The Best of Cold Chisel

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The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You
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Greatest hits album by
Released14 October 2011 (2011-10-14)
Recorded1978–2011
Genre Rock, Blues, Classic rock
Length73.28 (2011)
Label Warner Music
Producer Cold Chisel, Kevin Shirley, Mark Opitz, Nash Chambers, Peter Walker, Richard Batchens
Cold Chisel chronology
Covered
(2011)
The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You
(2011)
No Plans
(2012)

The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You is a greatest hits album released in October 2011 by Australian rock band, Cold Chisel. It debuted at No.2 in Australia [1] A limited edition included a bonus disc that featured a dozen of the band's most loved covers.

Contents

A Deluxe edition was released on 28 September 2018. [2]

In 2019, the album was certified 4× Platinum in Australia.

Background

Following the death of the group's drummer, Steve Prestwich in 2011, Jimmy Barnes and company regrouped for their first new compositions in over 13 years. The album includes two new tracks, "All For You" and "HQ454 Monroe" and 18 greatest hits. The greatest hits tracks were chosen by their fans who voted for their favourites on their website.

The album's full track listing was announced on their website on 25 September 2011. [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Anna-Maria Megalogenis from The AU Review gave the album 9/10, saying: "It is apparent that Cold Chisel produced some damn good Aussie pub rock songs, rich with lyrical imagery (penned mostly by keyboardist Don Walker), easy to sing along to and songs tinged with melancholia". She added, "Words fail to capture how damn good this album is". [5]

Jon O'Brien from All Music said; "The Adelaide quintet's tales of excess have often overshadowed their musical output, but "All for You" is a labor of love proving that they deserve their legendary status. [4]

Track listing

2011 release

CD1
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Standing on the Outside" East 2:56
2."Flame Trees" Twentieth Century 4:24
3."Khe Sanh"
  • Walker
Cold Chisel 4:10
4."When the War Is Over"
  • Prestwich
Circus Animals 4:25
5."Cheap Wine"
  • Walker
East3:25
6."Bow River"Circus Animals4:22
7."Rising Sun"East3:27
8."Choirgirl"
  • Walker
East3:25
9."All for You"
  • Walker
The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You4:57
10."Saturday Night"
  • Walker
Twentieth Century4:21
11."Forever Now"
  • Prestwich
Circus Animals4:27
12."Breakfast At Sweethearts"
  • Walker
Breakfast at Sweethearts4:10
13."Yakuza Girls"
  • Walker
The Last Wave of Summer 2:25
14."Four Walls"
  • Walker
East2:26
15."You Got Nothing I Want"
  • Barnes
Circus Animals3:16
16."My Baby"East3:16
17."Shipping Steel"
  • Walker
Breakfast at Sweethearts3:24
18."Ita"
  • Walker
East3:35
19."Hq454 Monroe"The Best of Cold Chisel3:11
20."Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)"
  • Barnes
  • Walker
Breakfast at Sweethearts2:50
Uncovered (Limited edition bonus disc)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Knockin' on Heaven's Door"5:50
2."Georgia On My Mind"4:43
3."Wild Thing"5:02
4."Long As I Can See the Light"4:46
5."Don't Let Go"4:13
6."It's Only Make Believe"
2:52
7."River Deep – Mountain High"3:13
8."Let's Go Get Stoned"5:12
9."When Something Is Wrong With My Baby"5:51
10."Big River"2:51
11."Cry Me a River"3:42
12."Sunshine"
  • Paul Hewson
5:59

2018 release (2CD set)

CD1
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Standing on the Outside" East 2:56
2."Khe Sanh"
  • Walker
Cold Chisel 4:10
3."When the War Is Over"
  • Prestwich
Circus Animals 4:25
4."Bow River"Circus Animals4:22
5."Rising Sun"East3:27
6."Lost"
The Perfect Crime 4:05
7."Star Hotel"
  • Walker
East4:07
8."All for You"
  • Walker
The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You4:57
9."Saturday Night"
  • Walker
Twentieth Century4:21
10."No Plans"
  • Walker
No Plans 2:37
11."Choirgirl"
  • Walker
East3:25
12."Conversations"
  • Walker
Breakfast at Sweethearts4:33
13."Merry-Go-Round"
  • Walker
Breakfast at Sweethearts4:33
14."Janelle"
  • Walker
Twentieth Century3:38
15."No Sense"
  • Barnes
Twentieth Century2:59
16."Water into Wine"
  • Prestwich
The Last Wave of Summer4:54
17."Letter to Alan"
  • Walker
Circus Animals5:45
18."The Last Wave of Summer"
  • Walker
The Last Wave of Summer5:22
CD2
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Cheap Wine"
  • Walker
East3:25
2."Flame Trees" Twentieth Century 4:24
3."Forever Now"
  • Prestwich
Circus Animals4:26
4."Breakfast At Sweethearts"
  • Walker
Breakfast at Sweethearts4:10
5."Yakuza Girls"
  • Walker
The Last Wave of Summer 2:25
6."Four Walls"
  • Walker
East2:26
7."Long Dark Road"
  • Barnes
  • Ben Rodgers
The Perfect Crime4:34
8."Ita"
  • Walker
East3:34
9."The Perfect Crime"
  • Walker
The Perfect Crime2:41
10."You Got Nothing I Want"
  • Barnes
Circus Animals3:16
11."My Baby"East3:16
12."Home and Broken Hearted"
  • Walker
Cold Chisel3:24
13."The Things I Love in You"
  • Walker
The Last Wave of Summer3:20
14."Everybody"
  • Walker
No Plans3:40
15."Shipping Steel"
  • Walker
Breakfast at Sweethearts3:24
16."Hq454 Monroe"The Best of Cold Chisel3:11
17."One Long Day"
  • Walker
Cold Chisel7:22
18."Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)"
  • Barnes
  • Walker
Breakfast at Sweethearts2:50
19."The Party's Over"  Northbound 3:03

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–19)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] 5

Year-end charts

In 2011, it was the third-highest selling album by an Australian artist after Gotye's Making Mirrors and Reece Mastin's Reece Mastin . It was No. 17 over-all.

Chart (2011)Position
Australian Albums Chart [8] 17
New Zealand Albums Chart35
Chart (2012)Position
Australian Albums Chart [9] 44
Chart (2015)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 51
Chart (2016)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 79
Chart (2017)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 47
Chart (2018)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] 29
Chart (2019)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 37
Chart (2020)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 30
Chart (2021)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] 52

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010-2019)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 18
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) [17] 2

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [18] 4× Platinum280,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
Australia14 October 2011 [19] Standard Warner Music Australia 5249889762
Standard + Limited Edition Bonus disc5249889775
28 September 2018 [20] [21] Deluxe EditionCold Chisel / Universal Music Australia CCC003 / CCCLP003

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