The Best of Me (Bryan Adams album)

The Best of Me
Greatest hits album by Bryan Adams
Released November 15, 1999
Recorded 1984-1999
Genre Rock
Length 68:13
Label A&M
Producer Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange, Bob Clearmountain, Bob Rock, Chris Thomas, Patrick Leonard
Bryan Adams chronology
On a Day Like Today
(1998)		 The Best of Me
(1999)		 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
(2002)
Singles from The Best of Me
  1. "The Best of Me"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Inside Out"
    Released: 2000

The Best of Me is a greatest hits album by Canadian singer Bryan Adams. It was released worldwide in 1999, and in the U.S. in 2002. It was his last release on A&M Records. Upon its initial release, a special edition 2-disc set was issued with live tracks. Another special edition 2-cd set was issued when the album was released in the U.S., dubbed "Special Tour Edition", bearing three extra tracks. It is Adams' second compilation album, after So Far So Good; except for Japan, where Hits On Fire was released in 1988. This album sees Adams reuniting with Robert John "Mutt" Lange - on the title track- after being absent from 1998's "On A Day Like Today".

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Best of Me"   Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange 3:33
2. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"   Adams, Lange 4:29
3. "I'm Ready"   Adams, Jim Vallance 4:29
4. "Summer of '69"   Adams, Vallance 3:34
5. "Let's Make a Night to Remember"   Adams, Lange 6:19
6. "All for Love"   Adams, Lange, Michael Kamen 4:36
7. "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"   Adams, Lange, Kamen 4:48
8. "Run to You"   Adams, Vallance 3:54
9. "Cloud Number Nine"   Adams, Max Martin, Gretchen Peters 4:11
10. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"   Adams, Lange, Kamen 6:34
11. "Back to You"   Adams, Eliot Kennedy 4:30
12. "When You're Gone"   Adams, Kennedy 3:25
13. "Please Forgive Me"   Adams, Lange, Kamen 5:58
14. "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"   Adams, Lange 3:37
15. "Inside Out"   Adams 4:47
16. "18 til I Die"   Adams, Lange 3:30

1999 Special Edition bonus disc

  1. "Summer of '69 (Live from South Africa)" – 3:34
  2. "Back To You (Live from South Africa)" – 5:28
  3. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started (Live from South Africa)" – 5:12
  4. "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? (Live from South Africa)" – 4:52
  5. "Rock Steady (Live from South Africa)" – 5:23

Tracks 2, 5 are also available on the single "Inside Out", issued in 2000.

2002 Special Tour Edition bonus disc

  1. "Summer of '69 (Live from South Africa)" – 3:34
  2. "Back To You (Live from South Africa)" – 5:28
  3. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started (Live from South Africa)" – 5:12
  4. "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? (Live from South Africa)" – 4:52
  5. "Rock Steady (Live from South Africa)" – 5:23
  6. "Cloud Number Nine (Live at Slane Castle)" – 4:09
  7. "I'm Ready (Live at Slane Castle)" – 4:34
  8. "Cuts Like a Knife (Live at Slane Castle)" – 6:02

This is basically the same bonus disc as the 1999 special edition release, with three extra tracks added. Tracks 2, 5 are also available on the single "Inside Out", issued in 2000. Tracks 6, 7, 8 are from the DVD release "Live At Slane Castle". The collection sells well over 3 million copies

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Austrian Top 75 Albums[1] 4
Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums[2] 3
Canadian Top 100 CDs[3] 7
Finnish Top 50 Albums[4] 16
German Albums Chart[5] 7
Netherlands Top 100 Albums[6] 13
New Zealand Top 50 Albums[7] 43
Swedish Top 60 Albums[8] 20
Swiss Top 100 Albums[9] 3
UK Albums Chart[10] 12
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Top 50 Albums[11] 18
Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[12] 30
Irish Top 75 Albums[13] 18
Norwegian Top 40 Albums[14] 2

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[15] Gold 30,000x
Australia (ARIA)[16] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[17] Gold 25,000x
Canada (Music Canada)[18] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Germany (BVMI)[19] Gold 150,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[20] Gold 25,000*
Sweden (GLF)[21] Gold 40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22] Platinum 50,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Platinum 300,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[24] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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