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8CD box set
The Older We Get: The London Years is a forthcoming 8CD box set featuring albums and rarities from Hothouse Flowers.
The box set spans the Irish band’s years with London Records, from the late eighties through the nineties, and includes their four studio albums – People (1988), Home (1990), Songs From The Rain (1993) and Born (1998). The first three of these records were all top 10 hits in the UK and all went to number one in Ireland.
But albums is only half the story; this box is about bonus material and there’s a lot of it! The bonus tracks include single versions, B-sides, and live versions and an entire disc of previously unreleased demos. Many tracks are also on CD for the first time.
The Older We Get: The London Years is a clamshell box which is released on 30 May 2025, in good time for the band’s nine-date UK tour which starts a week later.
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The Older We Get - The London Years - 8CD box
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Tracklisting
The Older We Get: The London Years Hothouse Flowers / 8CD box set
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CD 1: PEOPLE + BONUS TRACKS
- I’M SORRY
- DON’T GO
- FORGIVEN
- IT’LL BE EASIER IN THE MORNING
- HALLELUAH JORDAN
- IF YOU GO
- THE OLDER WE GET
- YES I WAS
- LOVE DON’T WORK THIS WAY
- BALLAD OF KATIE
- FEET ON THE GROUND
- LONELY LANE
- SAVED
Bonus tracks
- DON’T GO (SINGLE VERSION)
- BETTER AND BETTER
- DON’T GO (LIVE ACOUSTIC VERSION) *
- BIG FAT HEART*
- HYDROMAN
+ previously unreleased
*first time in the UK on CD -
CD 2: BONUS TRACKS
- DON’T GO (EXTENDED VERSION) *
- FEET ON THE GROUND (SIZE 12 MIX) *
- HARD RAIN
- STRANGE FEELING
- CARRICKFERGUS
- SEELINE WOMAN
- MOUNTAINS
- LOVE DON’T WORK THIS WAY (LIVE, INTERNATIONAL, MANCHESTER, JUNE 1988) *
- THE OLDER WE GET (LIVE, INTERNATIONAL, MANCHESTER, JUNE 1988) *
- YES I WAS (LIVE, INTERNATIONAL, MANCHESTER, JUNE 1988) *
- IF YOU’RE HAPPY (LIVE, INTERNATIONAL, MANCHESTER, JUNE 1988) *
- HYDROMAN (LIVE, BERLIN, 1987) +
- FREEDOM (LIVE, BERLIN, 1987) +
- WILLY (LIVE, BERLIN, 1987) +
- HARD RAIN (LIVE, BERLIN, 1987) +
- DON’T GO (LIVE, BERLIN, 1987) +
+ previously unreleased
*first time in the UK on CD -
CD3: HOME + BONUS TRACKS
- HARDSTONE CITY
- GIVE IT UP
- CHRISTCHURCH BELLS
- SWEET MARIE
- GIVING IT ALL AWAY
- SHUT UP AND LISTEN
- I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
- MOVIES
- EYES WIDE OPEN
- WATER
- HOME
- TRYING TO GET THROUGH
- DANCE TO THE STORM
- SEOLADH NA N’GAMHNA
- GIVE IT UP (EDIT)
Bonus tracks
- I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW (SINGLE VERSION)
- MOVIES (SINGLE VERSION)
- HARDSTONE CITY (SHORT VERSION)
- THE ROSE (FEATURING THE DUBLINERS)
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CD 4: B-SIDES & LIVE
- IF YOU’RE HAPPY (LIVE AT THE RDS STADIUM, DUBLIN, SEPT 88)
- BEAN PHAIDIN (LIVE AT THE RDS STADIUM, DUBLIN, SEPT 88)
- IF YOU GO (LIVE AT THE RDS STADIUM, DUBLIN, SEPT 88)
- KANSAS CITY (LIVE)
- BETTER DAYS AHEAD (LIVE)
- STRANGE FEELING (LIVE)
- I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW (LIVE, EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE, MAY 90) *
- EYES WIDE OPEN (LIVE, EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE, MAY 90) *
- HARDSTONE CITY (LIVE, EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE, MAY 90) *
- SHUT UP AND LISTEN (LIVE, EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE, MAY 90) *
- GIVING IT ALL AWAY (LIVE, AUSTRALIA, FEB 91)
- HALLELUAH JORDAN (LIVE, AUSTRALIA, FEB 91)
- CHRISTCHURCH BELLS (LIVE, AUSTRALIA, FEB 91)
- SI DO MHAMO I (LIVE IN MELBOURNE)
+ previously unreleased
*first time in the UK on CD -
CD 5: SONGS FROM THE RAIN + BONUS TRACKS
- THIS IS IT (YOUR SOUL)
- ONE TONGUE
- AN EMOTIONAL TIME
- BE GOOD
- GOOD FOR YOU
- ISN’T IT AMAZING
- THING OF BEAUTY
- YOUR NATURE
- SPIRIT OF THE LAND
- GYPSY FAIR
- STAND BESIDE ME
Bonus tracks
- AN EMOTIONAL TIME (SINGLE VERSION)
- THING OF BEAUTY (EDIT)*
- ONE TONGUE (SINGLE VERSION)
- ONE TONGUE (REMIX)
+ previously unreleased
*first time in the UK on CD -
CD 6: B-SIDES & EXTRA TRACKS
- THE SEASONS WHEELS
- HELP US MAKE OUR PEACE
- SONG OF ECUADOR
- AIR FROM THE HILLS
- BANISHED MISFORTUNE
- LET THE RHYTHM TAKE YOU HOME
- CARRY ON
- THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING
- THE REBEL
- SAME SONG
- WISH YOU EVERYTHING
- THE RAIN
- OF THE PEOPLE
- THE WELL
- LET HIM KNOW
- GETTING TOO MUCH
- SUSPICIOUS MINDS
- FOREVER YOUNG
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CD 7: BORN + BONUS TRACKS
- YOU CAN LOVE ME NOW
- TURN UP THE REVERB
- FOREVER MORE
- BORN
- POP SONG
- USED TO CALL IT LOVE
- AT LAST
- FIND THE TIME
- I BELIEVE
- LEARNING TO WALK
Bonus tracks
- YOU CAN LOVE ME NOW (RADIO EDIT)
- IT’S A MAN’S MAN’S WORLD
- LOVE DON’T WORK THIS WAY (‘98 VERSION)
- TURN UP THE REVERB (DEMO VERSION) +
- BORN (DEMO VERSION)+
- I BELIEVE (DEMO VERSION) +
+ previously unreleased
*first time in the UK on CD -
CD 8: DEMO VERSIONS
- MOVIES +
- WATER +
- SHUT UP AND LISTEN +
- LET HIM KNOW +
- HARDSTONE CITY +
- HELP US MAKE OUR PEACE +
- SPIRIT OF THE LAND +
- THE WELL +
- HE WHO WAS +
- CHANGING TIDES +
- ANGEL FRIEND +
- GETTING TOO MUCH +
- THING OF BEAUTY +
- HURTIN’ +
- JUNK FOOD +
- GO MAITH +
+ previously unreleased
*first time in the UK on CD
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CD 1: PEOPLE + BONUS TRACKS
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