The Very Best of Diana Krall

The Very Best of Diana Krall
Greatest hits album by
Diana Krall
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007
Recorded1996–2006
GenreJazz
Length75:25
LabelVerve
Producer
Diana Krall chronology
From This Moment On
(2006) 		The Very Best of Diana Krall
(2007) 		Quiet Nights
(2009)

The Very Best of Diana Krall is the first greatest hits album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released on September 18, 2007, by Verve Records.

The album debuted at number 19 on the US Billboard 200, selling 30,000 copies in its first week.[1] Billboard ranked the album at number 33 on the magazine's Top Jazz Albums of the Decade.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Tom HullB+[3]
laut.de[4]
Now3/5[5]
PopMatters6/10[6]

Christopher Loudon of JazzTimes stated, "The title begs a rather obvious question: Do these 15 tracks, spanning 10 years and six albums*, truly represent the very best of Diana Krall? The answer is equally obvious: of course not. How could they?... Still, semantics aside, there's no denying this is, particularly for Krall neophytes, a lovely assemblage. And, yes, there's also value for those of us whose libraries already house the entire Krall canon."[7] Will Layman of PopMatters mentioned, "Now, we get The Very Best of Diana Krall which is professional, slick-as-a-trick, accomplished and too often dull. But maybe dull is how most people like their jazz."[6] Matt Collar of AllMusic wrote, "The Very Best of Diana Krall collects a nice cross-section of tracks the pianist/vocalist recorded beginning with her 1996 breakthrough album, All for You, and moving through to her 2006 effort From This Moment On. These are largely urbane and stylish recordings... If you're a fan of straight-ahead jazz with a heavy dash of romance and haven't checked out Krall's work, The Very Best is superb place to start."[2]

  • Note: the selections are actually from seven albums as two of the tracks are from the "Live In Paris" album.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."'S Wonderful"
4:26
2."Peel Me a Grape"Dave Frishberg5:49
3."Pick Yourself Up"
3:01
4."Frim Fram Sauce"
5:00
5."You Go to My Head"
6:46
6."Let's Fall in Love"
4:18
7."The Look of Love"
4:41
8."East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (live in Paris)Brooks Bowman5:45
9."I've Got You Under My Skin"Cole Porter6:08
10."All or Nothing at All"
4:32
11."Only the Lonely"
4:16
12."Let's Face the Music and Dance"Irving Berlin5:17
13."The Heart of Saturday Night"Tom Waits4:05
14."Little Girl Blue"
5:38
15."Fly Me to the Moon" (live in Paris)Bart Howard5:43
Canadian edition bonus track[8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Narrow Daylight"
3:32
Deluxe edition bonus DVD[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Narrow Daylight" (music video) 
2."Let's Face the Music and Dance" (music video) 
3."The Look of Love" (music video) 
4."Temptation" (live performance) 
5."Almost Blue" (music video) 
6."Abandoned Masquerade" (live performance) 
7."Fly Me to the Moon" (live performance) 
8."The Girl in the Other Room" (live performance) 
9."What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" (live in-studio performance) 

Notes

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Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[56] Gold 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[57] Platinum 100,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[58] Platinum 6,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[59] Platinum 20,000*
Portugal (AFP)[60] Gold 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[61] Silver 60,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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