All the Best!
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{{Infobox album
| name = All the Best!
| type = greatest
| artist = Paul McCartney
| cover = AllTBCover.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption = UK/Canadian vinyl cover
| released = 2 November 1987
| recorded = 1970–1987
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length = 86:29 (International version)
72:14 (US version)
72:35 (CD version)
| label = EMI/Parlophone (UK)
Capitol (US)
| producer =
| prev_title = Press to Play
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Снова в СССР
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{Singles
| name = All the Best!
| type = greatest
| single1 = Once Upon a Long Ago
| single1date = 16 November 1987
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r229833|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review, UK version][{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12658|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review, US version]
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|author=Larkin, Colin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th edn) |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |year=2006 |isbn=0-19-531373-9 |page=1257}}
| rev4 = The Essential Rock Discography
| rev4Score = 8/10{{cite book|author=Strong, Martin C. |year=2006|title=The Essential Rock Discography|publisher=Canongate|location=Edinburgh, UK|page=696|isbn=978-1-84195-827-9}}
| rev5 = MusicHound Rock
| rev6 = New Musical Express
| rev6score = 9/10{{cite magazine|title=Paul McCartney: All The Best |last=Quantick |first=David |author-link=David Quantick |date=14 November 1987 |magazine=NME|page=34}}
| rev7 = Q
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|last=Du Noyer|first=Paul|title=Re-releases: Paul McCartney All The Best! |work=Q |date=December 1987 |page=126}}
| rev8 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}Randall, Mac; Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds) (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. p. 526. {{ISBN|0-7432-0169-8}}.
}}
All the Best! is the second official compilation album of Paul McCartney's music, after 1978's Wings Greatest. It was released in 1987 on Capitol Records and Parlophone Records.
Overview
The album contains tracks from the beginning of his solo career in 1970 up to (on editions outside the United States) the newly recorded "Once Upon a Long Ago". The American version has a different track listing, reflecting the popularity of particular songs there. Originally the album was to include the unreleased London Town track "Waterspout"; there are LP slicks that feature it as the opening track on side two, as well as a cartoon icon, but the song was omitted at the last minute.
Editions outside the United States have 20 tracks on the vinyl version and 17 on CD; the CD omits "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Goodnight Tonight", and "With A Little Luck". The American edition has 17 tracks on both vinyl and CD, and omits "Pipes of Peace", "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Once Upon A Long Ago", "We All Stand Together", and "Mull of Kintyre", but adds "Junior's Farm" and "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey". It also substitutes the studio version of "Coming Up" with an edit of the live version, and has a shorter version of "With A Little Luck".
Originally, McCartney wanted to release an outtakes album called Cold Cuts, on which he had been working for over ten years. But his manager recommended that releasing a best-of compilation would have been a better idea. So when All the Best! was released the Cold Cuts album was permanently abandoned.https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/album/hot-hitz-kold-kutz-ultimate-archive-collection/
Reception
All the Best! was a commercial success in the UK, where it reached number 2 (having been kept off the top position by George Michael's debut solo album, Faith).{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19871108/7502/ |title=1987-11-14 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive {{pipe}} Official Charts |work=Official Charts Company |access-date=7 November 2012}} In America, the compilation peaked at number 62,{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=paul mccartney|chart=Billboard 200}} |title=Paul McCartney Album & Song Chart History {{pipe}} Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 November 2012}} although it was eventually certified double platinum there.{{Cite certification|region=United States|title=All the Best|type=album|access-date=7 November 2012}}
Track listings
=UK/Australian/Canadian/Japanese listing=
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Album
| title1 = Jet
| length1 = 4:08
| extra1 = Band on the Run, 1973
| writer1 = Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
