Nature's Best 2 is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 31-65 on the APRA 75th Anniversary Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. See Nature's Best for more information on the selection process of this list.
Nature's Best 2 was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005.
Track listing
Disc one
- "Outlook For Thursday" â DD Smash (Dave Dobbyn/DD Smash, 1983)
- "Down In Splendour" â Straitjacket Fits (Andrew Brough, 1990)
- "Better Be Home Soon" â Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1988)
- "How Bizarre" â OMC (Alan Jansson/Pauly Fuemana, 1995)
- "Language" â Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1994)
- "Message to My Girl" â Split Enz (Neil Finn, 1984)
- "Poi E" â PÃÂtea MÃÂori Club (Dalvanius Prime, 1984)
- "Stuff And Nonsense" â Split Enz (Tim Finn, 1979)
- "Venus" â The Feelers (James Reid, 1998)
- "System Virtue" â Emma Paki (Emma Paki, 1993)
- "Fraction Too Much Friction" â Tim Finn (Tim Finn, 1983)
- "French Letter" â Herbs (Tony Fonoti/Spencer Fusimalohi/Dilworth Karaka, 1995)
- "Maxine" â Sharon O'Neill (Sharon O'Neill, 1983)
- "Out on the Street" â Space Waltz (Alastair Riddell, 1974)
- "Slippin' Away" â Max Merritt & The Meteors (Max Merritt, 1975)
- "Violent" â Stellar* (Boh Runga, 1999)
- "Why Does Love Do This To Me?" â The Exponents (Jordan Luck, 1992)
- "1905" â Shona Laing (Shona Laing, 1972)
Disc two
- "Anchor Me" â The Mutton Birds (Don McGlashan, 1994)
- "Bliss" â Th' Dudes (Dave Dobbyn/Ian Morris, 1979)
- "For Today" â Netherworld Dancing Toys (Nick Sampson/Malcolm Black, 1984)
- "Screems From Tha Old Plantation" â King Kapisi (Bill Urale/Kas Futialo, 2000)
- "Cheryl Moana Marie" â John Rowles (John Rowles, 1969)
- "Blue Day" â Mi-Sex (Murray Burns/Colin Bayley, 1985)
- "Glorafilia" â Zed (Ben Campbell/Nathan King/Adrian Palmer, 1999)
- "Good Morning Mr Rock 'N' Roll" â Headband (Tommy Adderley/Billy Kristian, 1972)
- "History Never Repeats" â Split Enz (Neil Finn, 1981)
- "In The Neighbourhood" â Sisters Underground (Alan Jansson/Hassanah Orogbu/Brenda Makaoeafi, 1994)
- "Julia" â Citizen Band (Geoff Chunn, 1978)
- "Pacifier" â Shihad (Karl Kippenberger/Tom Larkin/Phil Knight/Jon Toogood, 1999)
- "Let's Think of Something" â Larry's Rebels (Roger Skinner, 1967)
- "Bursting Through" â Bic Runga (Bic Runga, 1997)
- "Liberty" â Greg Johnson (Greg Johnson, 1997)
- "Sweet Disorder" â Strawpeople (Paul Casserly/Mark Tierney/Anthony Ioasa, 1994)
- "Asian Paradise" â Sharon O'Neill (Sharon O'Neill, 1979)
See also
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