Forever Faithless – The Greatest Hits

Forever Faithless – The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Faithless
Released	16 May 2005
Recorded	Various
Genre	Trip hop EDM
Length	75:26
Label	Cheeky (UK) Arista (US) Sony BMG
Producer	Rollo Armstrong
Faithless chronology
Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow (2004) Forever Faithless – The Greatest Hits (2005) Faithless - Renaissance 3D (2006)

Forever Faithless – The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation album from the dance music group Faithless, which was released on 16 May 2005. It features all their released singles (other than "Take the Long Way Home"), plus three additional new tracks ("Fatty Boo", "Reasons (Saturday Night)", and "Why Go?" (2005 remix featuring Estelle).

Chart performance

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
ARTISTdirect	link
Deo2	link
Gigwise	link

Forever Faithless was the best selling dance album of 2005. It has sold 1,381,407 copies as of October 2015.^[1] After the death of Faithless member Maxi Jazz in December 2022, Forever Faithless entered the UK Album Downloads Chart at number 7.^[2]

Track listing

UK version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Insomnia (Monster Mix)" (from Reverence)	8:42
2.	"Mass Destruction" (from No Roots)	3:33
3.	"God Is a DJ" (from Sunday 8PM)	3:29
4.	"Don't Leave" (featuring Pauline Taylor and Dido) (from Reverence)	3:59
5.	"Muhammad Ali (Radio Edit)" (from Outrospective)	3:31
6.	"We Come 1" (from Outrospective)	3:44
7.	"Reverence" (from Reverence)	3:44
8.	"Salva Mea" (from Reverence)	10:51
9.	"One Step Too Far" (from Outrospective)	3:27
10.	"Bring My Family Back" (from Sunday 8PM)	4:07
11.	"Miss U Less, See U More" (featuring LSK) (from No Roots)	3:34
12.	"Tarantula" (from Outrospective)	6:40
13.	"Fatty Boo" (featuring The Hiites) (Previously unreleased)	6:00
14.	"Reasons (Saturday Night)" (featuring Ian Dury) (Previously unreleased)	3:22
15.	"Why Go? (2005 Remix)" (featuring Estelle) (Previously unreleased)	3:24
16.	"I Want More" (featuring Nina Simone) (from No Roots)	3:32

US version

Released on Arista Records, the American version of the Forever Faithless CD does not include "Fatty Boo", but is an enhanced disc with a bonus music video of the 2005 version of "Why Go".

Initial US pressings contained MediaMax CD-3 copy protection, but this was abandoned after the 2005 Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal.

Song versions

Except "Insomnia" and "Salva Mea", the chart versions of each song are included, not the full-length versions. This was necessary to fit all the tracks into 1 hour 20 minutes.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 32 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 22 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 3 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 3 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 15 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 9 Irish Albums (IRMA)[10] 1 Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] 95 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 34 Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] 12 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[15] 1 UK Dance Albums (OCC)[16] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 45 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 38 UK Albums (OCC)[20] 10 Chart (2006) Position UK Albums (OCC)[21] 103

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[22]	Platinum	50,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[23]	Gold	100,000^‡
Ireland (IRMA)[24]	5× Platinum	75,000^^
Russia (NFPF)[25]	Gold	10,000^*
United Kingdom (BPI)[26]	4× Platinum	1,200,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

DVD

Forever Faithless – The Greatest Hits
Video by Faithless
Released	16 May 2005
Genre	Trip hop EDM
Length	59:59
Label	Cheeky Sony BMG
Producer	Faithless
Faithless chronology
Live at the Melkweg Amsterdam (2001) Forever Faithless – The Greatest Hits (2005) Live at Alexandra Palace (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	(not rated) link

Alongside the CD a DVD was also released containing the promotional videos for 12 Faithless singles, but does not include the videos for "Salva Mea '95", "Reverence", "If Lovin' You Is Wrong", "Bring My Family Back" (German version featuring Sabrina Setlur), "Why Go?" (Boy George Version), "Why Go?" (Estelle Version), "Muhammad Ali" (Rollo & Sister Bliss Tuff Love Mix Video) and "Miss U Less, See U More".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Salva Mea" ('97 video version)	4:08
2.	"Don't Leave" (video version)	3:59
3.	"Insomnia" (video version)	3:36
4.	"God Is a DJ" (video version)	3:29
5.	"Take the Long Way Home" (video version)	3:59
6.	"Bring My Family Back" (UK video version)	4:02
7.	"We Come 1" (video version)	4:02
8.	"Muhammad Ali" (video version)	4:04
9.	"Tarantula" (video version)	3:21
10.	"One Step Too Far" (video version)	3:26
11.	"Mass Destruction" (video version)	3:35
12.	"I Want More" (video version)	3:02
13.	"Hexstatic Video-Mash-Up" (megamix of all previous videos)	15:16

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External links

• Forever Faithless – The Greatest Hits at Discogs (list of releases)
• Official site Archived 23 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine