Nature's Best 3 is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 66-100 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 3 was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005.
Track listing
Disc one
- "Don't Fight It Marsha, It's Bigger Than The Both Of Us" â Blam Blam Blam (Don McGlashan, 1981)
- "Gutter Black" â Hello Sailor (Dave McArtney, 1977)
- "Long Ago" â Herbs (Lundon/Hona, 1984)
- "There Is No Depression In New Zealand" â Blam Blam Blam
- "You Oughta Be In Love" â Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1986)
- "Andrew" â Fur Patrol (Andrew Bain/Julia Deans/Simon Braxton/Steven Wells, 2000)
- "Billy Bold" â Graham Brazier (Graham Brazier, 1981)
- "Distant Sun" â Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1993)
- "Suddenly Strange" â Bic Runga (Bic Runga, 1997)
- "Forever Tuesday Morning" â The Mockers (Gary Curtis/Andrew Fagan/Tim Wedde, 1984)
- "Cruise Control" â Headless Chickens (Chris Matthews/Michael Lawry, 1991)
- "Pressure Man" â The Feelers (James Reid/Matt Thomas/Hamish Gee, 1998)
- "Private Universe" â Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1994)
- "Room That Echoes" â Peking Man (Neville Hall, 1985)
- "Sensitive to a Smile" â Herbs (Dilworth Karaka/Tumahai, 1987)
- "E Ipo" â Prince Tui Teka (Ngoi PÃÂwhairangi/Missy/Prince Tui Teka, 1982)
- "Andy" â Front Lawn (Harry Sinclair/Don McGlashan, 1987)
Disc two
- "Bitter" â Shihad (Karl Kippenberger/Tom Larkin/Phil Knight/Jon Toogood, 1995)
- "Four Seasons In One Day" â Crowded House (Neil Finn/Tim Finn, 1991)
- "Heavenly Pop Hit" â The Chills (Martin Phillipps, 1990)
- "Husband House" â Sneaky Feelings (Matthew Bannister, 1995)
- "Jumping Out a Window" â Pop Mechanix (Andrew Snoid/Paul Scott, 1981)
- "If I Were You" â Straitjacket Fits (Shayne Carter/John Collie/Straitjacket Fits, 1993)
- "I'll Say Goodbye (Even Tho I'm Blue)" â Dance Exponents (Jordan Luck, 1983)
- "Maybe" â Sharon O'Neill (Sharon O'Neill, 1981)
- "One Day Ahead" â Eye TV (Sean Sturm/Luke Casey/Michael Scott/Grant Winterburn, 2000)
- "Renegade Fighter" â Zed (Ben Campbell/Nathan King, 2000)
- "Part of Me" â Stellar* (Boh Runga, 1999)
- "Sierra Leone" â Coconut Rough (Andrew McLennan, 1983)
- "Words" â Sharon O'Neill (Sharon O'Neill, 1979)
- "Spellbound" â Split Enz (Tim Finn/Phil Judd, 1979)
- "Rust In My Car" â Citizen Band (Geoff Chunn, 1979)
- "Mercy of Love" â Shona Laing (Shona Laing, 1992)
- "Can't Get Enough" â Supergroove (Joseph Fisher/Karl Steven, 1996)
- "Naked Flame" â Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1995)
See also