Greatest Hits 1994–2004 is the second compilation album by Australian singer Tina Arena, released by Columbia Records in Australia on 25 October 2004. It is a greatest hits album that contains all the singles released during her ten years signed with Columbia and also features two new songs. A limited edition was released with a second disc containing her non-English language singles. This compilation album was also released in DVD format and featured all of the music videos she did with Sony plus music videos for several of Arena's French hits. The DVD had the same cover as this audio release. Arena states that all the songs on the album are deeply personal and represent different periods and experiences of her life. Greatest Hits 1994–2004 debuted in the top ten on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart making the album Arena's fourth top ten album. The album only produced one single, "Italian Love Song", which failed to make a major impact on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart just managing a peak within the top forty.
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| Released | 25 October 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1994–2004 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 78:24 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Singles from Greatest Hits 1994–2004 | ||||
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As a singer-songwriter, Arena felt she had worked "really hard to try to tell a story and hope that people identify with it in some way, whether they do when they listen to it for the first time or five years later. It's like passing something on and that's always been my philosophy."[2] Arena states that the album cover feels really rich to her and timeless. She also states "I wanted to go with something interesting, not just a photo, and I wanted it to look iconic. I thought the idea of a watercolour painting was also kind of symbolic because it's got some detail but it's kind of... unfinished."[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Italian Love Song" | Tina Arena, Paul Manners, Francesco De Bendittis, Davide Esposito | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Chains" | Arena, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Burn" | Arena, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Wasn't It Good" | Arena, Heather Field, Robert Parde | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" | Arena, Tyson, Christopher Ward | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Now I Can Dance" (single edit) | Arena, Tyson | 4:06 |
| 7. | "Soul Mate #9" (single version) | Peter Amato, Arena, Desmond Child | 3:25 |
| 8. | "Heaven Help My Heart" (radio version) | Arena, Dean McTaggart, David Tyson | 4:31 |
| 9. | "Symphony of Life" | Arena, Vettese | 4:46 |
| 10. | "That's the Way a Woman Feels" (The New Horns mix) | Arena, Reswick, Werfel | 4:22 |
| 11. | "If I Didn't Love You" | Arena, Reswick, Werfel | 4:37 |
| 12. | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Mick Jones | 4:50 |
| 13. | "Dare You to Be Happy" (remix) | Arena, Peter-John Vettese | 4:34 |
| 14. | "Show Me Heaven" | Maria McKee, Eric Rackin, Jay Rifkin | 4:20 |
| 15. | "If I Was a River" | Diane Warren | 5:20 |
| 16. | "Never (Past Tense)" (radio edit) | 3:44 | |
| 17. | "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" (duet with Marc Anthony) | James Horner, Will Jennings | 4:43 |
| 18. | "Take Me Apart" | Fiona Kernaghan | 4:02 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Aller plus haut" | J. Kapler | |
| 2. | "Les trois cloches" | Jean Villard | |
| 3. | "Tu es toujours là" | Jacques Veneruso | |
| 4. | "Cœur de pierre" | David Hallyday, Eric Chermonny | |
| 5. | "Si je ne t'aimais pas" | Arena, Tyson, Christopher Ward | |
| 6. | "Je te retrouve un peu" (duet with Jay) | Veneruso | |
| 7. | "Symphonie de l'âme" (single version) | Arena, Vettese | |
| 8. | "Ti Voglio Qui" (radio version) | Arena, Reswick, Werfel | |
| 9. | "Segnali di fumo" (duet with Luca Barbarossa) | Barbarossa |
Charts and certifications
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References
edit- ^ Tina Arena – Greatest Hits 1994–2004: Review at AllMusic
- ^ 13 October 2004 "Tina Arena Releases Greatest Hits And Lines Up Oz Tour!!" Archived 28 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Sony BMG. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
- ^ 8 October 2004 "A Message From Tina" Archived 28 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Sony BMG. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
- ^ "Greatest Hits 1994-2004 - Australian Chart Run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.