''All the Best!'' is the second official
compilation album of
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
's music, after 1978's ''
Wings Greatest
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''. It was released in 1987 on
Capitol Records and
Parlophone Records
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.
Background
The album contains tracks from the beginning of his solo career in 1970 up to (on editions outside the United States) the newly recorded "
Once Upon a Long Ago
"Once Upon a Long Ago" is a song by English musician Paul McCartney, released as his fortieth single on 16 November 1987, from his compilation ''All the Best!'', released two weeks before the single. The track was produced by Phil Ramone and mi ...
". The American version has a different track listing, reflecting the popularity of particular songs there. Originally the album was to include the unreleased ''London Town'' track "Waterspout"; there are LP slicks that feature it as the opening track on side two, as well as a cartoon icon, but the song was omitted at the last minute.
Editions outside the United States have 20 tracks on the vinyl version and 17 on CD; the CD omits "Maybe I'm Amazed", "With A Little Luck" and "Goodnight Tonight". The American edition has 17 tracks on both vinyl and CD, and omits "Pipes of Peace", "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Once Upon A Long Ago", "We All Stand Together", and "Mull Of Kintyre", but adds "Junior’s Farm" and "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey". It also substitutes the studio version of "Coming Up" for an edit of the live version, and has a shorter version of "With A Little Luck".
Issued just as McCartney was beginning work on his next studio album, ''All the Best!'' was a commercial success in the UK, where it reached number 2 (having been kept off the top position by
George Michael's debut solo album, ''
Faith
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'').
In America, the compilation peaked at number 62,
although it was eventually certified double platinum there.
Track listings
UK/Australian/Canadian/Japanese listing
US track listing
Charts
Chart positions
Certifications
Notes
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1987 greatest hits albums
Albums produced by Paul McCartney
Albums produced by George Martin
Albums produced by Phil Ramone
Paul McCartney compilation albums
Parlophone compilation albums