The Best of Me (Rick Astley album)

The Best of Me
The Best of Me
Greatest hits album by Rick Astley
Released	25 October 2019
Label	RCA; BMG;
Producer	Rick Astley; Matt Aitken; Mike Stock; Peter Waterman; Phil Harding; Ian Curnow; Gary Stevenson; Chris Braide; Andrew Frampton;
Rick Astley chronology
Singles from The Best of Me
	"Every One of Us"; Released: 12 September 2019;

The Best of Me is a greatest hits album by English singer-songwriter Rick Astley. It was released on 25 October 2019 by RCA Records and BMG.^[1]^[2]^[3] The album includes the single "Every One of Us", which was released in September 2019. The Best of Me reached number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and number 1 on the UK Independent Albums chart.

The album has two discs, a disc of old recordings, and a second disc that consists of new recordings of "reimagined" old songs with new interpretation. It includes a stripped-back, slowed-down version of "Never Gonna Give You Up" accompanied by pianoforte.^[4] It also includes a new song, "Every One of Us",^[5] which was released on 12 September 2019 as the first single from the album with a post on Twitter from Astley, who also confirmed the title of the album and its release date.^[6]^[7]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Rick Astley, except where noted.

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Every One of Us"			3:06
2.	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	Stock Aitken Waterman	Matt Aitken Mike Stock Peter Waterman	3:33
3.	"Whenever You Need Somebody"	Stock Aitken Waterman	Aitken Stock Waterman	3:52
4.	"When I Fall in Love"	Edward Heyman Victor Young	Aitken Stock Waterman	2:59
5.	"Together Forever"	Stock Aitken Waterman	Aitken Stock Waterman	3:24
6.	"It Would Take a Strong Strong Man"	Stock Aitken Waterman	Aitken Stock Waterman	3:39
7.	"She Wants to Dance with Me"		Phil Harding Ian Curnow Astley	3:14
8.	"Take Me to Your Heart"	Stock Aitken Waterman	Aitken Stock Waterman	3:27
9.	"Hold Me in Your Arms"		Harding Curnow	4:32
10.	"Cry for Help" (Single Edit)	Astley Rob Fisher	Gary Stevenson Astley	4:03
11.	"Sleeping" (Edit)	Chris Braide Astley	Braide Astley	3:43
12.	"Lights Out"	Astley Andrew Frampton	Frampton	3:12
13.	"Keep Singing"			3:58
14.	"Angels on My Side"			3:35
15.	"God Says / Dance"			3:15
16.	"This Old House"			4:30
17.	"Beautiful Life"			3:43
18.	"Try"			3:55
19.	"She Makes Me"			3:34
20.	"Never Gonna Give You Up" (Pianoforte)	Stock Aitken Waterman		3:33

Disc 2 – Reimagined Classics

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Together Forever" (Reimagined)	Stock Aitken Waterman	4:01
2.	"Whenever You Need Somebody" (Reimagined)	Stock Aitken Waterman	4:00
3.	"When I Fall in Love" (Reimagined)	Heyman Young	3:37
4.	"Beautiful Life" (Reimagined)		3:30
5.	"She Wants to Dance with Me" (Reimagined)		3:20
6.	"Hold Me in Your Arms" (Reimagined)		3:43
7.	"Cry for Help" (Reimagined)	Astley Fisher	3:49
8.	"Keep Singing" (Reimagined)		3:41
9.	"Angels on My Side" (Reimagined)		3:49
10.	"Try" (Reimagined)		3:46

Personnel

Musicians

Rob Taggart – piano
Simon Merry – drums
Julian Cox – bass
Adam Evans – guitar
Dawn Joseph, Lauren Johnson, Stephanie Sounds, Annabel Williams – backing vocals
Rick Astley – all instruments on track 6, 8, 9, 10

Technical

Recording engineers: Rick Astley, Bob Macfarlane & Mathieu Lejeune
Recorded at Grey Room, Chicago Recording Company & Dean Street Studios
All tracks mixed by Daniel Frampton
All tracks mastered by Dick Beetham at 360 Mastering
Photography by Peter Niell

Charts

Chart performance for *The Best of Me*
Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)^[8]	50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	76
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[10]	91
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[11]	3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[12]	25
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	4
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[14]	1