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Greatest
Greatest hits album by Duran Duran
Released	3 November 1998
Recorded	1980–1997
Genre	New wave synth-pop
Length	78:23
Label	EMI Capitol (US)
Producer	Various
Duran Duran chronology
Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran (1998) Greatest (1998) Strange Behaviour (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Pitchfork	7.0/10
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Greatest is a greatest hits album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released in 1998.

Background and release

Greatest is an update of the 1989 tenth anniversary compilation album, Decade. The new release includes songs from their eponymous debut album through 1997's Medazzaland (excluding 1995's Thank You). The album includes all 14 songs featured in Decade, plus "New Moon on Monday" and four singles from the '90s. However, several songs on the disc are presented in their edited forms in order to fit on a single CD. In addition, the disc uses an edit of "Rio" that was not actually used on any of the song's US single releases, and to this day, has not appeared on any release other than Greatest or The Essential Collection.

The album was released by EMI after parting ways with the band following the unsuccessful Medazzaland album release in 1997, marking the first of many releases designed to capitalise on the band's extensive EMI-controlled back catalogue. To coincide with the release of the Greatest album in the United Kingdom, the song "Electric Barbarella" was released as a single in that territory. This track was originally released as a single in North America in 1997 to promote the Medazzaland album (which was never released officially in Europe until 2022).

By 2008, the collection had sold 1.3 million copies in the United States, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The collection is the band's most commercially successful release overall, but to date, a full collection of Duran Duran's singles on one album still has not been released.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor and Roger Taylor, except where noted

Video album

Greatest
DVD cover
Video by Duran Duran
Released	1999 November 2003 (2003-11) (DVD)
Recorded	1981–1998
Genre	New wave synth-pop
Length	101 minutes
Label	EMI/Abbey Road Interactive
Producer	Various
Duran Duran chronology
Extraordinary World (1995) Greatest (1999) Live from London (2005)

Greatest was followed in 1999 by the release of a videotape compilation of the band's groundbreaking music videos. The video album was certified platinum by the RIAA on 29 January 2004. In November 2003, the video album was released in DVD format, titled Duran Duran: Greatest – The DVD, with hidden extra materials, including alternative versions of some of the videos and interviews of the band; however, this version is much criticised for its extensive use of Easter egg features, which make it difficult to find and play some materials. In 2005, the disc was re-issued in a "Sight & Sound" package, containing both the CD and the DVD minus all of the latter's bonus material.

Track listing

Personnel

Duran Duran

• Simon Le Bon – lead vocals
• Nick Rhodes – keyboards
• John Taylor – bass (tracks 1–15, 17, 18)
• Andy Taylor – guitars (tracks 1–3, 5–12)
• Roger Taylor – drums (tracks 1–3, 5–12)
• Warren Cuccurullo – guitars (tracks 4, 13–19), bass (16)
• Sterling Campbell – drums (tracks 15, 17)

Production

• Nigel Reeve – mastering, co-ordination, compilation
• Terry Burch – mastering
• Malcolm Garrett – package design

Charts

Certifications

References

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External links

• Official website
• Official website (DVD)
• Greatest at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Greatest at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1998 greatest hits albums
• Duran Duran video albums
• Duran Duran compilation albums
• 2003 video albums
• Music video compilation albums
• 2003 greatest hits albums