Greatest (Duran Duran album)

Greatest
Greatest hits album by Duran Duran
Released 3 November 1998
Recorded 1980–1997
Genre New wave
Length 78:14
Label EMI
Capitol (US)
Producer Various
Duran Duran chronology
Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran
(1998)Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran1998		 Greatest
(1998)		 Strange Behaviour
(1999)Strange Behaviour1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(7.0/10)[2]
Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Greatest is a greatest hits compilation album released in 1998 by the band Duran Duran.

Background and release

Greatest was an update of the 1989 tenth anniversary compilation album, Decade: Greatest Hits. The new release included songs from their eponymous debut album through 1997's Medazzaland. The album includes all 14 songs featured in Decade: Greatest Hits, plus "New Moon on Monday" and four singles from the '90s, however both "Save a Prayer" and "Rio" are presented in their shorter US versions in order to fit on a single CD whereas they appeared in their full versions on the former compilation.

The album was released by EMI after parting ways with the band after the disastrous Medazzaland album release in 1997, and marked the first of many releases designed to capitalise on the band's extensive EMI-controlled back catalogue.

To coincide with the release of the Greatest album in the United Kingdom, the song "Electric Barbarella" was released as a single. This track was originally released as a single in North America in 1997 to promote the Medazzaland album (which was never released officially in the UK). "Electric Barbarella" was also the basis for a retroactive correction in licensing payments in the band's favour, after Cuccurullo discovered that the song was mistakenly credited as having been licensed by Capitol Records instead of the band itself (rights had reverted to the band).

By 2008, the collection had sold 1.3 million copies in the United States.[5]

To date, a full collection of Duran Duran's singles on one album still hasn't been released.

Track listing

  1. "Is There Something I Should Know?" – 4:10 (Non-album single)
  2. "The Reflex" {single version} – 4:24 (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger 1983)
  3. "A View to a Kill" – 3:34 (from A View to a Kill 1985)
  4. "Ordinary World" {single} – 4:42 (from Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) 1993)
  5. "Save a Prayer" (US single) – 3:47 (from Rio 1982)
  6. "Rio" (US edit) – 4:45 (from Rio)
  7. "Hungry Like the Wolf" – 3:25 (from Rio)
  8. "Girls on Film" – 3:27 (from Duran Duran 1981)
  9. "Planet Earth" {single} – 3:57 (from Duran Duran)
  10. "Union of the Snake" – 4:22 (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger)
  11. "New Moon on Monday" – 4:16 (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger)
  12. "The Wild Boys" – 4:17 (from Arena 1984)
  13. "Notorious" – 4:00 (from Notorious 1986)
  14. "I Don't Want Your Love" {Shep Pettibone 7"} – 3:48 (from Big Thing 1988)
  15. "All She Wants Is" {45 mix} – 4:26 (from Big Thing)
  16. "Electric Barbarella" {edit} – 4:17 (from Medazzaland 1997)
  17. "Serious" {edit} – 3:56 (from Liberty 1990)
  18. "Skin Trade" {radio cut} – 4:26 (from Notorious)
  19. "Come Undone" {edit} – 4:15 (from Duran Duran (The Wedding Album))

VHS edition

The album release was followed in 1999 by the release of a videotape compilation of the band's groundbreaking music videos, also entitled Greatest. It was not released on DVD at the time. The video album, Greatest was certified platinum by the RIAA on January 29, 2004.

Video album track listing

  1. "Planet Earth"
  2. "Girls on Film" (Uncensored)
  3. "The Chauffeur" (Uncensored)
  4. "Hungry Like the Wolf"
  5. "Save a Prayer"
  6. "Rio"
  7. "Is There Something I Should Know?"
  8. "Union of the Snake"
  9. "New Moon on Monday"
  10. "The Reflex"
  11. "The Wild Boys" (extended version)
  12. "A View to a Kill"
  13. "Notorious"
  14. "Skin Trade"
  15. "I Don't Want Your Love"
  16. "All She Wants Is"
  17. "Serious"
  18. "Burning the Ground"
  19. "Ordinary World"
  20. "Come Undone"
  21. "Electric Barbarella"
  22. "My Own Way"
  23. The Wedding Album EPK

