A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits

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A Place on Earth:
The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Belinda Carlisle
ReleasedNovember 30, 1999
Recorded1987–99
GenrePop
Length71:58
LabelVirgin
Belinda Carlisle chronology
A Woman and a Man

(1996) 		A Place on Earth:
The Greatest Hits
(1999) 		Voila
(2007)
Singles from A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits
  1. "All God's Children"
    Released: November 15, 1999
  2. "A Prayer for Everyone (promo) [1]"
    Released: March 20, 2000
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Review scores
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A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits is the second

b-sides
. A European edition was also released with an interview CD featuring Belinda providing answers to over 40 questions sent in by fans.

Three new tracks were recorded especially for this compilation - "Feels Like I've Known You Forever", "A Prayer for Everyone" and "All God's Children" which was released as a single. A promotional release of an edited version of "A Prayer for Everyone" was issued to Swedish radio stations but went unreleased. All three new tracks would later be released on a re-issue of Carlisle's final Virgin studio album "Real".

The bonus disc included two non-album tracks ("Only a Dream", and "The Air You Breathe") originally released in 1992 as B-sides. These were for the singles "Half the World" and "Little Black Book".

Despite being released only seven years after her previous greatest hits compilation,

gold
.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."
Mark Taylor
3:47
Limited edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (Heavenly version)Nowels, Shipley5:58
2."I Get Weak" (12" version)Warren7:32
3."Circle in the Sand" (Beach Party Mix)Nowels, Shipley7:51
4."World Without You" (Extended Worldwide Mix)Warren8:26
5."(We Want) The Same Thing" (Summer Remix)Nowels, Shipley5:08
6."Summer Rain" (Justin Strauss Mix)Seidman, Vidal8:03
7."Live Your Life Be Free" (Club Mix)Nowels, Shipley5:30
8."Only a Dream"Caffey, Carlisle, Feldman3:09
9."The Air You Breathe"Donna Weiss, David White4:27
10."Little Black Book" (Little Black Mix)Feldman, Detroit, Carlisle5:15

Charts

Chart performance for A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits
Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[2] 69
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 15

Certifications

Certifications for A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Belinda Carlisle – A Prayer For Everyone (1999, Promo, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. OCLC 29800226
    – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Belinda Carlisle – A Place on Earth - The Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "British album certifications – Belinda Carlisle – A Place on Earth: Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. December 17, 1999. Retrieved May 16, 2021.


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