Cheap Pearls and Whisky Dreams – The Best Of

Cheap Pearls and Whisky Dreams – The Best of is a compilation album by Scottish band Love and Money, released by Fontana in 1999.

Critical reception
On its release, Neil McKay of Sunday Life wrote, "A vehicle for the classy songwriting of James Grant, Love and Money made some fine soul and country tinged pop rock over the course of four albums spanning the late 80s and early 90s." Nick Duerden of Q noted the band's shift from their initial image as "Scotland's latest rock hopes" to "a cult act whose heart-on-sleeve approach often went against mainstream tastes" after Grant discovered "jazz, subtlety, and artful contemplation". He described Grant as being "blessed with the lyricism of a poet" and added it was a "shame" that the band "only ever reached a tiny audience".

Personnel
Production
 * Gary Katz – producer (1, 5, 8, 10, 12)
 * Steve Nye – producer (2, 7, 14)
 * Tom Dowd – producer (3, 11)
 * Love and Money – producer (4, 6, 9, 13, 15, 17)
 * Tony Phillips – producer (4)
 * Andy Taylor – producer (16)
 * Paul McGeechan – mastering

Other
 * Paul McGeechan, Paul Reidy – compilers
 * Adrian Thrills – sleeve notes
 * M4 Design – sleeve design