The Hits Collection (Kim Wilde album)

The Hits Collection
Greatest hits album by Kim Wilde
Released	16 August 2006
Genre	Rock
Length	73:50
Label	EMI
Kim Wilde chronology
Best 1200 (2005) The Hits Collection (2006)

The Hits Collection is a compilation album by Kim Wilde. The album was released on March 6, 2006. Originally the album was intended to be a repackaged version of the 1996 compilation Best of Kim Wilde. When the album was announced, the webmaster of Wilde's fansite contacted EMI and asked if it would be a better idea to release a new compilation of Wilde's EMI "first" years 1981-1983 instead. EMI agreed, and so this compilation came to be. It included Wilde's 1982 track "Bitter Is Better", which had not been released in the UK until this CD.^[1] This compilation assembled the first eight singles of Wilde's career (tracks 1-8) as well as their respective B-sides (tracks 9 through 16) in chronological order; filling up the track order are the aforementioned unreleased track as well as the two 12" A-sides of that time-frame.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kids in America"	3:28
2.	"Chequered Love"	3:22
3.	"Water on Glass"	3:37
4.	"Cambodia"	3:57
5.	"View from a Bridge"	3:31
6.	"Child Come Away"	4:05
7.	"Love Blonde"	3:34
8.	"Dancing in the Dark"	3:44
9.	"Tuning In Tuning On"	4:24
10.	"Shane"	3:42
11.	"Boys"	3:14
12.	"Watching For Shapes"	3:44
13.	"Take Me Tonight"	3:54
14.	"Just Another Guy"	3:21
15.	"Can You Hear It"	4:27
16.	"Back Street Driver"	3:33
17.	"Bitter Is Better"	3:44
18.	"Love Blonde" (12" Version)	5:01
19.	"Dancing In The Dark" (Nile Rodgers 12" Version)	5:28

References

1. "2006". Wilde Life. Retrieved 2012-01-11.

External links

• The Hits Collection (Kim Wilde album) at AllMusic