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
Released20 February 1996
Recorded1987–1993
GenreElectronic, ambient
Length72:22
LabelI.R.S. Records
ProducerWilliam 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

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All music and lyrics by William Orbit.

No.TitleLength
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