| title2 = Band on the Run
| length2 = 5:11
| writer2 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra2 = Band on the Run
| title3 = Coming Up
| length3 = 3:51
| writer3 = P. McCartney
| extra3 = McCartney II, 1980
| title4 = Ebony and Ivory
| note4 = with Stevie Wonder
| length4 = 3:41
| writer4 = P. McCartney
| extra4 = Tug of War, 1982
| title5 = Listen to What the Man Said
| length5 = 3:55
| writer5 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra5 = Venus and Mars, 1975
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Album
| title1 = No More Lonely Nights
| note1 = Radio edit
| length1 = 4:38
| writer1 = P. McCartney
| extra1 = Give My Regards to Broad Street soundtrack, 1984
| title2 = Silly Love Songs
| length2 = 5:54
| writer2 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra2 = Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976
| title3 = Let 'Em In
| length3 = 5:09
| writer3 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra3 = Wings at the Speed of Sound
| title4 = C Moon
| length4 = 4:33
| writer4 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra4 = Non-album single, 1972
| title5 = Pipes of Peace
| note5 = Radio edit
| length5 = 3:24
| writer5 = P. McCartney
| extra5 = Pipes of Peace, 1983
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side three
| extra_column = Album
| title1 = Live and Let Die
| length1 = 3:11
| writer1 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra1 = Live and Let Die soundtrack, 1973
| title2 = Another Day
| length2 = 3:41
| writer2 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra2 = Non-album single, 1971
| title3 = Maybe I'm Amazed
| note3 = Not included on CD release
| length3 = 3:50
| writer3 = P. McCartney
| extra3 = McCartney, 1970
| title4 = Goodnight Tonight
| note4 = Not included on CD release
| length4 = 4:19
| writer4 = P. McCartney
| extra4 = Non-album single, 1979
| title5 = Once Upon a Long Ago
| note5 = New song released as single from this album
| length5 = 4:09
| writer5 = P. McCartney
| extra5 = All the Best! compilation, 1987
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side four
| extra_column = Album
| title1 = Say Say Say
| note1 = with Michael Jackson
| length1 = 3:55
| writer1 = P. McCartney, Michael Jackson
| extra1 = Pipes of Peace
| title2 = With a Little Luck
| note2 = Not included on CD release
| length2 = 5:45
| writer2 = P. McCartney
| extra2 = London Town, 1978
| title3 = My Love
| length3 = 4:08
| writer3 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra3 = Red Rose Speedway, 1973
| title4 = We All Stand Together
| length4 = 4:23
| writer4 = P. McCartney
| extra4 = Rupert and the Frog Song soundtrack, 1984
| title5 = Mull of Kintyre
| length5 = 4:44
| writer5 = P. McCartney, Denny Laine
| extra5 = Non-album single, 1977
}}
=US track listing=
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Album
| title1 = Band on the Run
| length1 = 5:11
| writer1 = Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
| extra1 = Band on the Run, 1973
| title2 = Jet
| length2 = 4:08
| extra2 = Band on the Run
| writer2 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| title3 = Ebony and Ivory
| note3 = with Stevie Wonder
| length3 = 3:43
| writer3 = P. McCartney
| extra3 = Tug of War, 1982
| title4 = Listen to What the Man Said
| length4 = 3:55
| writer4 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra4 = Venus and Mars, 1975
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Album
| title1 = No More Lonely Nights
| note1 = Radio edit
| length1 = 4:38
| writer1 = P. McCartney
| extra1 = Give My Regards to Broad Street soundtrack, 1984
| title2 = Silly Love Songs
| length2 = 5:54
| writer2 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra2 = Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976
| title3 = Let 'Em In
| length3 = 5:09
| writer3 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra3 = Wings at the Speed of Sound
| title4 = Say Say Say
| note4 = with Michael Jackson
| length4 = 3:56
| writer4 = P. McCartney, Michael Jackson
| extra4 = Pipes of Peace, 1983
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side three
| extra_column = Album
| title1 = Live and Let Die
| length1 = 3:11
| writer1 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra1 = Live and Let Die soundtrack, 1973
| title2 = Another Day
| length2 = 3:41
| writer2 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra2 = Non-album single, 1971
| title3 = C Moon
| length3 = 4:33
| writer3 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra3 = Non-album single, 1972
| title4 = Junior's Farm
| length4 = 4:23
| writer4 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra4 = Non-album single, 1974
| title5 = Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
| note5 = Radio edit
| length5 = 4:41
| writer5 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra5 = Ram, 1971
