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2006 greatest hits album by Fatboy Slim From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder is a compilation album by English electronic musician Fatboy Slim, released on 19 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. Hit singles "Ya Mama" and "Star 69" were omitted.
The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder | ||||
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Released | 19 June 2006 (UK) 20 June 2006 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1996–2006 | |||
Genre | Big beat | |||
Length | 65:46 | |||
Label | Skint (UK) Astralwerks (US) Sony BMG (Int'l) | |||
Producer | Fatboy Slim | |||
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Singles from The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10)[2] |
PopMatters | (7/10)[3] |
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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 US edition, as it contains verses that are absent from the UK release.
For the UK release, the artwork for the album cover was created by Brighton artist Julie-Anne Gilburt. It features the image of the man previously used on the cover of You've Come a Long Way, Baby. Gilburt painted this cover for the greatest hits album depicting an angelic version of the man, with wings. Several images were created for this project, including a full frontal nude, and the man lounging on a sofa. These images appear in the album booklet.
For the US 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 man who adorns the non-US covers of both this album and You've Come a Long Way, Baby: "I'M # 1 SO WHY TRY HARDER".
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Rockafeller Skank" (edit) | 3:57 |
2. | "Praise You" (radio edit) | 3:48 |
3. | "Brimful of Asha" (Norman Cook remix of Cornershop) | 4:01 |
4. | "Weapon of Choice" (Attack Hamster edit) (featuring Bootsy Collins) | 3:40 |
5. | "Gangster Trippin" (edit) | 3:32 |
6. | "I See You Baby" (edit) (Fatboy Slim remix of Groove Armada featuring Gram'ma Funk) | 3:30 |
7. | "Wonderful Night" (featuring Lateef the Truth Speaker) (US release contains clean edit) | 2:45 |
8. | "Right Here, Right Now" (edit) | 3:56 |
9. | "Going Out of My Head" (edit) | 3:43 |
10. | "Sunset (Bird of Prey)" (edit) | 3:59 |
11. | "Everybody Loves a Carnival" (radio edit) | 4:05 |
12. | "Don't Let the Man Get You Down" (edit) | 3:18 |
13. | "Demons" (shorter radio version) (featuring Macy Gray) | 3:14 |
14. | "Sho Nuff" (edit) | 3:21 |
15. | "Slash Dot Dash" | 2:55 |
16. | "Santa Cruz" (edit) | 4:18 |
17. | "Champion Sound" (featuring Lateef the Truth Speaker) (US release contains version with Sharon Woolf, 3:21)) | 3:00 |
18. | "That Old Pair of Jeans" (featuring Lateef the Truth Speaker) | 4:44 |
Rare and Unseen Videos
Special bonus section
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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