(He had just joined Pure Prairie League.) Also included are a handful of fine non-single album tracks including "Trinidad" from 1980's Playing for Keeps, "Where's the Party" from the 1983 album of the same name (co-produced by Money and Tom Dowd), and "She Takes My Breath Away" from 1992's Unplug It In EP. One of the highlights is the live "Gimme Some Water" that features Vince Gill as a guest. This is the first time it has been commercially released on disc. In addition to hits and misses, the producers have added the Livin' It Up EP, originally issued as a promo-only 12" to promote Money's 1978 sophomore album, Life for the Taking. Every one of the singles included charted either in the States, Europe, and/or Australia. There are 24 charting singles here, all but one made the Top 100, and 11 of them landed in the Top 40. Money wrote or co-wrote 15 of these cuts - two of the three aforementioned singles, as well as "Shakin'," "Think I'm in Love," and "Gimme Some Water," to name a few in this set. It's a fair question, especially since classic rock radio has distilled a truly impressive run of charting singles and albums from the pre- to post-MTV era down to "Two Tickets to Paradise," "Baby Hold on to Me," and "Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby." On The Complete Hits and More!, Real Gone compiles 35 tracks from Money's Columbia period onto two discs that offer a fully rounded portrait of the artist, and offers proof of his considerable achievement as a pop singer and - perhaps more importantly - as a hit songwriter. In the three days following his death, his music was streamed 7 million times, while previously, he’d never topped more than 2.4 million streams a week, according to Buzzangle.So what's so special about yet another Eddie Money compilation? There are already more than 20. Streaming was up for Money as well, and his music was streamed more than 3.9 million times the day he died, an increase of of 1,786%. The Best Of Eddie Money, The Essential Eddie Money & the Greatest Hits accounted for 83% of the album sales on September 13 with The Best of Eddie Money selling the most 1,565 copies, or just over 50% of the album sales for that day, Buzzangle said.Greatest hits compilations proved to be the greatest draw for Money, with If you expand the period to two days immediately after Ocasek’s passing, audio streams jumped by 332% with more than 3.5 million audio streams, leaving The Cars as one of the top 100 streamed artists, according to Buzzangle.Įddie Money’s album sales saw similar gains following his passing, with more than 3,000 albums selling on the day of his death, making for an increase of 11,273%. Ocasek’s death had a major impact on streaming as well, with total streams (inclusive of audio and video) for The Cars jumped by 228% with 1.2 million total streams on Sept. 15 & 16 were digital albums with their Complete Greatest Hits Album leading the charge with 4,700% in sales. 15th.Ĩ8% of the 6,200 albums by The Cars purchased on the Sept. The puts The Cars at #2 for album sales during the period, behind only the Lumineers who had their latest album debut on Sept. Sales of albums by The Cars jumped in the days following Ocasek’s death, up by 3,700% (about 6,000 albums) with 2,300% of that coming on the day of his passing, according to data compiled by Buzzangle Music.
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