Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden

by Savage Garden

Overview

Believe it or not, Savage Garden only had two albums -- 1997's eponymous debut and 1999's follow-up, Affirmation -- which makes constructing a collection like 2006's Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden pretty easy. The duo had precisely six singles in the Billboard charts: their 1997 debut, "I Want You," which went all the way to four; its disappointing follow-up, "To the Moon & Back," which peaked at 24; then, two number one singles, in 1997's "Truly Madly Deeply" and 1999's "I Knew I Loved You," which were followed by "The Animal Song" (top spot: 19) and 2000's "Crash and Burn," which also topped out at 24. All six are here, along with non-U.S. singles like "Affirmation," "The Animal Song," "Break Me Shake Me," and "Hold Me," a couple of album tracks, a pair of solo tunes from singer/songwriter Darren Hayes, and five B-sides tacked onto the end of the compilation. And while there may be several different sources, ranging from hits to B-sides to solo sides, all of the music shares the same slick, pleasant vibe, so it holds together as well as any Savage Garden album. In fact, it's better than any of their proper studio efforts, since it has nothing but the hits. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	01/24/2006
Label:	Bmg / Sony Music / Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0886919858822
Rank:	28221

Tracks

1. I Want You
2. I Knew I Loved You
3. To the Moon & Back
4. Hold Me
5. Santa Monica
6. Crash and Burn
7. Break Me Shake Me
8. Truly Madly Deeply
9. The Animal Song
10. Affirmation
11. So Beautiful [Spike's Album Version]
12. California
13. I Don't Care
14. I'll Bet He Was Cool
15. Love Can Move You
16. Fire Inside the Man
17. This Side of Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Savage Garden   Primary Artist
Darren Hayes   Primary Artist
Alek Keshishian   Director
Nigel Dick   Director
Kevin Bray   Director

Technical Credits

Charles Fisher   Producer
Leon Zervos   Remastering
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing,Producer
Mark Endert   Producer
Robert Conley   Composer,Producer
Walter Afanasieff   Producer
Tony Cousins   Remastering
Yelena Yemchuk   Photography
Gail Marowitz   Design
Robert M. Ashcroft II   Photography
Fulya Yagiz   Design
Daniel Jones   Composer
Michelle Holme   Cover Design
Myrna Suarez   Photography
Stephanie Pistel   Photography
Tim Young   Digital Remastering