| The Very Best Of: 25 Years 1987–2012 | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | The Proclaimers |
| Cover: | Proclaimers_25_years.png |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 9 July 2013 |
| Recorded: | 1986–2012 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 109:04 |
| Label: |
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| Producer: | Various |
| Prev Title: | Like Comedy |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Let's Hear It for the Dogs |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
The Very Best Of: 25 Years 1987–2012 is a 2013 greatest hits album by Scottish rock duo The Proclaimers. Released on 9 July 2013, the two-disc compilation included songs from every Proclaimers studio album up to that point since their 1987 debut album This Is the Story. The album has been certified Gold in the United Kingdom.
Spanning two compact discs, the compilation included material from the nine Proclaimers' albums fromThis Is the Story (1987) to Like Comedy (2012), with the addition of a new song; "Not Cynical".[1]
In a largely positive review, Timothy Monger of AllMusic remarked that fans "will thrill to the idea of having almost all of their favorites [...] together in one place". Stephen Unwin was more dismissive in the Daily Express, remarking that "their shtick is borderline cute but ultimately nothing more than a gimmick" and that while some songs, such as "Letter from America", were catchy, "the rest is just two guys who happened on a career based on not a lot".[2]
All tracks written by Craig Reid and Charles Reid, except where noted.