Greatest Hits (David Gray album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by English singer-songwriter David Gray, released on 12 November 2007 in the UK and a day later in the US. Greatest Hits contains songs from his first album, A Century Ends in 1993, through to his 2005 album Life in Slow Motion, and includes two new songs: the first single "You're the World to Me" and "Destroyer." In interviews, Gray has described the new single "You're the World to Me" as "joyous" and "unselfconscious,"[7] and called his Greatest Hits album "a bag of happy shit".[8]

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by David Gray
Released	12 November 2007
Recorded	1993–2007
Genre	Rock
Length	59:45
Label	Atlantic (UK) ATO Records, iht (US)
Producer	David Gray, Iestyn Polson, Craig McClune, Marius de Vries, Chris Thomas
David Gray chronology
A Thousand Miles Behind (2007) Greatest Hits (2007) Draw the Line (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC.co.uk	(neutral)[2]
IndieLondon	[3]
In the News	(6/10)[4]
Manchester Evening News	[5]
Starpulse.com	[6]

All tracks are the original album versions, except for "Be Mine," which is the single remix; "Babylon," which is a new mix; and "Shine." Due to record company issues, the original recording of "Shine" could not be used; instead, a live recording from Gray's concert DVD Live in Slow Motion is featured on the compilation.

The Japanese pressing of the CD contains two bonus tracks,[9] while Barnes & Noble released an exclusive version with a bonus disc containing two rare live covers – "One of the Birds" by Will Oldham and "Morning of My Life" by the Bee Gees (retitled "In the Morning"),[10] previously only available as a digital download from the compilation album A Thousand Miles Behind (2007).

As of November 2016, the album has sold 353,936 copies in the UK.[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're the World to Me"	Gray	3:37
2.	"Babylon" (New Remix)	Gray	3:38
3.	"The One I Love"	Gray, McClune	3:29
4.	"Please Forgive Me"	Gray	5:35
5.	"Be Mine" (Single Remix)	Gray, McClune	3:52
6.	"Hospital Food"	Gray, Malone	4:44
7.	"This Year's Love"	Gray	4:05
8.	"Alibi"	Gray	4:34
9.	"Sail Away"	Gray	5:15
10.	"Shine" (Live at the Hammersmith Apollo)	Gray	4:42
11.	"Caroline"	Gray	3:39
12.	"The Other Side"	Gray	4:29
13.	"Flame Turns Blue"	Gray	4:51
14.	"Destroyer"	Gray	3:18

Japan-only bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Dead in the Water"	Gray	3:07
16.	"Falling Down the Mountainside"	Gray	4:50

Barnes & Noble exclusive bonus disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One with the Birds"	Oldham	5:24
2.	"In the Morning"	Gibb	3:10

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Young, James. "BBC - Music - Review of David Gray - Greatest Hits". Bbc.co.uk.
3. www.t75.org. "IndieLondon: David Gray - Greatest Hits - Your London Reviews". Indielondon.co.uk.
4. "In the News review". Inthenews.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
5. Administrator, men (20 November 2007). "David Gray - Greatest Hits (Atlantic)". Manchestereveningnews.co.uk.
6. "Starpulse". Starpulse.com.
7. "David Gray: The world to him video interview on stv.tv". Stv.tv. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
8. "David's 'joyous' new music – Virgin Media". Musicnews.virginmedia.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
9. "David Gray Greatest Hits Japan Promo CD ALBUM (448649)". Eil.com. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
10. "David Gray – Greatest Hits (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
11. Jones, Alan (4 November 2016). "Official Charts Analysis: James Arthur tops albums chart with Back from the Edge". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 27 November 2016.