Retrospective: 1995–2005

Retrospective: 1995–2005 is Natalie Merchant's first greatest hits album, featuring her most popular songs. It was released on 27 September 2005 on Elektra Records.

Retrospective: 1995–2005
Greatest hits album by
Released27 September 2005
Recorded1990–2005
GenrePop
Length126:28
LabelElektra
Warner Strategic Marketing
ProducerNatalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant chronology
The House Carpenter's Daughter
(2003)
Retrospective: 1995–2005
(2005)
Leave Your Sleep
(2010)

Track listing

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  1. "Wonder" (single version) – 4:24
  2. "Carnival" – 5:59
  3. "Jealousy" (single version) – 2:44
  4. "San Andreas Fault" – 3:58
  5. "Kind & Generous" – 4:06
  6. "Break Your Heart" – 4:53
  7. "Life is Sweet" – 5:14
  8. "The Living" – 3:18
  9. "Build a Levee" – 4:48
  10. "Not in This Life" – 5:22
  11. "Motherland" – 4:45
  12. "Owensboro" – 4:25
  13. "Sally Ann" – 5:49

A Special Deluxe Edition of Retrospective: 1990–2005 was available for a limited time from Merchant's website. This version included a second disc with B-sides and rarities:

  1. "She Devil" (outtake from Ophelia) – 5:55
  2. "Cowboy Romance" (outtake from The House Carpenter's Daughter) – 8:02
  3. "Children Go Where I Send Thee" – 5:12
  4. "Birds and Ships" (with Billy Bragg) – 2:13
  5. "The Lowlands of Holland" (with The Chieftains) – 3:49
  6. "One Fine Day" (from the movie One Fine Day) – 2:47
  7. "Photograph" (with R.E.M.) – 3:32
  8. "Party of God" (with Bragg) – 4:17
  9. "Thick as Thieves" (acoustic version) – 6:23
  10. "Bread and Circuses" (with Bragg) – 4:24
  11. "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" (with Susan McKeown) – 3:50
  12. "Tell Yourself" (acoustic version) – 5:05
  13. "But Not for Me" – 3:26
  14. "I Know How to Do It" – 4:26
  15. "Come Take a Trip in My Airship" – 4:03