Bootleg Versions

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Bootleg Versions
Remix album by
ReleasedNovember 26, 1996
Recorded1993–1996
Genre
Length38:29
LabelRuffhouse/Columbia
ProducerClark Kent, Prakazrel, Salaam Remi, Lauryn Hill, Steve Marley, Te-Bass Productions, Phil Nicolo, Wyclef Jean
The Fugees chronology
The Score
(1996)
Bootleg Versions
(1996)
Greatest Hits
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Bootleg Versions is a remix album released by R&B and Reggae Fusion group The Fugees. The album was released on November 26, 1996. The album features only eight tracks, including seven remixes, and one new recording. The album along with their previous album, The Score, was later re-issued in 2001, as a double album, "The Complete Score" and in 2011, the two albums along with their first, Blunted on Reality was released as a 3-CD box set, "Original Album Classics". The album peaked at #127 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Ready or Not" (Clark Kent/Django Remix) (Hill, Jean, Michel, Lewis) – 5:17
  2. "Nappy Heads" (Mad Spider Mix) (Hill, Jean, Michel) – 4:27
  3. "Don't Cry Dry Your Eyes" (Hill, Jean, Michel) – 4:15
  4. "Vocab" (Salaam's Remix) (Hill, Jean, Michel) – 7:00
  5. "Ready or Not" (Salaam's Ready For The Show Remix) (Hill, Jean, Michel) – 4:42
  6. "Killing Me Softly" (Live At The Brixton Academy) (Fox, Gimbel) – 2:41
  7. "No Woman, No Cry" (Stephen Marley Remix) (Ford, Marley) – 5:27
  8. "Vocab" (Refugees Hip Hop Remix) (Hill, Jean, Michel) – 4:38

Charts[edit]

Chart (1996) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 127
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 50
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 55

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Silver 60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stanley, Leo Bootleg Versions – Fugees. Allmusic.
  2. ^ "Fugees Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Fugees Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Fugees | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ^ "British album certifications – Fugees – Bootleg Versions". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 August 2020.