The Best of Roy Harper

~ Release by Roy Harper (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Annotation

Despite the title, this is the Sophisticated Beggar album with a re-ordered tracklist.
See discussion at Edit #146923423.

Annotation last modified on 2026-06-01 06:10 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Blackpool guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: Blackpool writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		5:13
2	Hup Hup Spiral		0:40
3	Sophisticated Beggar guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: Sophisticated Beggar writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		5:08
4	Black Clouds guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: Black Clouds writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		4:35
5	October 12th guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: October Twelfth writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		5:54
6	Girlie guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: Girlie writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		3:04
7	Committed (live) live recording of: Committed writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		3:25
8	Mr. Station Master guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: Mr. Station Master writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		3:06
9	Big Fat Silver Aeroplane guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: Big Fat Silver Aeroplane writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		3:42
10	China Girl guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: China Girl writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		3:37
11	My Friend guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: My Friend writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		4:09
12	Goldfish guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: Goldfish writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		2:49
13	Legend guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: Legend writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer)		3:49
14	Forever guitar: Roy Harper (English folk singer) vocals: Roy Harper (English folk singer) recording of: Forever writer: Roy Harper (English folk singer) arranger: David Bedford (composer)		3:32

Credits

Release

stream for free:	https://www.deezer.com/album/7262721 [info]

Release group

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/234601 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Roy-harper/Sophisticated-beggar [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/roy-harper/the-sophisticated-beggar/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/260734/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=18397 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Sophisticated_Beggar/51323 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000203872 [info]
Wikidata:	Q3964957 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 888003924741
Format:: Digital Media
Length:: 52:43

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Carter Lane

Release events

[Worldwide]
2013-12-08

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Last updated on 2026-06-01 06:10 UTC