The Best [Bonus DVD]

• Artist: t.A.T.u.
• Rating:
• Release Date: September 11, 2006
• Type: Contains explicit content, Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

Given that t.A.T.u. only had two albums to their name when The Best arrived in the fall of 2006, it might seem like it was a little early for a greatest-hits album -- which is both true and untrue. For most acts, such a quickly arriving hits compilation would be a little premature, but by 2006 the duo's lesbianism shtick was not only exposed as nothing more than a marketing gimmick, but they had also parted ways with their label, Interscope, which meant that their act was outdated and that they no longer had the support of a major label, so it was the perfect time to chronicle the half-decade where they were a Europop sensation. The Best does this exhaustively, offering up the hits -- "All the Things She Said," "Not Gonna Get Us," "How Soon Is Now," "Friend or Foe," "All About Us," plus the new single "Gomenasai" -- plus a bunch of remixes and some album tracks. Since a little t.A.T.u. can go a long way, it's best to get all the big hits in one place; the rest of the record might still be filler even on a hits disc, but at least it has all the big songs, which The Best certainly does, and that should satisfy any listener who considers the Russian duo a guilty pleasure. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
All About Us (Lyrics)		t.A.T.u.	(3:01)
All the Things She Said (Lyrics)	Martin Kierszenbaum, T. Horn, Sergio Galoyan	t.A.T.u.	(3:32)
Not Gonna Get Us (Lyrics)	T. Horn	t.A.T.u.	(4:20)
How Soon Is Now? (Lyrics)	Johnny Marr, Joseph Morissey	t.A.T.u.	(3:14)
Loves Me Not	Andy Kubiszewski	t.A.T.u.	(2:54)
Friend or Foe [Radio Version]		t.A.T.u.	(3:06)
Gomenasai (Lyrics)		t.A.T.u.	(3:42)
Null & Void		t.A.T.u.	(4:25)
Cosmos (Outer Space) [She Wants Revenge Remix]	Sergio Galoyan	t.A.T.u.	(5:36)
Show Me Love [Radio Version]		t.A.T.u.	(3:49)
Craving (I Only Want What I Can't Have) [Bollywood Mix]	Lisa Lindley-Jones	t.A.T.u.	(4:08)
Ne Ver Ne Boysia Ne Prosi [Eurovision Song]		t.A.T.u.	(3:02)
30 Minutes (Lyrics)		t.A.T.u.	(3:16)
Divine [Extended Version]		t.A.T.u.	(3:17)
Perfect Enemy (Lyrics)		t.A.T.u.	(4:09)
All the Things She Said [Dave Aude Remix Edit][Edit]	Martin Kierszenbaum, T. Horn	t.A.T.u.	(5:15)
Ludi Invalidi [Russian Version Remix][Version]		t.A.T.u.	(3:22)
Love Me Not [Glam as You Mix Radio Edit][Edit]	Andy Kubiszewski	t.A.T.u.	(3:11)
Nas Ne Dagoniat [Not Gonna Get Us Russian Version]		t.A.T.u.	(4:21)
Yo Soshia S'Uma [All the Things She Said Russion Version]		t.A.T.u.	(3:34)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
T.A.T.U.: Live in Concert at Glame as You, Paris, France [DVD][Live]		t.A.T.u.
Gomenasia [DVD]		t.A.T.u.
Gomenasia [DVD][Version]		t.A.T.u.
How Soon Is Now? [DVD]	Johnny Marr, Joseph Morissey	t.A.T.u.
Ludi Invalidi [DVD]		t.A.T.u.
All About Us [DVD][Version]		t.A.T.u.
All the Things She Said [DVD][Mix]	Sergio Galoyan, T. Horn, Martin Kierszenbaum	t.A.T.u.
Not Gonna Get Us [Remix Video][Multimedia Track]	T. Horn	t.A.T.u.
All About Us [DVD][Mix]		t.A.T.u.
Friend or Foe [DVD][Mix]		t.A.T.u.
All About Us [DVD]		t.A.T.u.
Friend or Foe [DVD]		t.A.T.u.
Gomenasai [DVD]		t.A.T.u.
TV Spots from Around the World		t.A.T.u.

Credits

Robert Orton (Engineer), Lena Katina (Group Member), Irene Silva (Graphic Coordinator), Andy Kubiszewski (Producer), Clark Pardee (Production Coordination), Trevor Horn (Producer), Andrea Ruffalo (A&R), Sergio Galoyan (Producer), Jatin Sharma (Remixing), Martin Kierszenbaum (A&R), Ed Buller (Producer), Julia Volkova (Group Member), Robert Orton (Producer), Martin Kierszenbaum (Producer), Tony Ugval (Engineer), Tom Baker (Mastering), Dave Audé (Remixing), Robert Orton (Mixing), Dina Hovsepian (Package Design)