man 4:18
  3. Delia's Gone 2:54
  4. Roads to Moscow 7:58
  5. Song on the Radio 6:24
  6. Midnight Rocks 3:55
  7. Lord Grenville 5:01
  8. Merlin's Time 2:43
  9. Nostradamus 13:06
  10. On the Border 4:33
  11. Year of the Cat 6:42

Notes

1992 Arista Records ARCD-8433
Eleven songs from Stewart's albums Past, Present & Future (1974) through Live Indian Summer (1981), remastered in 1992, which gives it more than decent sound. "Roads to Moscow" is drawn from Past, Present & Future (the inlay card erroneously lists Live Indian Summer), and "Year of the Cat" is the hit studio version, but the producers have chosen live versions of "Nostradamus" (which emphasizes its Tommy-like central riff) and "On the Border," rather than their superior originals, probably to retain the value of the original albums. Includes full lyrics (but no instrumental credits) and notes by David Dasch, which may explain too much, removing the mystery from some of the material.