The Best of Bond...James Bond

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The Best of Bond...James Bond

1992 cover (30th anniversary)
Compilation album by various artists
Released	1992, 1999, 2002
Recorded	1962-2002
Genre	Soundtrack
Label	Capitol
All Music Guide 1992, (1999 2002)


2002 cover (40th anniversary)

The Best of Bond...James Bond is a title used more than once for a compilation album of the soundtracks to the James Bond films made at the time. It was originally released in 1992 as a one-disc compilation and a two-disc 30th Anniversary Limited Edition compilation with songs that had, at that point, never been released to the public. The single disc compilation was updated in 1999 and later again in 2002.

1 1992, 1999, 2002 releases
2 Track listing
3 Limited Edition 30th Anniversary Collection
4 Track listing
- 4.1 Disc one
- 4.2 Disc two
5 Personnel
6 Chart positions
7 See also

[edit] 1992, 1999, 2002 releases

[edit] Track listing

"The James Bond Theme" – 1:45
"Goldfinger" — Shirley Bassey – 2:46
"Nobody Does it Better" — Carly Simon – 3:29
"A View to a Kill" — Duran Duran – 3:33
"Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" — Dionne Warwick (1992 release only)
"For Your Eyes Only" — Sheena Easton – 3:02
"We Have All the Time in the World" — Louis Armstrong – 3:11
"Live and Let Die" — Paul McCartney & Wings – 3:11
"All Time High" — Rita Coolidge – 3:01
"The Living Daylights" — a-ha – 4:14
"Licence to Kill" — Gladys Knight – 5:13
"From Russia with Love" — Matt Monro – 2:32
"Thunderball" — Tom Jones – 3:00
"You Only Live Twice" — Nancy Sinatra – 2:44
"Moonraker" — Shirley Bassey – 3:07
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" — John Barry Orchestra – 2:31
"The Man with the Golden Gun" — Lulu – 2:33
"Diamonds Are Forever" — Shirley Bassey – 2:40
"007" — John Barry Orchestra (1992 release only)
"GoldenEye" — Tina Turner – 4:46 (1999 and 2002 releases only)
"Tomorrow Never Dies" — Sheryl Crow (1999 and 2002 releases only) – 4:47
"The World Is Not Enough" — Garbage – 3:56 (2002 release only)
"The James Bond Theme" — Moby (2002 release only)
"The James Bond Theme" — ParodiFair (2002 release only)

[edit] Limited Edition 30th Anniversary Collection

The 30th Anniversary Collection of The Best of Bond...James Bond was released in 1992. It featured all 16 title songs for the 16 films that had thus far been released. Disc 2 includes four tracks that were originally missing from Goldfinger's soundtrack, although these four were included in the remastered soundtrack for Goldfinger in 2003. "Thunderball Suite", was likewise not released on the Thunderball soundtrack till its remastered release in 2003.

Two rare additions were also made to the second disc. The first is the original version of "Goldfinger" sung by Anthony Newley who also wrote the song in collaboration with the film's composer, John Barry. Newley's jazz version was, however, replaced by Shirley Bassey's version in 1964 for the film and for release on the album. Newley's version was first released with the 30th Anniversary Collection. The second rare addition is Shirley Bassey's version of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" for Thunderball. Bassey had originally recorded the vocals for the track which initially was to be used as the main title theme; however, the song was replaced by Tom Jones' "Thunderball" after a decision by the producers that the title theme should feature the name of the film. Dionne Warwick was subsequently chosen to rerecord "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", but even her version wasn't released on the Thunderball soundtrack till the 1990s.