Ultimate Collection (Pat Benatar album)
Ultimate Collection is a compilation album by American singer Pat Benatar, released in 2008. The two-CD collection features 40 songs, including 20 top 40 chart hit singles.[2] The album only contains material that Benatar released under Chrysalis Records, material from her most recent studio albums: Innamorata (1997) and Go (2003), released prior to this compilation's release are excluded.
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| Released | June 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1993 | |||
| Genre | Rock, hard rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | Disc one: 76:26 Disc two: 75:31 | |||
| Label | Capitol/EMI | |||
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Benatar toured more than 40 cities across North America in 2008 in support of the release, performing her top hits and fan favorites.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heartbreaker" | Geoff Gill, Clint Wade | In the Heat of the Night (1979) | 3:27 |
| 2. | "I Need a Lover" | John Mellencamp | In the Heat of the Night | 3:27 |
| 3. | "In the Heat of the Night" | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn | In the Heat of the Night | 5:22 |
| 4. | "We Live for Love" (edited version) | Neil Giraldo | In the Heat of the Night | 3:34 |
| 5. | "Treat Me Right" (single edit) | Doug Lubahn | Crimes of Passion (1980) | 3:12 |
| 6. | "You Better Run" | Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere | Crimes of Passion | 3:03 |
| 7. | "Never Wanna Leave You" | Pat Benatar, Giraldo | Crimes of Passion | 3:10 |
| 8. | "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" | Eddie Schwartz | Crimes of Passion | 2:50 |
| 9. | "Hell Is For Children" | Benatar, Roger Capps, Giraldo | Crimes of Passion | 4:50 |
| 10. | "Promises in the Dark" | Benatar, Giraldo | Precious Time (1981) | 4:11 |
| 11. | "Fire and Ice" | Benatar, Tom Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets | Precious Time | 3:18 |
| 12. | "Just Like Me" | Rick Dey, Roger Hart | Precious Time | 3:30 |
| 13. | "It's a Tuff Life" | Giraldo | Precious Time | 3:16 |
| 14. | "Precious Time" | Billy Steinberg | Precious Time | 6:02 |
| 15. | "Shadows of the Night" (edited version) | D.L. Byron | Get Nervous (1982) | 3:41 |
| 16. | "Looking for a Stranger" | Franne Golde, Peter McIan | Get Nervous | 3:25 |
| 17. | "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" | Giraldo, Steinberg | Get Nervous | 3:41 |
| 18. | "Little Too Late" (edited version) | Alex Call | Get Nervous | 3:35 |
| 19. | "The Victim" | Giraldo, Steinberg | Get Nervous | 4:41 |
| 20. | "Lipstick Lies" (edited version) | Giraldo, Myron Grombacher | Live from Earth (1983) | 3:32 |
| 21. | "Love Is a Battlefield" (edited version) | Mike Chapman, Holly Knight | Live from Earth | 4:09 |
| Total length: | 76:26 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Diamond Field" | Benatar, Giraldo, Grombacher | Tropico (1984) | 3:21 |
| 2. | "We Belong" | Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro | Tropico | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Ooh Ooh Song" (single edit) | Benatar, Giraldo | Tropico | 4:08 |
| 4. | "The Outlaw Blues" | Giraldo, Grombacher | Tropico | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Painted Desert" | Giraldo, Grombacher | Tropico | 5:23 |
| 6. | "Invincible (Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean)" (vocal edit) | Simon Climie, Knight | Seven the Hard Way (1985) | 4:08 |
| 7. | "Sex as a Weapon" | Kelly, Steinberg | Seven the Hard Way | 4:19 |
| 8. | "Le Bel Age" (edited version) | Guy Marshall, Robert Tepper | Seven the Hard Way | 4:18 |
| 9. | "All Fired Up" (single version) | Kerryn Tolhurst | Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988) | 4:10 |
| 10. | "Don't Walk Away" (radio edit) | Nick Gilder, Duane Hitchings | Wide Awake in Dreamland | 4:08 |
| 11. | "One Love (Song of the Lion)" (edited version) | Giraldo, Grombacher | Wide Awake in Dreamland | 4:30 |
| 12. | "Let's Stay Together" (edited version) | Benatar, Giraldo | Wide Awake in Dreamland | 4:43 |
| 13. | "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" | B.B. King | True Love (1991) | 3:13 |
| 14. | "True Love" | Benatar, Giraldo | True Love | 4:41 |
| 15. | "I Feel Lucky" | Giraldo, Grombacher | True Love | 4:29 |
| 16. | "The Good Life" | Giraldo, Grombacher | True Love | 4:10 |
| 17. | "Everybody Lay Down" (edited version) | Benatar, Giraldo | Gravity's Rainbow (1993) | 3:56 |
| 18. | "Somebody's Baby" (edited version) | Benatar, Giraldo | Gravity's Rainbow | 3:49 |
| 19. | "Every Time I Fall Back" | Benatar, Giraldo | Gravity's Rainbow | 4:59 |
| Total length: | 75:31 | |||
Personnel
- Evren Göknar - mastering engineer
References
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar Ultimate Collection review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- Sawdey, Evan (7 August 2008). "Pat Benatar: Ultimate Collection, PopMatters".
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