If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles

If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles (1994) is a singles compilation released after The Wonder Stuff's original demise in 1994, which reached number 8 on the UK album charts.

If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles
Compilation album by The Wonder Stuff
Released	September 1994
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Polydor
Producer	Pat Collier; Mick Glossop; David Morris & Richard Willis
The Wonder Stuff chronology
Construction for the Modern Idiot (1993) If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles (1994) Live In Manchester (1995)

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The title referred to a quote (that) “if the writer Hunter S. Thompson had been a presiding influence over The Beatles, then they might have looked and sounded like The Wonder Stuff".

Track listing

1. "Welcome to the Cheap Seats" (2:36)
2. "A Wish Away" (2:30)
3. "Caught in My Shadow" (3:34)
4. "Don't Let Me Down, Gently" (3:02)
5. "The Size of a Cow" (3:13)
6. "Hot Love Now!" (3:13)
7. "Dizzy" (Tommy Roe/Freddy Weller) (3:19) (Credited to Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff)
8. "Unbearable" (2:26)
9. "Circlesquare" (3:22)
10. "Who Wants to Be the Disco King?" (2:49)
11. "Golden Green" (3:02)
12. "Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More" (2:49)
13. "'Coz I Luv You" (Noddy Holder/Jim Lea) (3:29) (A cover of the band Slade's 1971 single)
14. "Sleep Alone" (3:35)
15. "Full of Life (Happy Now)" (3:34)
16. "It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby" (2:48)
17. "On the Ropes" (3:54)
18. "It's Not True" (1:58)

Charts

Chart performance for If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The Singles

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	158
UK Albums (OCC)	8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	60,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

• Allmusic review