Creosote - The Golden Tunes

Creosote - The Golden Tunes is a 2012 greatest hits album for the band Creosote. It was put together in the wake Mr Creosote's successful return to music and a revitalised effort from The Railway Kings the same year. The album was largely significant for officially ending the public feud between Mr Creosote and his former bandmates George Hudson and Howard Taft. While the feud had entered a cool phase in the late 2000s, it was still generally thought that the men still had significant dislike for eachother. However, the album proved a point of reconciliation and was accompanied by discussions of a reunion, which was called off for the time being.

Despite very high sales, the album was controversial among fans for underrepresenting the 'experimental sides' of the band, with many pointing to the complete lack of songs from Stained Tablecloth. A popular /rCreosote reddit post highlighted the frustration, 'The fact there's 2 songs off Smoulderin' Jambalya and 1 off Stained Tablecloth is a complete joke. What's worse is there was clearly space for a few more tracks on the CD, along with the fact fans would've completely indulged them in a double album.'.

In 2015 George Hudson commented he was unhappy with the release, 'I'm with the fans here, the truth is we had no faith it could sell, the release went through EMI which was breaking up and being swallowed by Sony and Universal, and they needed a lot of persuading that it could turn a good profit. As a result the track selection is as safe as possible, appealing to the 40 somethings who remember the earlier tunes fondly.'