Still on Top - The Greatest Hits

Infobox Album | Name = Still on Top - The Greatest Hits
Type = compilation
Artist = Van Morrison


Released = October 22 2007 (U. K.) (CD)
Recorded = various
Genre = various
Length =
Label = Exile Productions Ltd/Polydor
Producer = Van Morrison |
| Reviews =
*IndieLondon Rating|5|5 [http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Music-Review/van-morrison-still-on-top-the-greatest-hits Link]
*Inthenews.co.uk rating-10|7 [http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/reviews/music/van-morrison-still-on-top-greatest-hits-$1153228.htm Link]
*m.e.n.co.uk Rating|4|5 [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/album_reviews/s/1020895_van_morrison__still_on_top_the_greatest_hits_exilepolydor_ Link]
*bbc.co.uk (unrated) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/p43n/ Link]
Last album = "The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3" (2007)
This album = "Still on Top - The Greatest Hits" (2007)
Next album = "Keep It Simple" (2008)

"Still on Top - The Greatest Hits" is the third compilation album to be issued by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison in 2007. It was released
October 22, 2007 in the UK in a 2CD album with 37 tracks and with a 3CD Digipak limited edition box set also available on initial release of the album in the UK. On October 29, 2007 it was listed at #2 on the U.K. Official Top 75 Albums, his highest charting ever. [ [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/c/uk/album_charts.html The Official UK Top 75 Albums] ] The album also charted at #3 on the Top 75 Albums in Ireland, his highest debut in that country. [ [http://acharts.us/ireland_albums_top_75 Top 75 albums Ireland] ] In its second week of release it topped the Swedish albums chart, and has since been certified gold.

It was released on November 06, 2007 in the US and Canada on a single disc with 21 tracks and is also available as an MP3 download. The single disc album charted at #48 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and #37 in Canada on the Soundscan charts.

The tracks consist of Morrison's biggest hits from 1964 as leader of the Northern Irish band Them through his 2005 release "Magic Time".

Track listing

*All songs written by Van Morrison except as noted
UK Release

Disc 1: 72 minutes
# "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Dweller on the Threshold" (Morrison/Hugh Murphy) 2007 Re-mastered
# "Whenever God Shines His Light" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Moondance"
# "Bright Side of the Road" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Brown Eyed Girl"
# "Wavelength" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Crazy Love"
# "Someone Like You" 2007 Re-mastered
# "When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Tore Down a la Rimbaud" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Wild Night" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Gloria" Van Morrison with Them - Stereo Version
# "Real Real Gone" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Into the Mystic"
# "In the Garden"" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Saint Dominic's Preview" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Stranded" Album Version

Disc 2: 78 minutes
# "Precious Time" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Domino"
# "Here Comes the Night" (Bert Berns) Van Morrison with Them
# "Little Village" 2007 Re-mastered
# "And It Stoned Me"
# "Days Like This" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Have I Told You Lately" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Cleaning Windows" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) Van Morrison with Them
# "Back on Top"
# "Vanlose Stairway" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Celtic New Year" Album Version
# "Irish Heartbeat" 2007 Re-mastered
# "The Healing Game" Alternative Version
# "Full Force Gale" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Warm Love" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Did Ye Get Healed?" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Tupelo Honey 2007 Re-mastered
# "Wonderful Remark" 2007 Re-mastered

Disc 3 (Limited Edition) 78 minutes

# "Hey Mr. DJ" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "In the Forest" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "Queen of the Slipstream" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "Rave on John Donne" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "Hymns to the Silence" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "Crazy Jane on God" (Willian Mathieu, Yeats)- 2007 Re-mastered
# "Rough God Goes Riding" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "Steal My Heart Away" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "One Irish Rover" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "Listen to the Lion" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "Streets of Arklow" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "The Beauty of the Days Gone By" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "Take It Where You Find It" - 2007 Re-mastered
# "Coney Island" - 2007 Re-mastered

=U. S. and Canada Released on November 06, 2007=

Track listing

Infobox Album | Name = Still on Top - The Greatest Hits
Type = compilation
Artist = Van Morrison


Released = November 06 2007 (U. S.) (Canada) (CD)
Recorded = various
Genre = various
Length =
Label = Exile Productions Ltd./Hip-O- U.S., Universal Music Group- Canada
Producer = Van Morrison |
| Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fpxzehldae Link]

Last album = "The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3" (2007)
This album = "Still on Top - The Greatest Hits" (2007)
Next album =

*All songs written by Van Morrison except as notedSingle Disc
# "Gloria" Van Morrison with Them
# "Here Comes the Night" (Bert Berns) Van Morrison with Them
# "Brown Eyed Girl"
# "Moondance"
# "Crazy Love"
# "Domino"
# "Wild Night" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Warm Love" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Wavelength" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Bright Side of the Road" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Dweller on the Threshold" (Morrison, Hugh Murphy) 2007 Re-mastered
# "Tore Down a la Rimbaud" 2007 Re-mastered
# "In the Garden"" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Someone Like You" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Have I Told You Lately" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Real Real Gone" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Days Like This" 2007 Re-mastered
# "The Healing Game" - alternate take
# "Precious Time" 2007 Re-mastered
# "Stranded" Album Version

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America) [ [http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=2947&cat=a Australian Charts] ]

Notes

References

External links

* [http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=b2950180e54389f3cf9d93ad908ac00e# Lyrics and Audio Samples] 2000s, Still on Top