Evolution: The Hits

Evolution: The Hits is a compilation album from the British dance/pop band Dead or Alive, in 2003.

Evolution: The Hits
Greatest hits album by
Dead or Alive
Released24 June 2003
Recorded1984-2001
GenrePop, dance-pop, new wave, acid house, Hi-NRG, Europop
Lengthvarious,
depending upon editions
LabelEpic / Sony Music
ProducerStock Aitken Waterman,
Dead or Alive
Zeus B. Held
Dead or Alive chronology
Unbreakable
(2001)		 Evolution: The Hits
(2003)		 That's the Way I Like It: The Best of Dead or Alive
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Evolution: The Hits is the band's second "greatest hits" collection, after 1987's Rip It Up. This collection spans their musical history from their 1984 debut album, Sophisticated Boom Boom, to 2000's Fragile, and contains all their single releases and several remixes.

The album was released in two editions - a single disc containing 18 tracks, and a double disc 'Collector's Edition', containing 28 tracks. The group's biggest hit, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", was re-released as a single to promote Evolution: The Hits. A video compilation was also released on DVD.

Track listing

Collector's Edition

CD 1
  1. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Performance Mix) - 7:27 ** from Youthquake
  2. "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (12" US Wipe Out Mix) - 6:01 *** from Youthquake
  3. "Sex Drive" - 6:37 from Nukleopatra
  4. "What I Want" - 5:49 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
  5. "Brand New Lover" - 4:48 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
  6. "Misty Circles" - 4:39 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
  7. "Lover Come Back to Me" - 4:57 from Youthquake
  8. "I'll Save All My Kisses" - 3:36 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
  9. "I Don't Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" - 4:43 from Nude
  10. "Hooked on Love" - 5:15 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
  11. "I'm a Star" - 4:35 from Nukleopatra
  12. "Something in My House" (2000 Remix) - 5:06 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
  13. "Isn't It a Pity" - 4:44 from Fragile
  14. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Alternative Metro 7" Edit) - 4:25 Previously unreleased

CD 2
  1. "I'd Do Anything" - 5:24
  2. "Come Home (With Me Baby)" - 3:58
  3. "That's the Way (I Like It)" - 3:05
  4. "International Thing" - 3:44
  5. "In Too Deep" - 3:48
  6. "Unhappy Birthday" - 7:32
  7. "I Paralyze" - 5:57
  8. "Baby Don't Say Goodbye" - 6:15
  9. "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" - 6:55
  10. "Your Sweetness Is Your Weakness" - 5:49
  11. "Nukleopatra" - 4:19
  12. "Rebel Rebel" - 4:04
  13. "Hit and Run Lover" - 4:40
  14. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Mark Moore & Mr. Motion Remix) - 6:20

Standard version
  1. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" - 3:16 from Youthquake
  2. "That's the Way (I Like It)" - 3:05 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
  3. "In Too Deep" - 3:48 from Youthquake
  4. "What I Want" - 5:49 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
  5. "Misty Circles" - 4:39 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
  6. "I'd Do Anything" - 4:00 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
  7. "Lover Come Back to Me" (2003 Remix) - 5:37 * from Youthquake
  8. "I'll Save You All My Kisses" - 3:36 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
  9. "Hooked on Love" - 5:15 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
  10. "Come Home with Me Baby" - 3:58 from Nude
  11. "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" US Wipe Out Mix) - 3:56 from Youthquake
  12. "Sex Drive" - 5:42 from Nukleopatra
  13. "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" (2003 Remix) - 5:16 * from Nude
  14. "Hit and Run Lover" - 4:40 from Fragile
  15. "Isn't It a Pity" - 4:44 from Fragile
  16. "Brand New Lover" - 4:07 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
  17. "Something in My House" - 3:49 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
  18. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Metro 7" Edit) - 3:47 Previously unreleased

(*) These versions are incorrectly titled. They are actually the 2000 remixes from the Fragile album.

(**) Incorrectly listed as the Murder Mix.

(***) Slightly edited from the original 6:19 12" version.

Personnel

Chart positions

Album
Chart (2003) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 111
Japanese Oricon International Albums 47
Germany (Media Control Charts) 42

Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
UK US Dance GER AUS
2003 "You Spin Me Round 2003" 23 21 96 62
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See also

References
  1. Allmusic review
  • Amazon.com: customer reviews and audio samples of all 18 tracks on single disc version.
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