Evolution: The Hits

Evolution: The Hits
Greatest hits album by Dead or Alive
Released	June 24, 2003
Recorded	1984-2001
Genre	Pop, dance-pop, new wave, acid house, Hi-NRG, Europop
Length	various, depending upon editions
Label	Epic / Sony Music
Producer	Stock Aitken Waterman, Dead or Alive Zeus B. Held
Dead or Alive chronology
Unbreakable (2001) Evolution: The Hits (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Evolution: The Hits is a compilation album from the British dance/pop band Dead or Alive, in 2003.

Evolution: The Hits is the band's second "greatest hits" collection, after 1987's Rip It Up. This collection spans their musical history from their 1984 debut album, Sophisticated Boom Boom, to 2000's Fragile, and contains all their single releases and several remixes.

The album was released in two editions - a single disc containing 18 tracks, and a double disc 'Collector's Edition', containing 28 tracks. The group's biggest hit, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", was re-released as a single to promote Evolution: The Hits. A video compilation was also released on DVD.

Track listing

Collector's Edition

CD 1

1. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Performance Mix) - 7:27 ** from Youthquake
2. "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (12" US Wipe Out Mix) - 6:01 *** from Youthquake
3. "Sex Drive" - 6:37 from Nukleopatra
4. "What I Want" - 5:49 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
5. "Brand New Lover" - 4:48 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
6. "Misty Circles" - 4:39 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
7. "Lover Come Back to Me" - 4:57 from Youthquake
8. "I'll Save All My Kisses" - 3:36 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
9. "I Don't Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" - 4:43 from Nude
10. "Hooked on Love" - 5:15 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
11. "I'm a Star" - 4:35 from Nukleopatra
12. "Something in My House" (2000 Remix) - 5:06 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
13. "Isn't It a Pity" - 4:44 from Fragile
14. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Alternative Metro 7" Edit) - 4:25 Previously unreleased

CD 2

1. "I'd Do Anything" - 5:24
2. "Come Home (With Me Baby)" - 3:58
3. "That's the Way (I Like It)" - 3:05
4. "International Thing" - 3:44
5. "In Too Deep" - 3:48
6. "Unhappy Birthday" - 7:32
7. "I Paralyze" - 5:57
8. "Baby Don't Say Goodbye" - 6:15
9. "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" - 6:55
10. "Your Sweetness Is Your Weakness" - 5:49
11. "Nukleopatra" - 4:19
12. "Rebel Rebel" - 4:04
13. "Hit and Run Lover" - 4:40
14. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Mark Moore & Mr. Motion Remix) - 6:20

Standard version

1. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" - 3:16 from Youthquake
2. "That's the Way (I Like It)" - 3:05 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
3. "In Too Deep" - 3:48 from Youthquake
4. "What I Want" - 5:49 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
5. "Misty Circles" - 4:39 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
6. "I'd Do Anything" - 4:00 from Sophisticated Boom Boom
7. "Lover Come Back to Me" (2003 Remix) - 5:37 * from Youthquake
8. "I'll Save You All My Kisses" - 3:36 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
9. "Hooked on Love" - 5:15 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
10. "Come Home with Me Baby" - 3:58 from Nude
11. "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" US Wipe Out Mix) - 3:56 from Youthquake
12. "Sex Drive" - 5:42 from Nukleopatra
13. "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" (2003 Remix) - 5:16 * from Nude
14. "Hit and Run Lover" - 4:40 from Fragile
15. "Isn't It a Pity" - 4:44 from Fragile
16. "Brand New Lover" - 4:07 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
17. "Something in My House" - 3:49 from Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
18. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Metro 7" Edit) - 3:47 Previously unreleased

(*) These versions are incorrectly titled. They are actually the 2000 remixes from the Fragile album.

(**) Incorrectly listed as the Murder Mix.

(***) Slightly edited from the original 6:19 12" version.

Personnel

• Dead or Alive, Zeus B. Held, Stock, Aitken & Waterman, Phil Harding (The Mixmaster), Mark McGuire, Jay Burnett, Tim Weidner, Barry Stone, Les Sharma, Simon Barnecott, Graham Stack, Princess Julia, John Taylor, Punx Soundcheck, Mark Moore & David Motion: production
• Tim Pope, Vaughan Arnell, Anthea Benton, Tony Vanden Ende, Zanna: video editors
• Linda Fletcher: management
• James & James: photography
• Julian Gozra Lozano: art direction, digital manipulation, artwork
• Simon Catwell: design
• Andie Airfix & Satori, Lynn Burns: artwork

Chart positions

Album

Chart (2003)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	111
Japanese Oricon International Albums	47
Germany (Media Control Charts)	42

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		UK	US Dance	GER	AUS
2003	"You Spin Me Round 2003"	23	21	96	62

See also

• Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know (Dead or Alive album)

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• Amazon.com: customer reviews and audio samples of all 18 tracks on single disc version.