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Released | 1 October 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2008–2021 | |||
Length | 69:36 | |||
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Singles from Tales from the Script: Greatest Hits | ||||
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Tales from the Script: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by Irish pop rock band The Script. It was released on 1 October 2021 through Phonogenic Records and Sony Music Entertainment. The album includes singles from all six of the band's preceding studio albums, as well as a brand new song, and a song from their 2018 Acoustic Sessions EP. [1] It was preceded by the single "I Want It All", and was supported by a worldwide tour which took place throughout 2022 and spanned North America, Europe and Australia. [2] [3] [4]
The album debuted at number one in the albums charts in both Ireland and the UK.
Tales from the Script: Greatest Hits debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart dated 8 October 2021, becoming the Script's sixth UK number-one album. [5] It also debuted atop the Irish Albums Chart, becoming the band's seventh chart-topping album in their home country and extending their unbroken string of number-one albums there. [6]
Tour by The Script | |
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Associated album | Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits |
Start date | 30 March 2022 |
End date | 18 November 2022 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 53 |
The Script concert chronology |
a Mark Sheehan was absent from the band's North America leg due to wanting to spend time with his family. [7]
All Songs written by Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Breakeven" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Andrew Frampton/Steve Kipner | The Script | 4:20 |
2. | "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Frampton/Kipner | The Script | 4:00 |
3. | "For the First Time" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Glen Power | Science & Faith | 4:12 |
4. | "Nothing" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Frampton/Kipner | Science & Faith | 4:31 |
5. | "Hall of Fame" (featuring will.i.am) | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/James Barry | #3 | 3:22 |
6. | "If You Could See Me Now" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Frampton/Kipner | #3 | 3:38 |
7. | "Superheroes" | Barry/O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Frampton/Kipner | No Sound Without Silence | 4:02 |
8. | "Six Degrees of Separation" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Frampton/Kipner | #3 | 3:52 |
9. | "Rain" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/James Barry/Camille Purcell | Freedom Child | 3:30 |
10. | "Arms Open" | Sheehan/Adam Messinger/O'Donoghue/Nasri Atweh | Freedom Child | 4:02 |
11. | "The Last Time" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Barry/James Abrahart | Sunsets & Full Moons | 3:17 |
12. | "Run Through Walls" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Barry/David King | Sunsets & Full Moons | 3:28 |
13. | "Before the Worst" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Power | The Script | 3:23 |
14. | "We Cry" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Frampton/Kipner/Power | The Script | 3:44 |
15. | "Science & Faith" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan | Science & Faith | 4:20 |
16. | "No Good in Goodbye" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Barry | No Sound Without Silence | 5:08 |
17. | "Never Seen Anything 'Quite Like You'" (acoustic) | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Barry | No Sound Without Silence | 3:48 |
18. | "I Want It All" | O'Donoghue/Sheehan/Frampton/Kipner | Tales From The Script | 3:07 |
Total length: | 69:36 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [15] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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