My Way (Herman Brood album)

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My Way
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Compilation album by
Released2001 (2001)
Genre Rock and roll, blues
Label BMG
Producer Henkjan Smits, Koos van Dijk
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance chronology
Ciao Monkey
(2000)
My Way
(2001)
Singles from My Way
  1. "My Way"
    Released: 2001

My Way is a posthumous compilation album with music by Dutch rock and roll and blues artist Herman Brood, released shortly after his suicide on 11 July 2001. The album produced a number one single, the first of Brood's career: "My Way" reached number one on 18 August 2001. On the Dutch album chart, the album reached #5 on 20 October 2001, and stayed on the chart for 57 weeks. [1] It was certified gold in 2002. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Saturday Night" (Brood, Lademacher)3:42
2."Love You Like I Love Myself" (E. Strack van Schijndel)3:33
3."Still Believe" (Borgers, Smeenk)3:14
4."Never Be Clever" (Brood, Lademacher)3:04
5."Hot Shot" (Brood, Lademacher)3:26
6."Too Much Grace" (Brood, Hollestelle)3:07
7."Blew My Cool Over You" (Alberts)3:08
8."Als Je Wint Heb Je Vrienden" (Vrienten)3:28
9."Hold On Tight" (Brood, Hollestelle)3:12
10."Tattoo Song" (Brood)3:10
11."Checkin' Out" (Brood, Del Monte Lyon)2:59
12."If Love Is Dead" (Wieczorek)2:29
13."All The Girls 're Crazy" (Montgomery)3:30
14."Street" (Brood)2:45
15."I Don't Need You" (Brood, Lademacher)3:39
16."50 Jaar" (Vrienten)4:31
17."Pijn" (Buitenhuis)3:04
18."Sleepin' Bird" (Brood)4:11
19."Rock 'n' Roll Junkie" (Brood)2:49
20."Saturday Night (big band version)" (Brood, Lademacher)2:30
21."Back on the Corner" (Allison)2:34
22."Dance On" (Brood)3:41
23."When I Get Home" (Cave)1:42
24."My Way" (Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux)4:47

Singles

"My Way" reached number one on 18 August 2001 and stayed there for three weeks, spending 14 weeks on the chart. [3]

Personnel

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