''All the Best!'' is the second official

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's music, after 1978's ''

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''. It was released in 1987 on

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Overview

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". 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", "Goodnight Tonight", and "With A Little Luck". 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" with an edit of the live version, and has a shorter version of "With A Little Luck". Originally, McCartney wanted to release an outtakes album called ''

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'', on which he had been working for over ten years. But his manager recommended that releasing a best-of compilation would have been a better idea. So when ''All the Best!'' was released the ''Cold Cuts'' album was permanently abandoned.https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/album/hot-hitz-kold-kutz-ultimate-archive-collection/

Reception

''All the Best!'' was a commercial success in the UK, where it reached number 2 (having been kept off the top position by

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's debut solo album, ''

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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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