The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder

Infobox Album |
Name = The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Fatboy Slim


Released = 19 June 2006 (UK)
20 June 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded = 1996-2006
Genre = Dance
Length = 65:46
Label = Skint Records (UK)
Astralwerks (U.S.)
Producer = Fatboy Slim
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3rtqoalarijr link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/37071/Fatboy_Slim_Greatest_Hits_Why_Try_Harder 27 June 2006]
*PopMatters (7/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/fatboy-slim-the-greatest-hits-why-try-harder/ 19 June 2006]
*Q Rating|4|5
*"The Times" Rating|3|5 [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-2227133,00.html link]
Last album = ""
(2005)
This album = "The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder"
(2006)
Next album = "The Greatest Hits - Remixed" (2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = compilation


Lower caption = U.S. edition cover

"The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder" is a 2006 compilation album by Fatboy Slim, released in June 2006. In addition to previously released material, the album includes two new tracks: "Champion Sound" and "That Old Pair of Jeans". A collection of music videos titled "The Greatest Hits - Why Make Videos" was also released in 2006.

To save space on the audio disc, the songs are shorter radio edits with the exception of the final track. The profanity in "Wonderful Night" remains intact in the United Kingdom edition, but was removed for the United States. "Champion Sound" is also significantly different on the U.S. edition, as it contain verses that are absent from the UK release. The album sold 20,014 copies in Japan in its first week.

For the U.S. release, the front cover was altered to that of Christopher Walken from the "Weapon of Choice" music video. The title of the compilation comes from the slogan on the T-shirt of the obese man who adorns the non-U.S. covers of both this album and "You've Come a Long Way, Baby", "I'M #1 SO WHY TRY HARDER".

Track listing

#"The Rockafeller Skank" (edit) – 3:56
#"Praise You" (radio edit) – 3:47
#"Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)" (with Cornershop) – 4:00
#"Weapon of Choice (Attack Hamster Edit)" (ft. Bootsy Collins) – 3:39
#"Gangster Trippin" (edit) – 3:31
#"I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Remix)" (edit) (with Groove Armada) – 3:30
#"Wonderful Night" (dirty edit) (ft. Lateef The Truth Speaker) – 2:44
#"Right Here, Right Now" (edit) – 3:55
#"Going Out of My Head" (edit) – 3:42
#"Sunset (Bird of Prey)" (edit) – 3:59
#"Everybody Loves A Carnival" (radio edit) – 4:04
#"Don't Let the Man Get You Down" (edit) – 3:18
#"Demons" (shorter radio version) (ft. Macy Gray) – 3:14
#"Sho Nuff" (edit) – 3:20
#"Slash Dot Dash" – 2:55
#"Santa Cruz" (edit) – 4:17
#"Champion Sound" (ft. Lateef the Truth Speaker) – 2:59 (US Version contains "Champion Sound" (U.S. version) (ft. Lateef the Truth Speaker and Sharon Woolf) – 3:21 instead)
#"That Old Pair of Jeans" (ft. Lateef the Truth Speaker) – 4:43

ingles

* "That Old Pair of Jeans" June 26, 2006< UK #39
* "Weapon of Choice (Remix)" July 2006 UK #137
* "Champion Sound" November 6, 2006 UK #88

DVD: "The Greatest Hits - Why Make Videos"

#"Praise You"
#"The Rockafeller Skank"
#"Weapon of Choice" "(Starring Christopher Walken)"
#"Gangster Trippin’"
#"Wonderful Night"
#"Right Here, Right Now"
#"Going Out of My Head"
#"Everybody Loves a Carnival"
#"Don’t Let the Man Get You Down" "(Swimming Ending)"
#"Demons"
#"Slash Dot Dash"
#"Santa Cruz"
#"Ya Mama"
#"Star 69"
#"The Joker"
#"That Old Pair of Jeans"

DVD bonus features

Rare and Unseen Videos
#"Star 69" "(Animated Version)"
#"Everybody Needs a 303" "(Pigboy)"
#"The Rockafeller Skank" "(Spike Jonze Audition Demo Version)"
#"Build It Up, Tear It Down"Documentary: "Why Make Videos"
Special Bonus Section
#"Are We Having Fun Yet?"
#"Live from Brighton, Brazil & Brixton"

External links

*MusicBrainz album|id=329120ad-afe3-4558-804b-ff5bfdb45f1e|name =Why Try Harder: The Greatest Hits