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#182: Best of Luna (US version)
Best of Luna was released in 2006 and came in two very different versions, this is the US single CD version released by Rhino.
Since I did an album breakdown for ROUNDUP last week I should do the same for this one:
| Album | Best of Luna (US) | ROUNDUP |
|---|---|---|
| Penthouse | 5 | 4 |
| Bewitched | 4 | 2 |
| Lunapark | 3 | 1 |
| Pup Tent | 2 | 2 |
| The Days of Our Nights | 1 | 3 |
| Rendezvous | 1 | 0 |
| Romantica | 0 | 4 |
| non album track | 1 |
Interesting that Romantica has no representaion and Rendezvous, an album Dean rated as the band’s second best only gets one. Less interesting is perhaps that Days only gets one.
Perhaps, a propos of nothing at all… Rhino is part of Warner Music Group, as is/was Elektra…
- Tracks from the four albums released by Elektra = 14 (avg 3.50 per album)
- Tracks from the three albums not released by Elektra = 2 (avg 0.33 per album)
Also worth noting I guess is that around the same time Rhino also released a digital only release of cover versions “Lunafied” which means that this album therefore has no covers, which does mean that we have an oddity that is a Best of Luna without Indian Summer or Bonnie & Clyde!
I guess I’ll revisit this when we come to looking at the Beggars Banquet version of Best of Luna.
The sleeve is a lovely drawing by Adrian Tomine, there was a limited edition signed print of the cover on release, but it was too pricey for me… still kind of regret that though.
- Catalogue Number: AHFOW 10/022
- Artist: Luna
- Title: Best of Luna
- Notes: US edition
- Format: CD