Shine On: The Ultimate Collection is a digitally remastered two-disc greatest hits compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 from American

United States

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 singer Laura Branigan

Laura Branigan

Laura Ann Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" and in Europe for the number-one single "Self Control"...

. It is the Grammy-nominated vocalist's first multi-disc collection and her first music video compilation. It was released on June 15, 2010 by Gallo

Gallo Record Company

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 and Warner Music

Warner Music Group

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 in South Africa

South Africa

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, and is available as an import in other regions through Branigan's official website.

The first disc is an 18-track CD

Compact Disc

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 featuring Branigan's biggest hits including international #1 singles "Gloria" and "Self Control

Self Control (song)

"Self Control" is the name of an international hit song recorded in 1984 by Laura Branigan, as well as the album on which it appears. The song was recorded that same year with the same English lyrics by Italian singer Raf, who co-wrote the song with Giancarlo Bigazzi and Steve Piccolo. Branigan's...

" along with rarer songs such as fan-favourite "Forever Young

Forever Young (Alphaville song)

"Forever Young" is the title track from German rock/synthpop group Alphaville's 1984 debut album of the same name. Though it was not the group's highest-charting European hit and failed to reach the American Top 40 despite three separate U.S...

", from the long out-of-print 1985 album Hold Me, and the two recordings new to her 1995 hits collection The Best of Branigan, "Show Me Heaven

Show Me Heaven

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" and "Dim All the Lights

Dim All the Lights

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". Branigan's vocal performance of "Gloria" was recognized with a 1982 Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal, Female.

The second disc is a DVD

DVD

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 featuring all but one of Branigan's Atlantic Records music videos including the 1984 "Self Control" clip helmed by Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin

William Friedkin

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. Branigan was nominated (alongside Tina Turner

Tina Turner

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 and Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

) for a 1985 American Music Award as Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist on the basis of that and her other 1984 music video, "The Lucky One". The only one of Branigan's Atlantic videos not included in the set is the 1988 clip for "Cry Wolf", which was intended for inclusion until Gallo and Warner Music were unable to locate an original source tape.

Track listing