The Best of Strange Cargos

The Best of Strange Cargos is a compilation album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. In it, selected tracks from the first three of Orbit's four-album Strange Cargo series are included. All recordings in the compilation — including a 1993 remix of 1992's "Water From A Vine Leaf" — preceded the 1995 album release of Strange Cargo Hinterland. Three other tracks are also remixes, versions which were not released on initial Strange Cargo series albums.

The Best of Strange Cargos
Compilation album by William Orbit
Released	20 February 1996
Recorded	1987–1993
Genre	Electronic, ambient
Length	72:22
Label	I.R.S. Records
Producer	William Orbit
William Orbit chronology
Strange Cargo Hinterland (1995) The Best of Strange Cargos (1996) Pieces in a Modern Style (2000)

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Track listing

All music and lyrics by William Orbit.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Water From A Vine Leaf" (with Beth Orton)	7:00
2.	"Dark Eyed Kid"	5:24
3.	"Gringatcho Demento" (with Cleo Torres)	6:34
4.	"Fire And Mercy"	5:12
5.	"Via Caliénte"	2:37
6.	"Time To Get Wize" (with Divine Bashim)	4:07
7.	"Ruby Heart (transmogrified)"	4:40
8.	"Atom Dream"	4:02
9.	"Harry Flowers"	4:32
10.	"Love My Way"	2:36
11.	"Riding to Rio"	3:03
12.	"The Story Of Light" (with Christine Leach)	6:14
13.	"Silent Signals (revisited)"	2:25
14.	"Painted Rock"	3:20
15.	"Water From A Vine Leaf (Underworld remix)"	7:00
16.	"Water Babies"	3:25
Total length:		72:22