Some would argue he's only had the one greatest hit and that was the epic Leave Right Now. But Pop Idol winner Will Young releases The Hits on November 16th.Sevn years on from his reality tv victory , and with four albums , 4 Number 1's and 10 Top 10's , the singles retrospective comes a year after the underperforming Let It Go. We'd expect this album to sell by the truckload in time for Christmas.
Just a pity that Will's recent albums and singles especially have somewhat faltered chartwise. Indeed his last Number 1 was 6 years go with Leave Right Now. The song alone will b ethe mass appeal and selling point of this album. But lets not take for granted some of the underrated singles from Will. Who Am I , All Time Love and Grace will of course all be included along with two new tracks. And who can forget Your Game which was ludicrously deemed by the public as the Best British Single at the 2005 Brit Awards. Yes , this already forgotten Will Young classic was more popular than Jamelia's Thank You or Keane's Everybody's Changing.
How he'd long for such heady days now. or does he ? This greatest hits wraps up this chapter of Will's career nicely. But where does he go from here?Its become apparent that he's not the chart force he once was. A successful lead single off the hits compilation will be a huge boost. But theres plenty of scope for experimentation for his next record. But I'd wager it'll be a long hiatus before we see a new studio album from Will. For now enjoy a Greatest Hits album , that I'm sure many who saw him win Pop Idol would thought they'd never see.
The full tracklisting is as follows:
'Evergreen'
'Light My Fire'
'You & I'
'Leave Right Now'
'Your Game'
'Friday's Child'
'Switch It On'
'All Time Love'
'Who Am I'
'Changes'
'Grace'
'Let It Go'
'Bonus Track 1'
'Bonus Track 2'
I wish you had not put "greatest" in the title of the piece. It is called The Hits!
ReplyDeleteIts the same thing. Pedantic much
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