Last Days of The Century

Last Days of the Century is the eleventh studio album by Al Stewart, released in August 1988. It was re-released in 2007 with bonus tracks.

Original LP Release

Side 1

  1. "Last Days of the Century" (Al Stewart, Peter White) (6:17)
  2. "Real and Unreal" (Stewart) (3:32)
  3. "King of Portugal" (Stewart, White) (4:22)
  4. "Red Toupée" (Stewart, White) (3:34)
  5. "Where Are They Now" (Stewart, White) (5:55)

Side 2

  1. "Bad Reputation" (Stewart, White) (4:54)
  2. "Josephine Baker" (Stewart, White) (4:11)
  3. "License to Steal" (Stewart) (3:50)
  4. "Fields of France" (Stewart) (2:52)
  5. "Antarctica" (Stewart, White) (4:04)
  6. "Ghostly Horses of the Plain" (Stewart, Steve Recker) (2:26)


Original CD Release Bonus Track

  • "Helen and Cassandra (Stewart) (4:44)

2007 CD Re-Release Bonus Tracks

  • "Ghostly Horses of the Plain" (vocal) (Stewart, Recker) (3:29)
  • "Ten Cents" (Stewart, Tori Amos) (4:05)
  • "Dreaming" (Stewart, Amos) (4:16)


Notes

  • "Ghostly Horses of the Plain" is an instrumental: Al Stewart has also recorded a version of the song with lyrics, available on the 1996 release "Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time" and as a bonus track on the 2007 "Last Days of the Century" CD re-release.
  • Tori Amos sings background vocals on two tracks, "Last Days of the Century" and "Red Toupée".

Famous quotes containing the words days and/or century:

    The sixth day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    Six geese a-laying,
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 26–28)

    “The Love that dare not speak its name” in this century is such a great affection of an elder for a younger man as there was between David and Jonathan, such as Plato made the very basis of his philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare. It is that deep, spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect.... It is in this century misunderstood ... and on account of it I am placed where I am now.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)