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The Very Best of Chris de Burgh
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedDecember 1984[1]
GenreRock
LabelTelstar Records
Chris de Burgh chronology
Man on the Line
(1984)
The Very Best of Chris de Burgh
(1984)
Into the Light
(1986)

The Very Best of Chris de Burgh is the second compilation album by Chris de Burgh, released by Telstar Records in 1984.

Track listing

All songs written by Chris de Burgh.

Side One

  1. "Don't Pay the Ferryman"
  2. "The Ecstasy of Flight"
  3. "The Traveller"
  4. "Ship to Shore"
  5. "Flying Home"
  6. "Satin Green Shutters" – alternately "Spanish Train"
  7. "A Spaceman Came Travelling"

Side Two

  1. "Spanish Train" – alternately "The Lady in Red"
  2. "High on Emotion"
  3. "Borderline"
  4. "Lonely Sky"
  5. "In a Country Churchyard"
  6. "Patricia the Stripper"
  7. "Waiting for the Hurricane"

Charts

Date Peak position Chart
29 December 1984
6
UK Albums (OCC)
  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 25.