The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits

The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by Australian blues and roots band, The Black Sorrows. It includes tracks from all but one of their seven studio albums to date. There are no tracks from Rockin' Zydeco (1985).

The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by The Black Sorrows
Released	1 November 1993
Recorded	1984–1993
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Peter Luscombe
The Black Sorrows chronology
Better Times (1992) The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits (1993) Lucky Charm (1994)
Singles from The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits
"Stir It Up" Released: September 1993

The album debuted at number 28 on the ARIA Charts and peaked at number 4 in January 1994. The album was certified platinum.

The album was re-released on CD in August 2016 as part of Sony Music Australia's 'Gold Series'.^[1]

Track listing

CD/ Cassette (Columbia Records – 4748632)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"The Chosen Ones"	Joe Camilleri Nick Smith	Hold On to Me	4:08
2.	"Come On, Come On"	Camilleri Laurie Polec	Better Times	4:35
3.	"Brown Eyed Girl"	Van Morrison	Sonola	3:31
4.	"Hold On to Me"	Camilleri Smith	Hold On to Me	3:52
5.	"Never Let Me Go"	Camelleri Smith	Harley and Rose	4:05
6.	"Ain't Love the Strangest Thing"	Cameller Polec	Better Times	5:50
7.	"The Crack-Up"	Camelleri Smith	Hold On to Me	3:25
8.	"Chained to the Wheel"	Camelleri Smith	Hold On to Me	3:59
9.	"Daughters Of Glory"	Camelleri Smith	Dear Children	4:09
10.	"Hold It Up To The Mirror"	Camelleri Smith	Harley and Rose	5:45
11.	"Better Times"	Cameller Polec	Better Times	4:56
12.	"Harley + Rose"	Camelleri Smith	Harley and Rose	3:55
13.	"Baby It's a Crime"	Camelleri Smith	Harley and Rose	3:58
14.	"Stir It Up"	Bob Marley	new recording	3:36
15.	"Mystified"	Camelleri Smith	Dear Children	4:33
16.	"Sons of the Sea"	Camelleri Smith	A Place in the World	3:52

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1993–94) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 4 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3] 23

Year-end charts Chart (1993) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 41 Chart (1994) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 50 Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)[6] 9

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7]	Platinum	70,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	1 November 1993	CD, Cassette	Columbia Records	4748632
Australia[8]	26 August 2016	CD	Sony Music Australia	88985368072

References

1. "The Chosen Ones The GOLD Series". JBHiFi. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
2. "Australiancharts.com – The Black Sorrows – The Chosen Ones". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
3. "Charts.nz – The Black Sorrows – The Chosen Ones". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
4. "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
5. "1994 Album Charts". ARIA. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
6. "1994 Album Charts". ARIA. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
7. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 32.
8. "The Chosen Ones by The Black Sorrows (Gold Series)". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

External links

• "The Chosen Ones" at discogs.com