All the Best (Zucchero album)

All the Best
Compilation album by Zucchero
Released 23 November 2007
Genre Blues, R&B, Soul, Smooth jazz, Blues rock, Rock, Pop rock, Pop
Length 77:51 (1CD)
77:43 (2CD)
63:42 (American CD)
Label Polydor Records, Universal
Producer Don Was, Zucchero
Zucchero chronology
Fly
(2006)		 All the Best
(2007)		 Chocabeck
(2010)

All the Best is the compilation album by Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari, released in November 2007, in celebration of his 25th anniversary from the release of the first studio album Un po' di Zucchero in 1983. It was promoted with All the Best World Tour in 2008, with 85 concerts in Europe, Morocco, Armenia, North America, and Australia.

Overview

The compilation album was released in several editions. The regular edition in Italy was released as 2CD with 35 tracks,[1][2] in Europe as 1CD with 18 tracks,[3][4] while in North America and iTunes as 1CD with 15 tracks. In North America was released January 15, 2008 by Verve Records.[5] Italian edition is available in some iTunes Stores. In Italy and Europe was also released a limited edition with 2 CD and 3 DVD (video collection, bonus videos, extras).[1]

Depending on the edition, it includes four new covers: "Wonderful Life" by Black, which was released in Italy as single (#9), "Tutti i colori della mia vita" which is "I Won't Let You Down" by Ph.D., also released as single (#7), "Amen" which is "How Could This Go Wrong" by Exile, and "You Are So Beautiful" by Billy Preston.

The compilation, especially the Italian edition (due to vast tracklist), and European (due to have more hits than American), are the most complete compilation of his most successful and best songs. It includes hits "Diamante" and "Il Volo", as well collaborations "Dune Mosse" with Miles Davis, "Miserere" with Luciano Pavarotti, cover "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Italian version "Indaco Dagli Occhi Del Cielo") feat Vanessa Carlton and Haylie Ecker, "Ali D'Oro" feat John Lee Hooker, and "Senza Una Donna (Without A Woman)" feat Paul Young.[6]

In 2014 was released a 2CD limited edition All The Best + Zu & Co. in promotion of the Night of the Proms concerts.[7]

Reception

All About Jazz reviewed the American 15-tracks edition, praising that "perhaps no other recording artist in the world has recorded as many successful - and diverse - collaborations", the songs are a successful mixture of blues, soul, gospel and Italian melodies, concluding "never one to rest on his laurels, Zucchero continues to seek the recognition in the United States that he enjoys in the rest of the world".[8]

Track listing

Italian Double CD

Disc 1

Disc 2

European CD

American CD

Charts and certifications

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[9] 6
Belgian Albums Chart 50
Dutch Albums Chart[10] 64
French Albums Chart[11] 28
German Albums Chart 16
Italian Albums Chart[12] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[13] 2
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[14] Gold 100,000^
Italy (FIMI)[15] Diamond 400,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[16] Platinum 30,000x

*sales figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 "All The Best 1746321". Discogs. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "All The Best (2CD)". Amazon.it. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "All The Best 0602517485075". Discogs. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "All the Best 1754562". Discogs. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "All The Best". Amazon.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Zucchero’s All the Best". I-Italy. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "All The Best + Zu & Co.". Discogs. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  8. ↑ ""All The Best" Of Zucchero". All About Jazz. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Austria Top 40 Albums"
  10. ↑ "Dutch Top 100 Albums"
  11. ↑ "France Top 200 Albums"
  12. ↑ Italian FIMI Singles Chart
  13. ↑ "Switzerland Top 100 Albums"
  14. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Zucchero; 'All the Best')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  15. ↑ "Grado attende Zucchero, il "re del blues"". Messaggero Veneto – Giornale del Friuli (in Italian). 12 July 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2016. All The Best" che ha già superato il traguardo del DISCO DI DIAMANTE
  16. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Zucchero; 'All the Best')". Hung Medien.

External links

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