Best Years 1974–2014
Best Years 1974–2014 | ||||
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Released | 11 August 2014 | |||
Recorded | 1972-2014 | |||
Length | 3:56:40[1] | |||
Label | Festival Music | |||
Richard Clapton chronology | ||||
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Best Years 1974-2014 (Subtitled The 40th Anniversary Collection) is a 3CD + DVD greatest hits album by Australian rock musician Richard Clapton. The album was released in August 2014 to coincide with the release of Clapton's autobiography of the same name.[2][3] The album covers songs from his career, (commencing in 1972, despite the title) in chronological order and includes a live DVD from The Best Years of Our Lives tour form 1989, available of DVD for the first time.[4] The album peaked at number 36 on the ARIA Charts.
Reception[]
Shane Pinnegar from 100% Rock called the album "a magnificent listen" and gave the album 9/10 saying "Clapton's songs are timeless and wonderfully evocative, and this box set...is a timely reminder of the many coulda-woulda-shoulda been hits he has to his name."[5]
Ian McFarlane considers Clapton "to be one of the most important song writers this country has ever produced" and said "This is a magnificent listening experience".[6]
Track listing[]
- CD1
- "Last Train to Marseilles" - 3:24
- "Prussian Blue" - 5:42
- "Blue Bay Blues" - 4:44
- "Throw Me Down a Line" - 3:10
- "Girls on the Avenue" - 3:18
- "Please Come Home" - 3:35
- "Kicking the Moon Around" - 4:03
- "Casanova's Got the Blues" - 5:58
- "Need A Visionary" - 3:41
- "Suit Yourself" - 3:40
- "Highway One #2 (Children of the Sun)" - 5:15
- "Capricorn Dancer" - 3:26
- "Deep Water" - 5:28
- "Down in the Lucky Country" - 3:42
- "Goodbye Tiger" - 5:53
- "Wintertime in Amsterdam" - 6:06
- "Steppin' Across the Line" - 4:08
- "The Ghost Train" (Demo) - 4:31
- CD2
- "Sometimes the Fire" - 7:28
- "Get Back to the Shelter" - 3:56
- "Dark Spaces" - 5:56
- "The Best Years of Our Lives" - 5:08
- "I Am an Island" - 5:03
- "The Universal" - 4:33
- "Walk On Water" - 4:32
- "Amsterdam" - 5:12
- "Goodbye Barbara Ann" - 4:48
- "Thorn in My Saddle" (Live) - 8:39
- "Trust Somebody" - 4:22
- "Glory Road" - 4:33
- "Angelou" - 4:06
- "Ace of Hearts" (Live) - 4:39
- "Distant Thunder" - 5:28
- CD3
- "Oceans of the Heart" - 4:35
- "Real Love" - 5:34
- "That Moon" - 5:15
- "Love Is Strong" - 4:12
- "Diamond Mine" - 5:22
- "What Does It Take to Get Lucky?" - 5:07
- "Great Ocean Road" (Demo) - 3:48
- "Liberty Bell" (Rewired Version) - 4:22
- "Katy's Leaving Babylon" (Rewired Version) - 3:37
- "High Society" (Rewired Version) - 3:33
- "Heart On the Nightline"(Rewired Version) - 3:10
- "Blue Skies" - 6:28
- "Vapour Trails" - 6:31
- "Blow Smoke Up At the Moon" - 3:30
- "Dancing With the Vampires" - 5:04
- "Sunny Side Up" - 4:18
- "Strings & Wood" (Demo) - 4:37
- DVD The Best Years of Our Lives
- "Intro" - 1:43
- "Deep Water" - 5:01
- "Girls on the Avenue" - 4:01
- "Capricorn Dancer" - 3:21
- "Ralph on Cold Chisel" - 0:48
- "Trust Someone" - 4:28
- "High Society" - 4:38
- "Ralph on INXS" - 0:52
- "Ace of Hearts" - 4:53
- "Blue Bay Blues" - 4:13
- "Angelou" - 4:03
- "Katy's Leaving Babylon" - 2:28
- "Ralph on Venetta Fields" - 1:44
- "Ralph on Michael & Kirk" - 0:24
- "Goodbye Tiger" - 7:05
- "Down in the Lucky Country" - 4:30
- "I Am an Island" - 6:00
- "Glory Road" - 5:24
- "The Best Years of Our Lives" - 4:30
Charts[]
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 36 |
Release history[]
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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Australia | August 2014 | Festival Records | 3xCD+DVD | FEST601034 |
References[]
- ^ "Best Years 1974–2014 at AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Richard Clapton on the best years of our lives". Daily Review. September 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "The Best Years of Our Lives: Richard Clapton". Music Trust. September 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Best Years 1974-2014: The 40th Anniversary Collection (CD). Richard Clapton. Festival Music. 2014.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
- ^ "CD Reviews". 100% Rock. August 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Richard Clapton – The Best Years". a2noise. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Richard Clapton – Best Years 1974-2014". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- Richard Clapton albums
- 2014 compilation albums
- Compilation albums by Australian artists
- Festival Records compilation albums