''The Greatest Hits'' is the second
Greatest Hits
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compilation album released by Scottish
pop rock
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quartet
Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish soft rock band formed in 1982. They scored a number of hits in the UK charts and around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. They are best known for their 1994 cover of The Troggs' 1960s hit "Love Is All Around", which w ...
. Released on 8 November 2004, it was the band's first release since disbanding seven years earlier. The album reached #13 in the
UK Albums Chart
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, and spawned the single "
All I Want", which peaked at #14 on the
UK Singles Chart
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.
The album contains a selection of singles from across the band's ten-year career, as well as three previously unreleased tracks. A limited edition double-disc version of the album, containing further singles plus five previously unreleased live recordings, was also made available for a limited time from the day of release.
''All I Want'' was one of five new songs recorded for the campaign; two further new recordings, "Hear Me Now" and "(Feels Like I'm) Walking on Water", appear on the album itself, and "Learn from Each Mistake" and "I Don't Wanna Fight Anymore" appear as B-sides on the ''All I Want'' single release.
Track listing
Charts
References
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Wet Wet Wet albums
2004 greatest hits albums