Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Stereophonics | ||||
Released | 10 November 2008 | |||
Recorded | Late 1992–Early 2008 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
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V2 [Vox Populi Records] RMG Chart (Ireland) Sony Music (France) Rough Trade (Germany) Universal Music (Indonesia) |
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Producer | Bird & Bush, Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe | |||
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Deluxe edition cover
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Singles from Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics | ||||
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AllMusic | |
BBC | (positive) |
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PopMatters | (5/10) |
Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics | ||||
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Video by Stereophonics | ||||
Released | 10 November 2008 | |||
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Length | 195:00 | |||
Label | V2 | |||
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Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics is a compilation album of greatest hits by Stereophonics. The album debuted at number 2 with sales of 67,073 in the UK. It features tracks from all six of the band's previous albums, beginning from the 1997 debut release, Word Gets Around, all the way through to 2007's Pull the Pin, plus two brand new songs, "You're My Star" and "My Own Worst Enemy". "You're My Star" was also released as a single. The album is available in a 20-track edition, 40-track 2-CD Deluxe edition and DVD edition containing all the band's music videos, best live performances and some extra footage. With sales of 528,000 it was the 13th biggest selling album of 2008 in the UK. As of 16 March 2013 it had sold 1,044,219 copies in the United Kingdom. To date the album has spent 165 weeks in the top 100 UK Albums Chart.
The two-disc album features five songs from Just Enough Education to Perform, seven songs from Performance and Cocktails, seven songs from Word Gets Around, four songs from Language. Sex. Violence. Other?, six songs from You Gotta Go There to Come Back, four songs from Pull the Pin, one song from Reload, two b-sides, two non-album singles and two new songs for this album. The one-disc album features five songs from Just Enough Education to Perform, four songs from Performance and Cocktails, four songs from Word Gets Around, three songs from Language. Sex. Violence. Other?, one song from You Gotta Go There to Come Back, one song from Pull the Pin and two new songs for this album.