The Best of Me (Rick Astley album)

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The Best of Me
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Greatest hits album by
Released25 October 2019
Label
Producer
Rick Astley chronology
Beautiful Life
(2018)
The Best of Me
(2019)
Are We There Yet?
(2023)
Singles from The Best of Me
  1. "Every One of Us"
    Released: 12 September 2019

The Best of Me is a greatest hits album by English singer-songwriter Rick Astley. It was released on 25 October 2019 by RCA Records and BMG. [1] [2] [3] The album includes the single "Every One of Us", which was released in September 2019. The Best of Me reached number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and number 1 on the UK Independent Albums chart.

Contents

The album has two discs, a disc of old recordings, and a second disc that consists of new recordings of "reimagined" old songs with new interpretation. It includes a stripped-back, slowed-down version of "Never Gonna Give You Up" accompanied by pianoforte. [4] It also includes a new song, "Every One of Us", [5] which was released on 12 September 2019 as the first single from the album with a post on Twitter from Astley, who also confirmed the title of the album and its release date. [6] [7]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Rick Astley, except where noted.

Disc 1

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Every One of Us"  3:06
2."Never Gonna Give You Up" Stock Aitken Waterman 3:33
3."Whenever You Need Somebody"Stock Aitken Waterman
  • Aitken
  • Stock
  • Waterman
3:52
4."When I Fall in Love"
  • Aitken
  • Stock
  • Waterman
2:59
5."Together Forever"Stock Aitken Waterman
  • Aitken
  • Stock
  • Waterman
3:24
6."It Would Take a Strong Strong Man"Stock Aitken Waterman
  • Aitken
  • Stock
  • Waterman
3:39
7."She Wants to Dance with Me" 
3:14
8."Take Me to Your Heart"Stock Aitken Waterman
  • Aitken
  • Stock
  • Waterman
3:27
9."Hold Me in Your Arms" 
  • Harding
  • Curnow
4:32
10."Cry for Help" (Single Edit)
  • Gary Stevenson
  • Astley
4:03
11."Sleeping" (Edit)
  • Braide
  • Astley
3:43
12."Lights Out"
  • Astley
  • Andrew Frampton
Frampton3:12
13."Keep Singing"  3:58
14."Angels on My Side"  3:35
15."God Says / Dance"  3:15
16."This Old House"  4:30
17."Beautiful Life"  3:43
18."Try"  3:55
19."She Makes Me"  3:34
20."Never Gonna Give You Up" (Pianoforte)Stock Aitken Waterman 3:33

Disc 2 – Reimagined Classics

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Together Forever" (Reimagined)Stock Aitken Waterman4:01
2."Whenever You Need Somebody" (Reimagined)Stock Aitken Waterman4:00
3."When I Fall in Love" (Reimagined)
  • Heyman
  • Young
3:37
4."Beautiful Life" (Reimagined) 3:30
5."She Wants to Dance with Me" (Reimagined) 3:20
6."Hold Me in Your Arms" (Reimagined) 3:43
7."Cry for Help" (Reimagined)
  • Astley
  • Fisher
3:49
8."Keep Singing" (Reimagined) 3:41
9."Angels on My Side" (Reimagined) 3:49
10."Try" (Reimagined) 3:46

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for The Best of Me
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [8] 50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 76
Irish Albums (IRMA) [10] 91
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [12] 25
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 4
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [14] 1

Certifications

Certifications for The Best of Me
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Gold100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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