The Best of Vanessa Amorosi

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The Best of Vanessa Amorosi
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Greatest hits album by Vanessa Amorosi
Released 24 November 2005
Genre Pop
Label ASP Records [1] (South Africa)
Rajon Music Group (Australia)
Producer Chris Kritzinger
Vanessa Amorosi chronology
Change
(2002) Change2002
The Best of Vanessa Amorosi
(2005/2006)
Somewhere in the Real World
(2008) Somewhere in the Real World2008

The Best of Vanessa Amorosi [2] is a CD/DVD set released by Vanessa Amorosi in 2006 through the independent arm of Sony BMG Australia Rajon Entertainment.

Vanessa Amorosi Australian singer-songwriter

Vanessa Joy Amorosi is an Australian singer-songwriter and recording artist. Her combined album and single sales have reached over 2 million worldwide. She is known for her vocal range and her ability to vocally cover various genres of music including pop, rock, blues, jazz, and gospel.

Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann Music Group. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music Entertainment, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout of the remaining 50% held by Bertelsmann AG. BMG was instead rebuilt as BMG Rights Management on the basis of 200 remaining artists.

Contents

Track listing

# DISK 1 (CD) Time
01. "Absolutely Everybody" 3:42
02. "Have a Look" 3:35
03. "I Wanna Be Your Everything" 3:36
04. "Shine" 3:53
05. "One Thing Leads 2 Another" 3:16
06. "Turning Up the Heat" 3:09
07. "Steam" 3:47
08. "Spin" 3:02
09. "The Power" 3:34
10. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" 4:03
11. "Follow Me" 3:29
12. "Bitter Twist" 3:45
13. "Change" 3:22
14. "Back in Love" 3:44
15. "True To Yourself" 3:41
# DISK 2 (DVD) Time
01. "Have a Look" (Australian video) 4:00
02. "Absolutely Everybody" (Millennium live version) 3:50
03. "Shine" (Australian video) 3:50
04. "Spin" 3:05
05. "Everytime I Close My Eyes" (German video) 4:03
06. "Turn to Me" (animated clip) [3] 3:34
07. "Absolutely Everybody" (UK club version) 3:50
08. "Have a Look" (German video) 4:00

The Best of Vanessa Amorosi CD/DVD set (Cat#: SIMPCD011), released in the UK by Simply Music/Unique Corp. in 2006, contains "The Power" video clip on the DVD and the song "True to Yourself" is missing on the CD. [4]

Release history

Region Date
South Africa 24 November 2005
Australia 10 April 2006
United Kingdom 2006 [4]

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