The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology

The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology is a compilation album by English rock band Fat Mattress, released on 15 August 2000 by Castle Communications. It includes both of their albums plus bonus tracks. The album is named after "Black Sheep of the Family", a song written by Steve Hammond, initially released as the B-side to "Highway" in 1970.

The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology
Compilation album by
Released15 August 2000
Recorded1968 (1968)–1970 (1970)
Genre
LabelCastle
ProducerFat Mattress
Fat Mattress chronology
Fat Mattress II
(1970)
The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology
(2000)
Magic Forest: The Anthology
(2006)

Track listing

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Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All Night Drinker"Neil Landon, Jimmy Leverton3:18
2."I Don't Mind"Landon, Noel Redding3:51
3."Bright New Way"Landon, Leverton3:48
4."Petrol Pump Assistant"Landon, Redding3:01
5."Mr. Moonshine"Landon, Redding4:04
6."Magic Forest"Landon, Leverton3:05
7."She Came in the Morning"Landon3:47
8."Everything's Blue"Redding2:50
9."Walking Through the Garden"Redding4:20
10."How Can I Live"Landon, Redding4:26
11."Little Girl in White"Redding4:08
12."Margarita"Leverton4:14
13."Which Way to Go"Leverton3:03
14."Future Days"Leverton4:02
15."Cold Wall of Stone"Jacobs, Landon, Leverton2:36
16."Eric the Red"Landon, Leverton, Redding2:57
17."Iridescent Butterfly"Landon3:42
  • Tracks 1 to 10 are Fat Mattress album (1969)
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Storm"Landon, Leverton4:13
2."Anyway You Want"Landon, Leverton3:47
3."Leafy Lane"Landon, Leverton2:50
4."Naturally"Landon, Leverton3:03
5."Roamin'"Landon, Leverton4:25
6."Happy My Love"Landon, Leverton3:43
7."Childhood Dream"Landon, Leverton3:20
8."She"Landon2:36
9."Highway"Landon, Redding4:24
10."At the Ball"Landon, Redding4:13
11."People"Landon, Redding4:00
12."Hall of Kings"Landon5:34
13."Long Red"Lansberg, Felix Pappalardi, Ventura, Leslie West4:25
14."Words"Landon, Leverton4:15
15."The River"Landon, Leverton17:12
16."Black Sheep of the Family"Steve Hammond4:29
  • Tracks 1 to 11 are Fat Mattress II album (1970)

References

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  • "The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2 July 2009.