Best of British | ||
compilation album | ||
---|---|---|
Continent | Europe | |
Catalogue no. | VTDCD 302 | |
Label | EMI Music Distribution | |
Format | 2-CD | |
Length | 41 tracks | |
Released | 27 April 2004 | |
Genre | Pop, New Wave, Rock | |
Producer | various | |
discs | ||
featuring Duran Duran |
Best of British: 50 Golden Years is a compilation album featuring Duran Duran, released in Europe by EMI Music Distribution on 27 April 2004.
About the album[]
This is a collection of songs by various UK acts, compiled from fifty years of chart music.
The compilation includes "Ordinary World" by Duran Duran, a song that won an Ivor Novello Award in May 1994. Simon Le Bon, later sang this song with Luciano Pavarotti to help children affected by war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Track listing[]
VTDCD 302[]
CD 1[]
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
- "Angels" - Robbie Williams
- "Life On Mars" - David Bowie
- "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum
- "Waterloo Sunset" - The Kinks
- "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
- "Out of Time" - Chris Farlowe
- "Oliver's Army" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
- "Virginia Plain" - Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
- "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys
- "Downtown" - Petula Clark
- "Goldfinger" - Shirley Bassey
- "Live and Let Die" - Paul McCartney & Wings
- "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
- "Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club
- "It Must Be Love" - Madness
- "Itchycoo Park" - The Small Faces
- "Solsbury Hill" - Peter Gabriel
- "Golden Brown" - The Stranglers
- "Vienna" - Ultravox
- "Tubular Bells" - Mike Oldfield
CD 2[]
- "Imagine" - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
- "Albatross" - Fleetwood Mac
- "I'm Not In Love" - 10cc
- "Home Thoughts From Abroad" - Clifford T Ward
- "Rocket Man" - Elton John
- "True" - Spandau Ballet
- "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" - The Hollies
- "Blackberry Way" - The Move
- "Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
- "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran
- "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
- "Mama Told Me Not To Come" - Tom Jones feat. The Stereophonics
- "The House of the Rising Sun" - The Animals
- "Apache" - The Shadows
- "We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard
- "She's Not There" - The Zombies
- "China In Your Hand" - T'pau
- "Whole Again" - Atomic Kitten
- "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield
- "In The Air Tonight" - Phil Collins