Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7

• Artist: S Club 7
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• Release Date: October 21, 2003
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

After a multiyear run of platinum success and Top Ten singles, S Club finally called it quits in 2003. The previous year's Seeing Double had failed to find the same sales spark, and with Paul Cattermole's departure and more solo efforts looming, it was the proper time to put the peppy sixsome out to pasture. They were getting a bit long in the tooth for the teen pop circuit, anyway -- besides, S Club Juniors were already honing in on the action. Best: The Greatest Hits is just that, a surefire look back at the group's grandest moments. Beginning with the irrepressible bop of "Bring It All Back," Best moves through the hokey title anthem ("Ain't no party like an S Club party!"), sweet ballads like "Never Had a Dream Come True," and the rousing disco-lite of "Don't Stop Movin'." These early hits are where it's at for S Club and Best; they were the big songs, and are still indelible reminders of the kooky combo's Monkees-like TV adventures. After a few lesser tracks from 2002's Double, Best: The Greatest Hits closes out with "Say Goodbye," S Club's final U.K. single. "Nothing lasts forever though we want it to/The road ahead holds different dreams for me and you" -- it's as melodramatic as S Club was sophomoric. But the song succeeds despite of this, driven as it is by the group's charisma and undeniable charm. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Bring It All Back (Lyrics)	Eliot Kennedy, Tim Lever, Mike Percy, S Club 7	S Club 7	(3:28)
S Club Party (Lyrics)		S Club 7	(3:30)
Two in a Million (Lyrics)	Cathy Dennis, Simon Ellis	S Club 7	(3:34)
You're My Nimber One	M. Rose	S Club 7	(3:26)
Reach (Lyrics)	Cathy Dennis	S Club 7	(4:03)
Natural (Lyrics)	Cathy Dennis	S Club 7	(3:15)
Never Had a Dream Come True (Lyrics)	Cathy Dennis, Simon Ellis	S Club 7	(4:01)
Don't Stop Movin' (Lyrics)	S Club, Shep Solomon, Simon Ellis	S Club 7	(3:53)
Have You Ever (Lyrics)	Cathy Dennis, Chris Braide, Andrew Frampton	S Club 7	(3:21)
You (Lyrics)	Eliot Kennedy, Tim Lever, Mike Percy, Tim Woodcock	S Club 7	(3:31)
Alive (Lyrics)	Shep Solomon, Simon Ellis	S Club 7	(3:41)
Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You (Lyrics)		S Club 7	(3:48)
Say Goodbye	Cathy Dennis, Chris Braide	S Club 7	(3:56)

Credits

Milton McDonald (Guitar), Eliot Kennedy (Producer), Aaron Pratley (Engineer), Jan Kybert (Digital Editing), Cathy Dennis (Producer), Simon Ellis (Producer), Kick Horns (Brass Arrangement), Steve Lipson (Producer), Dave Arch (Keyboards), Sean McMenomy (Photography), Oskar Paul (Producer), Andy Wright (Producer), Chuck Norman (Programming), Oskar Paul (Programming), Pete Murray (Keyboards), Anne Dudley (String Arrangements), Gavyn Wright (Orchestra Leader), Kick Horns (Horn), Yak Bondy (Programming), Steve Hilton (Programming), Richard Robson (Programming), Simon Ellis (Programming), Mark "Spike" Stent (Mixing), Steve Lipson (Programming), David OHagen (Assistant Engineer), Isobel Griffiths (Orchestra Contractor), Dave Rainger (Guitar), Steve Lipson (Instrumentation), Cathy Dennis (Vocal Producer), Oskar Paul (Guitar), Nick Ingman (Orchestral Arrangements), Steve Hilton (Keyboards), Andy Duncan (Drums), Yak Bondy (Keyboards), Simon Ellis (Keyboards), Nik Coombs (Flugelhorn), Dave Arch (Organ), Yak Bondy (Drums), Dave Arch (Piano), James McMillan (Programming), Andrew Frampton (Programming), Mike Percy (Producer), Phil Bodger (Producer), Owen Bourne (Trombone), Nick Ingman (Conductor), Heff Moraes (Mixing), Jeremy Wheatley (Mixing), Ernie McKone (Bass), Ben Coombs (Engineer), Steve Fitzmaurice (Engineer), Richard Dowling (Mastering), Geoff Holroyde (Drums), James Reynolds (Engineer), Greg Wells (Piano), Jan Kybert (Assistant), Greg Wells (Organ), Jeremy Wheatley (Producer), Thomas Russo, Jr. (Vocal Producer), Oskar Paul (Keyboards), Henrik Linnermann (Flute), John Themis (Guitar), Cathy Dennis (Keyboards), Tim Woodcock (Guitar), Dave Arch (Arranger), Simon Hill (Drum Programming), Dave Arch (Programming), Tim Lever (Producer), Daniel Frampton (Producer), Gus Isidore (Guitar)

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