Experience the Divine

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Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Bette Midler
Released	1993, 1996
Recorded	Various
Genre	Vocal
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Various
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Bette Midler chronology
For the Boys (1991) Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits (1993) Gypsy (1993)
Alternate cover
1996 edition

Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer Bette Midler, featuring many of her best-known songs. While greatest hits albums had been released in Europe, Australia and New Zealand in the 70s and 80s, such as The Best of Bette, this was the first compilation to be released in North America, some 20 years after Midler recorded her first studio album for the Atlantic Records label.

Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits was re-released in 1996 with new cover art and a slightly altered track list, then including "My Favourite Waste of Time" and "Beast of Burden" from 1983's No Frills as well as two versions of 1995 hit single "To Deserve You" from Midler's final album for Atlantic, Bette of Roses.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 1993 edition

1. "Hello In There" (Prine) - 4:17
2. "Do You Want To Dance?" (Freeman) - 2:44
3. "From A Distance" (Gold) - 4:38
4. "Chapel Of Love" (Barry, Greenwich, Spector) - 2:53
5. "Only In Miami" (Gronenthal) - 3:57
6. "When A Man Loves A Woman" (Lewis, Wright) - 4:54
7. "The Rose" (McBroom) - 3:34
8. "Miss Otis Regrets" (Porter) - 2:39
9. "Shiver Me Timbers" (Waits) - 4:42
10. "Wind Beneath My Wings" (Henley, Silbar) - 4:53
11. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (Prince, Raye) - 2:19
12. "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" (Arlen, Mercer) - 4:06
13. "Friends" (Klingman, Linhart) - 2:55
14. "In My Life" (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:12

[edit] 1996 edition

1. "To Deserve You" (Single Remix) (McKee) - 4:11
2. "Beast of Burden" (Jagger, Richards) - 3:49
3. "Favorite Waste of Time" (Crenshaw) - 2:40
4. "Hello In There" (Prine) - 4:17
5. "Do You Want To Dance?" (Freeman) - 2:44
6. "From A Distance" (Gold) - 4:38
7. "Chapel Of Love" (Barry, Greenwich, Spector) - 2:53
8. "Only In Miami" (Gronenthal) - 3:57
9. "When A Man Loves A Woman" (Lewis, Wright) - 4:54
10. "The Rose" (McBroom) - 3:34
11. "Miss Otis Regrets" (Porter) - 2:39
12. "Shiver Me Timbers" (Waits) - 4:42
13. "Wind Beneath My Wings" (Henley, Silbar) - 4:53
14. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (Prince, Raye) - 2:19
15. "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" (Arlen, Mercer) - 4:06
16. "Friends" (Klingman, Linhart) - 2:55
17. "In My Life" (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:12
18. "To Deserve You" (Album Version) (McKee) - 5:13