DVD edition

Greatest: The DVD
Video by Duran Duran
Released November 2003 (2003-11)
Recorded 1981–1998
Genre Dance, new wave
Length 101 minutes
Label EMI/Abbey Road Interactive
Director Various
Duran Duran chronology
Extraordinary World
(1995)Extraordinary World1995		 Greatest
(2003)		 Live from London
(2005)Live from London2005

In November 2003, the videotape compilation was released in DVD format, titled Duran Duran: Greatest — The DVD, with hidden extra materials, including alternative versions of some of the videos and interviews of the band, however, this version is much criticised for its extensive use of easter egg features, which make it difficult to find and play some materials.

DVD Easter eggs

DVD one

A) Girls on Film (6:26 - long, uncensored version with an alternative ending):

B) Union of the Snake (4:19 - Dancing on the Valentine version):

C) New Moon on Monday (4 alternative versions):

  1. Dancing on the Valentine version, with moon shots – 5:30
  2. Alternative version 1, with intro dialogue; not the same one shown on MTV (that version has never been released commercially) – 5:00
  3. Alternative version 2 – 5:01
  4. short version, without intro – 3:43
  5. Movie version, with extended dialogue, uses unique extended version of song, not the 12" remix – 17:37

D) The Wild Boys (4:10 - Long Arena Version):

La Galerie De Duran

From the main menu, enter the "Galerie" by selecting the "A" in the word "GREATEST".

a) Planet Earth (4:05 - Club Version):

b) A Day in the Life featurette 2:26:

c) Girls on Film (3:24 - Censored/MTV version):

d) Midsummer Night's Tube Feature (4:31 - Nick and Simon discuss the recording and production of the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger):

e) Wild Boys Interview (8:53 - Paul Gambaccini talks to Roger, Andy and Simon):

f) View to a Kill Interview (1:52 - Paul Gambaccini talks with John and Andy):

DVD two

From the main menu, enter the "Galerie" by selecting the "A" in the word "GREATEST".

a) Liberty album Electronic Press Kit (EPK):

b) Serious (Multi-angle version):

c) The Wedding Album Television Commercial

d) Come Undone (Censored/MTV version)

Full hidden track listing

The hidden tracks may be accessed directly using the Title/Chapter number keys on a DVD player (or DVD remote control). This may not necessarily work from "inside" the disc's navigation menus depending on the DVD player. On some players the disc must be fully stopped (sometimes by pushing the "stop" button two or three times) to navigate directly to a Title, on others the disc must be playing. This DVD contains user operation prohibition on jumping directly to Titles in an attempt to prevent direct Title access, but not all DVD players obey such prohibitions. There are several duplicates of standard videos among the hidden tracks, in addition to the easter eggs.

DVD one

DVD two

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 35
Canadian Albums (RPM)[8] 74
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 30
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10] 24
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 13
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12] 13
US Billboard 200[13] 170
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 38
Chart (2003) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 12
Chart (2004) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 4

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[17] Platinum 60,000^
Australia (ARIA)[18] Gold 35,000^
Belgium (BEA)[19] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[20] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[21] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] 3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[23] Platinum 1,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[24] Platinum 1,000,000*

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

References

  1. ↑ "Greatest - Duran Duran". Allmusic.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080421051255/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17181-greatest. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. ↑ "Ask Billboard: 'Trash' For Sale". Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Duran Duran – Greatest" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Duran Duran – Greatest" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "Top 100 CDs". RPM. 68 (11). 7 December 1998. ISSN 0033-7064. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Duran Duran – Greatest" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Duran Duran – Greatest" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "Duran Duran: Greatest" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  12. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Duran Duran – Greatest". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  13. ↑ "Greatest – Duran Duran: Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  14. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Duran Duran – Greatest". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  15. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Duran Duran – Greatest". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  16. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  17. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Discs". CAPIF (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  18. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  19. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2002". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  20. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Duran Duran – Greatest Hits". Music Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  21. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Duran Duran – Greatest". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  22. ↑ "British album certifications – Duran Duran – Greatest". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 September 2013. Enter Greatest in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  23. ↑ "American album certifications – Duran Duran – Greatest". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 7 March 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  24. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2002". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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