Something Special – The Best of Bigbang

Something Special - The Best of BigBang
Greatest hits album by
BigBang
ReleasedDecember 3, 2007 (Norway)
GenreRock
LabelGrand Sport/Warner Music
BigBang chronology
Too Much Yang
(2007) 		Something Special - The Best of BigBang
(2007) 		From Acid to Zen
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Aftenposten[1]
Dagbladet[2]

Something Special – The Best of BigBang is a compilation of greatest hits of the Norwegian rock band BigBang, released in Norway on December 3, 2007.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Øystein Greni, with the exception of: "Long Distance Man", music by Egil Berg, lyrics by Greni; "In Your Heart", music by Jason Falkner and Greni, lyrics by Greni.

No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Wild Bird"Electric Psalmbook3:15
2."Saturn Freeway"Poetic Terrorism3:01
3."I Don't Wanna"Too Much Yang3:21
4."To the Mountains"Clouds Rolling By4:25
5."New Glow"New Glow EP3:15
6."Fly Like a Butterfly Sting Like a Bee"Poetic Terrorism3:25
7."Girl in Oslo"Girl in Oslo EP4:22
8."One of a Kind"Frontside Rock'n'Roll4:24
9."Long Distance Man"Electric Psalmbook3:50
10."Frontside Rock'n'Roll" (acoustic live)Radio Radio TV Sleep3:43
11."In Your Heart"Previously unreleased3:43
12."Early December"Too Much Yang3:02
13."Hurricane Boy"Too Much Yang2:33
14."All the Time"Too Much Yang2:37
15."From a Distance"Poetic Terrorism3:51
16."Smiling For"Radio Radio TV Sleep3:34
17."Something Special"Electric Psalmbook4:13

Personnel

  • Øystein Greni – vocals, guitar (all tracks), classical guitar (15), bass (2, 12, 16), drums (8, 16)
  • Erik Tresselt – bass (1, 6, 9, 14, 15, 17), vocals (14, 15)
  • Lasse Weeden – bass (3)
  • Nikolai Eilertsen – bass (4, 5, 7, 8), organ (8, 16)
  • Jarle Bernhoft – bass, vocals (11)
  • Christian Engfelt – bass (13)
  • Christer Engen – drums (1, 7)
  • Olaf Olsen – drums (2, 3, 6–8, 11–15), vocals 15)
  • Karim Sayed – drums (4, 5)
  • Martin Horntveth – drums (9, 17)

Additional personnel

  • Øystein Greni – producer (1– 4, 6– 8, 10)
  • Michael Ilbert – producer (4, 5, 7)
  • Nils B. Kvam – producer (9, 17)
  • Jason Falkner – producer (11)
  • Alexander Kayiambakis – photography (cover, booklet), design
  • Fin-Serck Hansen – photography (booklet)
  • Jan Erik Svendsen – photography (booklet)
  • Jan Inge Janbu – photography (booklet)
  • Nils Vik – photography (booklet)

References

  1. ^ Hoftun Gjestad, Robert, Aftenposten (December 4, 2007). Solid på alle plan (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Grønneberg, Anders, Dagbladet (December 3, 2007). Et solid tilbakeblikk (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ Trønder-Avisa.no Her er Høstens samleplater Archived 2007-05-04 at archive.today (in Norwegian)


Stub icon

This 2007 rock album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.