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The Annie Lennox Collection is the first greatest hits album by Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox. It was released on 9 March 2009 and also contains two brand-new songs, "Shining Light", originally a song by Ash, and a cover of Keane's rare B-side "Closer Now", retitled "Pattern of My Life".[6] The artwork was shot by rock singer Bryan Adams.[7]

Background

About the album, Lennox said:

It seems like the time has come to release the Collection this year. The songs are timeless, and have become "classics" in their own right.[7]

Finishing out her contract with Sony BMG, Lennox released the compilation album The Annie Lennox Collection. Initially intended for release in September 2008, the release date was pushed back several months to allow Lennox to recuperate from a back injury.[8] The compilation was eventually released in the US on 17 February 2009, and in the UK and Europe on 9 March 2009. Included on the track listing are songs from her four solo albums, one from the Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack, and two new songs. One of these is a cover of Northern Irish band Ash's 2001 song "Shining Light", which became Lennox's first UK top forty solo hit since 1995, peaking at number thirty-nine. The other is a cover of English band Keane's song "Closer Now" (originally the B-side to their 2000 single "Call Me What You Like"), retitled "Pattern of My Life". The track was released digitally in the UK on 24 May 2009 as the album's second single.

A limited three-disc edition of the album was released only in the UK on the same day, containing a second CD with rare songs such as a live cover version of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" with Alicia Keys and Lennox's Academy Award-winning song "Into the West" from the 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, as well as a DVD compilation featuring most of Lennox's solo videos since 1992 and two live performances.

Commercial performance

The Annie Lennox Collection debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, Lennox's fifth top ten solo album and fourth top three album. It spent seven weeks in the top ten and twenty-five weeks in the top 100. The album peaked at number thirty-four on the Billboard 200 in the US. Elsewhere, it reached the top five in Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and Norway, and the top ten in Australia, Croatia and Denmark.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Annie Lennox, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Bird" 4:49
2."Walking on Broken Glass" 4:10
3."Why" 4:53
4."No More "I Love You's""David Freeman, Joseph Hughes4:52
5."Precious" 4:15
6."A Whiter Shade of Pale"Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, Keith Reid5:18
7."A Thousand Beautiful Things" 3:06
8."Sing" 4:20
9."Pavement Cracks" 5:09
10."Love Song for a Vampire" 4:19
11."Cold" 4:28
12."Dark Road" 3:47
13."Pattern of My Life"Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley, Richard Hughes, James Sanger4:18
14."Shining Light"Tim Wheeler4:19
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Walking on Broken Glass" (Acoustic version)4:40
16."Little Bird" (Acoustic version)3:46
Limited edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Into the West"Lennox, Fran Walsh, Howard Shore5:45
2."Ladies of the Canyon"Joni Mitchell3:42
3."Hush, Hush, Hush" (with Herbie Hancock)Paula Cole4:45
4."Many Rivers to Cross" (Live from Idol Gives Back)Jimmy Cliff3:22
5."Dream Angus"Traditional4:51
6."Mama"Björk4:20
7."Everybody Hurts" (with Alicia Keys) (Live from Keep a Child Alive's Black Ball UK)Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe6:17
8."Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"Cole Porter3:56
Limited edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Little Bird" 
2."Walking on Broken Glass" 
3."Why" 
4."No More "I Love You's"" 
5."Precious" 
6."A Whiter Shade of Pale" 
7."A Thousand Beautiful Things" (Live) 
8."Sing" 
9."Pavement Cracks" (Live) 
10."Cold" 
11."Dark Road" 
12."Pattern of My Life" 
13."Shining Light" 
14."Something So Right" 
15."Waiting in Vain" 

Charts

References

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  2. ^ BBC Music review
  3. ^ Blender review
  4. ^ Digital Spy review
  5. ^ PopMatters review
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