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| The Best... Album in the World...Ever! | |
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| Compilation album series by Various artists | |
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| Compiler | Ashley Abram (compiled most editions) |
The Best... Album in the World...Ever! is a compilation album brand from Circa Records (trading under the 'strategic marketing' brand name of EMI Records/Virgin Records).[citation needed] It was the brainchild of marketer Stephen Pritchard at Virgin Records.[1]
Usually the album's title is made of the main title, genre and maybe issue number (so albums would include The Best Ibiza Album in the World...Ever!, The Best Rock Album in the World...Ever! etc.). However, on a number of indie music collections, the genre aspect was replaced by a full list of artist names. Due to this, these were just normally listed as The Best Album in the World...Ever!, and featured many Britpop acts, as well as dance acts such as Chemical Brothers.
Although most albums use the Album in the World...Ever! suffix, some towards the late 1990s change the suffix to Anthems...Ever!, with a plural on the theme (example the album The Best Celtic Anthems...Ever!). Some even just use ...Ever! as a suffix (such as The Best TV Ads...Ever!)
Many of the albums in the series were compiled by Ashley Abram.[citation needed]
- ^ Wazir, Burhan (13 December 1998). "Arts: Pop: Music business: The best short-term marketing idea in the world... ever!". The Observer. Retrieved 2024-11-06 – via ProQuest.