Still on Top – The Greatest Hits
Still on Top - The Greatest Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Van Morrison | ||||
Released | 22 October 2007 (U. K.) (CD) | |||
Recorded | various | |||
Genre | various | |||
Label | Exile Productions Ltd/Polydor | |||
Producer | Van Morrison | |||
Van Morrison chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
bbc.co.uk | (unrated)[1] |
IndieLondon | [2] |
Inthenews.co.uk | [3] |
MEN Media | [4] |
Still on Top – The Greatest Hits is the third compilation album to be issued by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison in 2007 (see 2007 in music). It was released 22 October 2007 in the UK in a 2-CD album with 37 tracks and with a 3CD Digipak limited edition box set also available on initial release of the album in the UK. On 29 October 2007 it was listed at #2 on the UK Official Top 75 Albums, his highest charting ever.[5] The album also charted at #3 on the Top 75 Albums in Ireland, his highest debut in that country.[6] In its second week of release it topped the Swedish albums chart, and has since been certified gold.
It was released on 6 November 2007, in the US and Canada on a single disc with 21 tracks and is also available as an MP3 download. The single disc album charted at #48 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and #37 in Canada on the Soundscan charts.
The tracks consist of Morrison's biggest hits from 1964 as leader of the Northern Irish band Them through his 2005 release Magic Time.
Track listing
- All songs written by Van Morrison except as noted
UK Release
Disc 1: 72 minutes
- "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Dweller on the Threshold" (Morrison/Hugh Murphy) 2007 Re-mastered
- "Whenever God Shines His Light" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Moondance"
- "Bright Side of the Road" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Brown Eyed Girl"
- "Wavelength" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Crazy Love"
- "Someone Like You" 2007 Re-mastered
- "When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God?" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Tore Down a la Rimbaud" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Wild Night" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Gloria" Van Morrison with Them - Stereo Version
- "Real Real Gone" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Into the Mystic"
- "In the Garden" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Saint Dominic's Preview" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Stranded" Album Version
Disc 2: 78 minutes
- "Precious Time" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Domino"
- "Here Comes the Night" (Bert Berns) Van Morrison with Them
- "Little Village" 2007 Re-mastered
- "And It Stoned Me"
- "Days Like This" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Have I Told You Lately" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Cleaning Windows" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) Van Morrison with Them
- "Back on Top"
- "Vanlose Stairway" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Celtic New Year" Album Version
- "Irish Heartbeat" 2007 Re-mastered
- "The Healing Game" Alternative Version
- "Full Force Gale" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Warm Love" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Did Ye Get Healed?" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Tupelo Honey" 2007 Re-mastered
- "Wonderful Remark" 2007 Re-mastered
Disc 3 (Limited Edition) 78 minutes
- "Hey Mr. DJ" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "In the Forest" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "Queen of the Slipstream" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "Rave on John Donne" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "Hymns to the Silence" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "Crazy Jane on God" (William Mathieu, Yeats)- 2007 Re-mastered
- "Rough God Goes Riding" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "Steal My Heart Away" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "One Irish Rover" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "Listen to the Lion" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "Streets of Arklow" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "The Beauty of the Days Gone By" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "Take It Where You Find It" - 2007 Re-mastered
- "Coney Island" - 2007 Re-mastered
Track listing
Still on Top - The Greatest Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Van Morrison | ||||
Released | 6 November 2007 (U. S.) (Canada) (CD) | |||
Recorded | various | |||
Genre | various | |||
Label | Exile Productions Ltd./Hip-O- U.S., Universal Music Group- Canada | |||
Van Morrison chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [7] |
- All songs written by Van Morrison except as noted
Single Disc
- "Gloria" Van Morrison with Them
- "Here Comes the Night" (Bert Berns) Van Morrison with Them
- "Brown Eyed Girl" from "Blowin' Your Mind"
- "Moondance" from "Moondance"
- "Crazy Love" from "Moondance"
- "Domino" from "His Band and the Street Choir"
- "Wild Night" from "Tupelo Honey"
- "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" from "Saint Dominic's Preview"
- "Warm Love" from "Hard Nose the Highway"
- "Wavelength" from "Wavelength"
- "Bright Side of the Road" from "Into the Music"
- "Dweller on the Threshold" (Morrison, Hugh Murphy) from "Live at Grand Opera House Belfest"
- "Tore Down a la Rimbaud" from "Sense of Wonder"
- "In the Garden" from "No Guru, No Method, No Teacher"
- "Someone Like You" from "Poetic Champions Compose"
- "Have I Told You Lately" from "Avalon Sunset"
- "Real Real Gone" from "Enlightenment"
- "Days Like This" from "Days Like This"
- "The Healing Game" - alternate take
- "Precious Time" from "Back On Top"
- "Stranded" from "Magic Time"
Charts
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart | 2 |
Norway Albums | 3 |
Swedish Albums | 1 |
New Zealand | 14 |
Australia | 15 |
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year | Chart | Position |
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2007 | The Billboard 200 | 48 |