Listen: The Very Best Of

Listen: The Very Best Of
Listen: The Very Best Of
Greatest hits album by Herbs
Released	2002
Genre	Reggae
Label	Warner Music New Zealand
Herbs chronology

Listen: The Very Best Of is a greatest hits album released in 2002 by New Zealand reggae group, Herbs. The album reached number one on the New Zealand music charts.^[1]

Track listing

The album featured a number of songs that had never appeared on Herbs albums:

"Good for Life"
"Slice of Heaven" (which had previously appeared on the Footrot Flats soundtrack and Dave Dobbyn's Loyal)
"Parihaka" (a version without Herbs had appeared on Tim Finn's self-titled album)
"French Letter '95"
"See What Love Can Do" (which had appeared on Annie Crummer's Language).^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Karanga Ra"	Miro Hawke/Dilworth Karaka	0:29
2.	"Long Ago"	Willie Hona/Tama Lundon	4:19
3.	"Good For Life"	On My Mind	2:44
4.	"On My Mind"	Tama Lundon/Willie Hona
5.	"Parihaka" (Tim Finn and Herbs)	Tim Finn	4:17
6.	"Light Of The Pacific"	Toni Fonoti	6:50
7.	"Homegrown"	Gordon Joll/Dilworth Karaka/Tama Lundon/Thom Nepia/Charlie Tumahai/Morrie Watene	4:16
8.	"Till We Kissed" (with Ray Columbus)	Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil
9.	"E Papa"	Traditional	2:06
10.	"French Letter ’95"	Toni Fonoti/Spencer Fusimalohi/Dilworth Karaka
11.	"Slice of Heaven" (Dave Dobbyn with Herbs)	Dave Dobbyn	4:36
12.	"Rust In Dust"	Dilworth Karaka/Charlie Tumahai/Willie Hona	3:25
13.	"Sensitive to a Smile"	Dilworth Karaka/Charlie Tumahai/Todd Casella
14.	"Jah’s Son"	Spencer Fusimalohi	6:20
15.	"Listen"	Willie Hona/Tama Lundon/Todd Casella	4:31
16.	"No Nukes"	Dilworth Karaka/Charlie Tumahai	4:13
17.	"Nuclear Waste"	Willie Hona/Tama Lundon/Rob Van De Lisdonk	4:25
18.	"See What Love Can Do" (Annie Crummer with Herbs)	Jerry Lynn Williams	4:35
19.	"Amazing Grace"	Traditional

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[3]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[4]	49

References

^ "Listen: The Very Best of—Charts". charts.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^ "Herbs: Best of". Glen Moffat. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^ "Charts.nz – Herbs – Listen - The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Top Selling Albums of 2002". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[nz-charts-1] "Listen: The Very Best of—Charts". charts.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[2] "Herbs: Best of". Glen Moffat. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[ac_New_Zealand_Herbs-3] "Charts.nz – Herbs – Listen - The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[4] "Top Selling Albums of 2002". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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Herbs
Dilworth Karaka Tama Lundon Thom Nepia Tama Renata Walter Bianco Leyton Greening Kaitapu Monga Charlie Tumahai Joe Walsh
Studio albums	What's Be Happen? (1981) Sensitive to a Smile (1988)
Compilation albums	13 Years of Herbs: The Best Of (1993) (2001)
Songs	"Slice of Heaven" "Sensitive to a Smile" "Parihaka"