Chicane - The Best Of Chicane 1996-2008

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It seems like just about every other artist is coming out with some sort of greatest hits or best of collection this Fall. Add Chicane to that list. Chicane (a.k.a. Nick Bracegirdle) first came to prominence with the song "Offshore" in 1996. "Sunstroke" was the followup and its chart performance was similar. A bootleg mashup of "Offshore" and Power Circle's "A Little Love, A Little Life" by Anthony Pappa was later released. These singles plus "Lost You Somewhere" and "Red Skies" made up Chicane's first album Far From The Maddening Crowds.

The second album Behind The Sun was preceded by "Strong In Love" featuring Sylvia Mason James, "Saltwater" featuring Maire Brennan and "Don't Give Up" featuring Bryan Adams. "Strong I Love" was a standalone release."Saltwater" was based on a sample from Clannad's "Theme From Harry's Game." This came out in 1999 overseas. "Don't Give Up" came out in 2000. "No Ordinary" Morning" and "Autumn Tactics" featuring Justine Suissa followed.

Chicane parted ways with Xtravaganza after a lawsuit. A third album entitled Easy To Assemble never saw a proper legal release after it leaked widely on the internet in 2003. "Love On The Run" was a single and "Locking Down" was promoted.

Some of the tracks on that album became the basis for the fourth album Somersault. Some songs were reworked and were included. "Stoned In Love" featuring Tom Jones on vocals was the first single in 2006. "Come Tomorrow" was the second single in 2007. There was talk of "Spirit" featuring Jewel being a single in the early part of 2008 but it never materialized. An extremely limited single featuring a remix by Wawa and a rework by Nick himself was made available.

In 2006, a mashup of Natasha Bedingfield's "I Bruise Easily" and "Saltwater" began to make the rounds on the internet and earlier this year, it was properly re-created and released.

This collection features the majority of his singles, however there are some obvious omissions.

"Wake Up" (featuring Keane) is one of the main new songs.

According to the Discogs entry of the promo edition, most of the songs are radio edit length but some are full length.

This will be released on October 6, 2008 in the UK.

01. Offshore
02. Bruised Water - Featuring Natasha Bedingfield
03. No Ordinary Morning
04. Don't Give Up - Featuring Bryan Adams
05. Spirit - Featuring Jewel
06. Halcyon 2008
07. Sunstroke
08. Stoned In Love - Featuring Tom Jones
09. Wake Up - Featuring Keane
10. Come Tomorrow
11. Leaving Town
12. Daylight
13. From Blue To Green
14. Love On The Run
15. Locking Down
16. U R Always
17. Saltwater - Featuring Maire Brennan
18. Early

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[die Lotterie]

"Spirit" is one of the best.

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On UKMix.org, someone who got the collection mentioned that the vocals on "Saltwater" and "Don't Give Up" have been re-recorded. And "Spirit" may be a single soon. Apparently, that Keane track is a sample-based track instead of being a proper collaboration. It may be a future single too.

[Fool_4_Music]

Whatever became of those newer remixes of "Spirit"? Were they ever released?

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Terrible. Great singles missing, the editions of Offshore and Sunstroke arent the Disco Citizens remixes which are the main ones, Saltwater and Don't Give Up seem to be slightly altered. I mean, could've been A LOT better!

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Oct 14, 2008 22:50:18 GMT -5 Fool_4_Music said:

Whatever became of those newer remixes of "Spirit"? Were they ever released?

No they weren't. Aside from that extremely limited promo that surfaced earlier this year.