The Singles (Feeder album)
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| Greatest hits album by Feeder | ||||
| Released | 15 May 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1997-2006 | |||
| Genre | Rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 76:00 | |||
| Label | Echo, EMI | |||
| Producer | Gil Norton, Grant Nicholas, Chris Sheldon, Brian Serper | |||
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The Singles is Feeder's second UK compilation album, following the limited release b-sides album Picture of Perfect Youth.
The album has 18 of their UK top 40 hit single tracks (if "Shatter" and "Tender" are separately counted), with the exception of "Day In Day Out" and "Find The Colour", and includes the limited edition Arena Tour single "Comfort In Sound" and three new tracks, "Lost And Found", "Burn The Bridges" and "Save Us". "Lost and Found" and "Save Us" were released as singles to promote the compilation shortly before and after its release, charting at #12 and #34 in the UK respectively, while "Shatter" was released to promote the compilation, shortly after the band announced its release plans in October 2005. "Burn The Bridges" is the only song on the compilation which was not released as a single.
It was the first time the singles "Suffocate" (a re-recorded version) and "Shatter" had a parent album connected to them while "Just a Day" (the edited version) had its first commercial album appearance (its unedited version also appears on Picture of Perfect Youth).
Limited Edition copies of the album are packaged with a DVD containing all of their promotional videos filmed to that point, bar an alternate "Piece By Piece" film used to promote the song's release as a single in mainland Europe. It is essentially an edit of the video for previous single "Suffocate". The DVD version of the album was actually for three weeks the UK's best-selling music DVD, but the DVD charts do not account for such releases and only DVDs that are packaged with no audio discs. This in turn made it album chart eligible instead. Later on in the year U2 did a similar theme with their U218 Singles package, but sold the DVD separately so both releases appeared in their own respective charts.
Feeder's singles compilation made #2 in the UK charts after entering at #3 the week before. It went Platinum in August shipping over 300,000 copies. The album also seen an increase in publicity for the band, with a commercial on terrestrial TV which promoted the release.
At the end of 2006, the album's UK shipment increased to 500,000, and went Gold in the Republic of Ireland with sales over 7,500. Over-the-counter sales for the album in the United Kingdom, currently stand at 517,493 as of October 2016, making it one of the best-selling artist compilation albums of all-time, in terms of sales within that country. It is also Feeder's first and currently only album to gain a certification internationally.
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