The Special Ones

The Special Ones
Greatest hits album by
Missy Higgins
Released23 November 2018
Recorded2000–2018
Length78:47
LabelEleven: A Music Company
Missy Higgins chronology
Solastalgia
(2018) 		The Special Ones
(2018) 		Total Control
(2022)
Singles from The Special Ones
  1. "Arrows"
    Released: 19 October 2018

The Special Ones (subtitled The Best Of) is the first greatest hits album by Australian singer songwriter, Missy Higgins. The album includes tracks from Higgins' five studio albums as well as three new unreleased tracks and the previously unreleased demo of "All for Believing" she submitted to Triple J Unearthed competition in 2001.[1] The Special Ones was released on 23 November 2018.[2]

Upon release, Higgins explained The Special Ones saying "Usually, they're the ones that get the biggest reaction at gigs, the ones that most connect with people, the ones that seem to have touched on some universal truth. They're the hooky ones you can sing out loud in the shower while no one's watching and imagine you're in a stadium. But some are special for other reasons. They're the ones that unexpectedly squeeze at your heart. They move you in a way you find hard to articulate, they roll to the rhythm of some internal beat you knew was there but couldn't quite express. This album tries to balance these two types of special."[1]

The album will be supported by the national Coming Home Tour, commencing in January 2019.[3]

Reception

Jeff Jenkins from Stack Magazine said "Missy Higgins' career hasn’t been long.. but her body of work, as exhibited on this first best-of, shows that she might be the finest female singer-songwriter Australia has produced."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Arrows"
new recording4:48
2."All for Believing" (Original Demo)
  • Higgins
non-album single2:55
3."Scar"
The Sound of White3:33
4."Ten Days"
  • Higgins
  • James Major Clifford
The Sound of White3:46
5."The Special Two"
  • Higgins
The Sound of White4:26
6."Steer"
  • Higgins
On a Clear Night3:50
7."Where I Stood"
  • Higgins
On a Clear Night4:17
8."Peachy"
  • Higgins
On a Clear Night2:39
9."Unashamed Desire"
The Ol' Razzle Dazzle3:29
10."Everyone's Waiting"
The Ol' Razzle Dazzle3:49
11."Set Me on Fire"
  • Higgins
  • Boucher
  • Wilson
The Ol' Razzle Dazzle3:36
12."Shark Fin Blues"
Oz5:14
13."NYE"
Oz3:55
14."Futon Couch"
  • Higgins
  • Pip Norman
Solastalgia3:26
15."49 Candles"
  • Higgins
  • Daniel Parker
Solastalgia3:16
16."Cemetery"
  • Higgins
  • Norman
  • Daniel Kyriakides
  • Steph Jones
Solastalgia4:08
17."Oh Canada"
  • Higgins
non-album single4:29
18."Throw Your Arms Around Me" (Live at ANZ Stadium, Sydney 2018)
  • John Archer
  • Geoffrey Crosby
  • Douglas Falconer
  • Jack Howard
  • Robert Miles
  • Mark Seymour
  • Michael Waters
new recording5:42
19."Torchlight"
  • Higgins
non-album single4:26
20."Run So Fast" (featuring Ben Abraham)
  • Higgins
new recording3:03
Total length:78:47

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018–19) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2019) Position
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)[6] 30

Release history

Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue
Australia 23 November 2018[2]
Standard Eleven: A Music Company ELEVENCD146

References

  1. ^ a b "New unreleased material on Missy Higgins' best of set". The Music Network (AU). 19 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Special Ones, The – Best Of Missy Higgins". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Missy Higgins announces new album of Special Ones". Coast Live. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Missy Higgins, 'The Special Ones' review". Stack Magazine. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Missy Higgins – The Special Ones". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Australian Artist (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2020.