Best of Blue
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Best of Blue is the first greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

/compilation album released by English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 boy-band Blue
Blue (boy band)
Blue are an English pop vocal group, whose members are Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Antony Costa. Blue originally formed in 2001 before splitting in 2005. In 2009, it was confirmed that the band would reform. In April 2009, the group reunited and a Best of Blue Tour was announced...

. The album was released in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2004, by Innocent Records
Innocent Records
Innocent Records is a pop record label created to cater to for EMI's Virgin Records more Pop oriented acts. Following the success of the Spice Girls, Virgin Records decided to delve into the Pop market. In doing so they poached Hugh Goldsmith from RCA Records...

. The album was certified as Platinum in the UK. It was revealed in May 2010 that the band are to re-form after performing a sell-out "Best Of Blue" tour, which will run between September 2010 and January 2011. It was also revealed that the band's new backing dancers will be Flawless, who were finalists of the 2009 series of ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

's Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...

. They were personally asked by band member Duncan James
Duncan James
Duncan Matthew James Inglis is an English singer, actor and television presenter. He is best known as a member of the boyband Blue.-Early life:...

.

Tracklisting

  1. "All Rise
    All Rise (song)
    "All Rise" is the debut single from UK pop-R&B band Blue. The song instantly became a hit worldwide and help them break the charts in the UK and Australia. The track was released in May 2001 and peaked at #4 in the UK, #3 in Australia, #1 in New Zealand and #15 in Ireland. Some of the instrumental...

    " - 3:43
  2. "Too Close
    Too Close
    "Too Close" is a 1998 song by R&B group Next, and featuring uncredited vocals from Vee of Koffee Brown. It was the second single released from their debut album Rated Next. The song reached number one on the U.S. Hot 100 and R&B charts and has gone Platinum making it their biggest and best known...

    " - 3:45
  3. "If You Come Back
    If You Come Back
    "If You Come Back" is a song by Blue, released as the third single from their debut album All Rise. It was number one in the UK. It sold over 1 million singles worldwide. The song was produced by Ray Ruffin & co-written by multi platinum singer-songwriter Nicole Formescu ,[Ray Ruffin]], Lee...

    " - 3:27
  4. "Fly By II
    Fly by II
    "Fly by II" is the fourth and final single released taken from the album All Rise by UK band Blue. The released included the first ever non-album exclusive, "Love R.I.P". The song peaked at #6 in the british charts. An unreleased remix of the song, entitled the "Stargate Trilogy Mix", was leaked...

    " - 3:48
  5. "One Love
    One Love (Blue song)
    "One Love" is the lead single from English boy band Blue's second studio album, One Love . It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. The music video was shot in Los Angeles in July 2002...

    " - 3:29
  6. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
    Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
    "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It was recorded by Elton John and released in 1976, both as a single and as part of the Blue Moves album. It was his second single on Rocket Records. The song is a mournful ballad about a romantic relationship...

    " - 3:31
  7. "U Make Me Wanna" - 3:24
  8. "Guilty
    Guilty (Blue song)
    "Guilty" is a 2003 single by the British boy-band Blue from their third album of the same name. It reached a peak position of #2 on the UK singles chart and placed within the top 40 in many other countries...

    " - 3:32
  9. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
    Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
    "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" is a soul single by American musician Stevie Wonder, recorded for Motown's Tamla label. Released in June 1970, the song spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number three on the U.S. Pop chart...

    " - 3:45
  10. "Breathe Easy
    Breathe Easy
    "Breathe Easy" is a song written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson and Lee Ryan and released by the British boyband Blue. The song was included on their third studio album, Guilty. It was released as a single on 22 March 2004 in both the United Kingdom and the United States...

    " - 4:13
  11. "Bubblin'
    Bubblin' (Blue song)
    "Bubblin" is a song released by the British boyband Blue. The song was included on their third studio album, Guilty. It was released as a single on 16 June 2004 in both the United Kingdom and the United States...

    " - 3:29
  12. "Curtain Falls
    Curtain Falls
    "Curtain Falls" is a single by Blue released in 2004 for the album Best of Blue. This song was produced by Stargate and reached number one in Italy. For France, the song was re-recorded in French and re-titled "Quand le rideau tombe"...

    " - 4:02
  13. "Get Down On It
    Get Down on It
    "Get Down on It" is a song originally recorded by the funk/R&B/pop band Kool & The Gang on their album Something Special in 1981. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard charts in early 1982, displaying some of the characteristics of a blend of pop and funk, with the title of the song repeating...

    " - 3:54
  14. "Love At First Sight" - 3:16
  15. "Best In Me" - 3:13


Limited Edition Fans Edition Bonus Disc
  1. "If It Takes All Night"
  2. "After The Show"
  3. "Only Words I Know"
  4. "Long Time" (Smooth Mix)
  5. "When Summer's Gone" (Live At Riverside)
  6. "If You Come Back" (8 Jam Street Mix)
  7. "Documentary" [Enhanced CD]

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 11
Belgian Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...

 Albums (Flanders)
37
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) 76
Dutch Albums Chart
MegaCharts
MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...

72
German Albums Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

7
Irish Albums Chart
Irish Albums Chart
The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...

26
Italian FIMI
Federation of the Italian Music Industry
The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....

 Albums Chart
1
New Zealand RIANZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...

 Albums Chart
25

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Portuguese Albums Chart 2
Swiss Albums Chart
Swiss Music Charts
The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...

8
UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

6
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Danish Albums Chart 9
Norwegian Albums Chart
VG-lista
VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...

11


Certifications

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

37
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Italian Albums Chart 9
Swiss Albums Chart 49
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