I was caught up listening to Kirsty's superb 'From Croydon to Cuba Anthology' today and thought it was about time for a Kirsty Playlist. She did so many great songs over the years of her life and in very varied musical styles.
What is quite staggering about her musical output is that she did not have as many hits as you first suppose. Some of her finer songs even failed to break into even the lower reaches of the Charts and a few of them never even made it at all ('They Don't Know', 'Terry', 'He's On The Beach', 'Free World', 'Innocence', 'Don't Come the Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!', 'My Affair', and 'In These Shoes').
Of course she did have some hits: 'There's a Guy Who Works Down the Chip Shop Who Swears He's Elvis' (#14), 'A New England' (#7), 'Fairytale of New York' with The Pogues (#2 and then again #3 when reissued in 2005), and 'Days' (#12).
Her albums didn't fare any better with only 'Galore' (a best of) breaking the Top Ten. 'Electric Landlady' was the only one of her studio albums to break the Top 20 (#17).
So to the music:
They Don't Know (Audio Only) 1979
There's A Guy Who Works Down the Chip Shop Who Swears He's Elvis 1981
Terry 1983
A New England 1984 (low volume so turn it up!)
He's On the Beach 1985
Free World 1989
All I Ever Wanted 1991
Can't Stop Killing You 1993 (On Conan O'Brien)
Days 1989 (low volume so turn it up!)
Don't Come the Cowboy with me Sonny Jim! 1990
Miss Otis Regrets (Live on Jools Holland 1995, originally released in 1990)
Walking Down Madison 1991
England 2 Columbia 0 (Live on Later 2000)
In These Shoes (Live on Later 2000)
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