The Best of Me (Bryan Adams album)

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The Best of Me
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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)On a Day Like Today1998		 The Best of Me
(1999)		 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
(2002)Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron2002
Singles from The Best of Me
  1. "The Best of Me"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Inside Out"
    Released: 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2.5/5 stars[1]

The Best of Me is the third greatest hits album by Canadian singer Bryan Adams. It was released worldwide in 1999, and in the U.S. in 2001. 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.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Album Length
1. "The Best of Me"   Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange Previously unreleased 3:33
2. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"   Adams, Lange Waking Up the Neighbours, 1991 4:29
3. "I'm Ready"   Adams, Jim Vallance MTV Unplugged, 1997 4:29
4. "Summer of '69"   Adams, Vallance Reckless, 1984 3:34
5. "Let's Make a Night to Remember"   Adams, Lange 18 til I Die, 1996 6:19
6. "All for Love" (with Rod Stewart and Sting) Adams, Lange, Michael Kamen The Three Musketeers, 1993 4:36
7. "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"   Adams, Lange, Kamen 18 til I Die and Don Juan DeMarco, 1995 4:48
8. "Run to You"   Adams, Vallance Reckless 3:54
9. "Cloud Number Nine" (Chicane remix) Adams, Max Martin, Gretchen Peters Previously unreleased 4:11
10. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"   Adams, Lange, Kamen Waking Up the Neighbours and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991 6:34
11. "Back to You"   Adams, Eliot Kennedy MTV Unplugged 4:30
12. "When You're Gone" (featuring Melanie C) Adams, Kennedy On a Day Like Today, 1998 3:25
13. "Please Forgive Me"   Adams, Lange, Kamen So Far So Good, 1993 5:58
14. "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"   Adams, Lange 18 til I Die 3:37
15. "Inside Out"   Adams On a Day Like Today 4:47
16. "18 til I Die"   Adams, Lange 18 til I Die 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

Unidentified alternative edition

There exists an edition of this CD, dated 1999 and carrying a sticker bearing the catalogue number 490 522-2 [11], which omits the final track listed above, "18 Til I Die", and instead adds a hidden track after track 15:

16. "Don't Give Up" – 3:42, by Chicane Featuring Bryan Adams, written by Nick Bracegirdle, Bryan Adams, and Ray Hedges.

No bonus disc is included with this edition.

Remark: possibly there are 'strange versions' out there. Some of the double CDs released in 2002 (Special Tour Edition) have the bonus disc as described above, with the eight live tracks, but, on the first CD, it omits "18 til I die" and has the hidden track "Don't give up".

Personnel

Charts and certifications

References

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