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Best Years 1974-2014 (Subtitled The 40th Anniversary Collection) is a 3CD + DVD greatest hits album by Australian rock musician Richard Clapton. The album was released in August 2014 to coincide with the release of Clapton's autobiography of the same name.[2][3] The album covers songs from his career, (commencing in 1972, despite the title) in chronological order and includes a live DVD from The Best Years of Our Lives tour form 1989, available of DVD for the first time.[4] The album peaked at number 36 on the ARIA Charts.

Best Years 1974–2014
Greatest hits album by Richard Clapton
Released	11 August 2014 (2014-08-11)
Recorded	1972-2014
Length	3:56:40[1]
Label	Festival Music
Richard Clapton chronology
Harlequin Nights (2012) Best Years 1974–2014 (2014) The House of Orange (2016)

Reception

Shane Pinnegar from 100% Rock called the album "a magnificent listen" and gave the album 9/10 saying "Clapton's songs are timeless and wonderfully evocative, and this box set...is a timely reminder of the many coulda-woulda-shoulda been hits he has to his name."[5]

Ian McFarlane considers Clapton "to be one of the most important song writers this country has ever produced" and said "This is a magnificent listening experience".[6]

Track listing

CD1

1. "Last Train to Marseilles" - 3:24
2. "Prussian Blue" - 5:42
3. "Blue Bay Blues" - 4:44
4. "Throw Me Down a Line" - 3:10
5. "Girls on the Avenue" - 3:18
6. "Please Come Home" - 3:35
7. "Kicking the Moon Around" - 4:03
8. "Casanova's Got the Blues" - 5:58
9. "Need A Visionary" - 3:41
10. "Suit Yourself" - 3:40
11. "Highway One #2 (Children of the Sun)" - 5:15
12. "Capricorn Dancer" - 3:26
13. "Deep Water" - 5:28
14. "Down in the Lucky Country" - 3:42
15. "Goodbye Tiger" - 5:53
16. "Wintertime in Amsterdam" - 6:06
17. "Steppin' Across the Line" - 4:08
18. "The Ghost Train" (Demo) - 4:31

CD2

1. "Sometimes the Fire" - 7:28
2. "Get Back to the Shelter" - 3:56
3. "Dark Spaces" - 5:56
4. "The Best Years of Our Lives" - 5:08
5. "I Am an Island" - 5:03
6. "The Universal" - 4:33
7. "Walk On Water" - 4:32
8. "Amsterdam" - 5:12
9. "Goodbye Barbara Ann" - 4:48
10. "Thorn in My Saddle" (Live) - 8:39
11. "Trust Somebody" - 4:22
12. "Glory Road" - 4:33
13. "Angelou" - 4:06
14. "Ace of Hearts" (Live) - 4:39
15. "Distant Thunder" - 5:28

CD3

1. "Oceans of the Heart" - 4:35
2. "Real Love" - 5:34
3. "That Moon" - 5:15
4. "Love Is Strong" - 4:12
5. "Diamond Mine" - 5:22
6. "What Does It Take to Get Lucky?" - 5:07
7. "Great Ocean Road" (Demo) - 3:48
8. "Liberty Bell" (Rewired Version) - 4:22
9. "Katy's Leaving Babylon" (Rewired Version) - 3:37
10. "High Society" (Rewired Version) - 3:33
11. "Heart On the Nightline"(Rewired Version) - 3:10
12. "Blue Skies" - 6:28
13. "Vapour Trails" - 6:31
14. "Blow Smoke Up At the Moon" - 3:30
15. "Dancing With the Vampires" - 5:04
16. "Sunny Side Up" - 4:18
17. "Strings & Wood" (Demo) - 4:37

DVD The Best Years of Our Lives

1. "Intro" - 1:43
2. "Deep Water" - 5:01
3. "Girls on the Avenue" - 4:01
4. "Capricorn Dancer" - 3:21
5. "Ralph on Cold Chisel" - 0:48
6. "Trust Someone" - 4:28
7. "High Society" - 4:38
8. "Ralph on INXS" - 0:52
9. "Ace of Hearts" - 4:53
10. "Blue Bay Blues" - 4:13
11. "Angelou" - 4:03
12. "Katy's Leaving Babylon" - 2:28
13. "Ralph on Venetta Fields" - 1:44
14. "Ralph on Michael & Kirk" - 0:24
15. "Goodbye Tiger" - 7:05
16. "Down in the Lucky Country" - 4:30
17. "I Am an Island" - 6:00
18. "Glory Road" - 5:24
19. "The Best Years of Our Lives" - 4:30

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	36

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Australia	August 2014	Festival Records	3xCD+DVD	FEST601034

References

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