The Cockney Rebel – A Steve Harley Anthology

The Cockney Rebel – A Steve Harley Anthology
Compilation album by
Released2 October 2006
GenreRock, pop, glam rock, progressive rock
LabelEMI
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel/Steve Harley chronology
The Quality of Mercy
(2005)
The Cockney Rebel – A Steve Harley Anthology
(2006)
Stranger Comes to Town
(2010)

The Cockney Rebel – A Steve Harley Anthology is a remastered three-disc box-set anthology by Steve Harley, released by EMI on 2 October 2006. It features material from Cockney Rebel, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and Harley's solo career, spanning over 33 years from The Human Menagerie (1973) to The Quality of Mercy (2005).

The anthology was compiled by project manager Nigel Reeve and designed by Chris Peyton. The album's sleeve notes were written by music journalist Geoff Barton. The final track on disc 3, a live recording of "Only You", is highlighted as being previously unreleased, although it had originally appeared on the 1999 live album Stripped to the Bare Bones.

Following its release, Harley spoke of the anthology in an October 2006 diary entry for his official website: "The anthology is selling here in bucket-loads. I can't deny I'm proud of it. EMI have done a good job in all respects. You can't please everyone, but the 42 tracks seem a pretty fair reflection of my career so far." He later added in a January 2007 entry: "The release was the equivalent of the gold watch for long-service, but gave me lots of warm feelings."