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side four
| extra_column = Album
| title1 = Coming Up
| note1 = Live at Glasgow) (Edit
| length1 = 3:31
| writer1 = P. McCartney
| extra1 = Non-album single; studio version from McCartney II, 1980
| title2 = Goodnight Tonight
| length2 = 4:19
| writer2 = P. McCartney
| extra2 = Non-album single, 1979
| title3 = With a Little Luck
| note3 = Radio edit
| length3 = 3:13
| writer3 = P. McCartney
| extra3 = London Town, 1978
| title4 = My Love
| length4 = 4:08
| writer4 = P. McCartney, L. McCartney
| extra4 = Red Rose Speedway, 1973
}}
Charts
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=Chart positions=
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| 1987
|UK Albums (OCC) |style="text-align:center;"|2 |
| 1988
{{album chart|Austria|23|artist=Paul McCartney|album=All the Best!|access-date=7 November 2012}} |
| 1988
|Canadian Albums (RPM){{cite journal |date=30 January 1988 |title=RPM100 Albums |journal=RPM |volume=47 |issue=15 |issn=0315-5994 |access-date=7 November 2012 |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0928&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121101/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0928&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead }} |style="text-align:center;"|30 |
| 1988
{{album chart|Netherlands|10|artist=Paul McCartney|album=All the Best!|access-date=7 November 2012}} |
| 1988
{{album chart|Germany4|9|year=1988|date=19880208|artist=Paul Mccartney|album=All the Best!|id=666|accessdate=8 December 2021}} |
| 1988
{{album chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Paul McCartney|album=All the Best!|access-date=7 November 2012}} |
| 1988
{{album chart|Switzerland|11|artist=Paul McCartney|album=All the Best!|access-date=7 November 2012}} |
| 1988
|US Billboard 200 |style="text-align:center;"|62 |
| 1993
{{album chart|Australia|10|artist=Paul McCartney|album=All the Best!|access-date=7 November 2012}} |
| 1995
|French Compilations (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_ChartRun.php |title=InfoDisc : Tous les "Chart Runs" des Albums classés depuis 1985 dans le Top Albums Officiel |work=InfoDisk |language=fr |access-date=7 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820092500/http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_ChartRun.php |archive-date=20 August 2008 }} Find Paul McCartney under the drop-down menu and click OK. |style="text-align:center;"|4 |
| 1995
{{album chart|Sweden|7|artist=Paul McCartney|album=All the Best!|access-date=7 November 2012}} |
| 2000
{{album chart|BillboardCatalog|36|artist=Paul McCartney|album=All the Best!|access-date=7 November 2012}} |
| 2005
{{album chart|Spain|99|artist=Paul McCartney|album=All the Best!|access-date=7 November 2012}} |
| 2008
{{album chart|Norway|39|artist=Paul McCartney|album=All the Best!|access-date=7 November 2012}} |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|title=All the Best|artist=Paul McCartney|award=Gold|certref={{cite web |url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |title=Discos de Oro y Platino |work=CAPIF |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-date=6 July 2011}}|relyear=1987}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=All the Best|artist=Paul McCartney|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1993|relyear=1987}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=album|title=All the Best|artist=Paul McCartney|award=Gold|access-date=11 November 2012|relyear=1987}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=All the Best|artist=Paul McCartney|award=Gold|access-date=11 November 2012|relyear=1987}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=All the Best!|artist=McCartney P.|award=Gold|source=infodisc|access-date=11 November 2012|relyear=1987|certyear=1996}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=All the Best|artist=Paul McCartney|award=Platinum|relyear=1987|id=1993-04-23|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=1993}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Paul McCartney|title=All the Best|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1987|certyear=1989|certref={{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005 |url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/x263f6daopkswo8/Spanish_certifications_for_1979-1990.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE |page=925 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |access-date=19 July 2022}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=All the Best!|artist=Paul McCartney|award=Platinum|number=3|access-date=11 November 2012|id=406-3435-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=All the Best|artist=Paul McCartney|award=Platinum|number=2|certref=}}
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Notes
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