Greatest (Duran Duran album)
Greatest is a greatest hits compilation album released in 1998 by the band Duran Duran.
Background and release
Greatest was an update of the 1989 tenth anniversary compilation album, Decade: Greatest Hits. The new release included songs from their eponymous debut album through 1997's Medazzaland. The album includes all 14 songs featured in Decade: Greatest Hits, plus "New Moon on Monday" and four singles from the '90s, however both "Save a Prayer" and "Rio" are presented in their shorter US versions in order to fit on a single CD whereas they appeared in their full versions on the former compilation. For some unknown reason, "Perfect Day" (from 1995 album, Thank You) wasn't added to the album. "My Own Way" and "Careless Memories" were originally going to be in the album but due to the favor of the later singles. ("Serious" and "Eletric Barbarella")
The album was released by EMI after parting ways with the band after the disastrous Medazzaland album release in 1997, and marked the first of many releases designed to capitalise on the band's extensive EMI-controlled back catalogue.