Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden

Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden
Greatest hits album by Savage Garden
Released	28 November 2005 4 February 2006 (United States)
Recorded	1995–2005
Genre	Pop pop rock soft rock
Length	68:00
Label	Columbia
Producer	Charles Fisher Savage Garden Walter Afanasieff Mark Endert Darren Hayes Robert Conley
Savage Garden chronology
Affirmation: The B-Sides (2000) Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden (2005) The Singles (2015)
Singles from Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden
"So Beautiful" Released: 31 October 2005

Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden is the first greatest hits album released by Australian pop duo Savage Garden. It was released on 28 November 2005 via Columbia Records. As of August 2006, the album has sold 31,000 copies in the United States.[1]

Background

The album was released worldwide on 28 November 2005, within the exception of the United States, where it was not available until 4 February 2006. The album was released to commemorate Savage Garden's tenth year in the music industry, and their overwhelming success, despite only releasing two albums—Savage Garden and Affirmation. The album was originally planned for release in 2003, containing thirteen of the band's singles, minus "Chained to You", and two bonus tracks—"All Around Me" and "I Don't Care".[2] However, due to contractual issues, the album release was cancelled. In 2005, Hayes and Columbia Records came together to organise a similar release, to be made available in the fourth quarter of 2005. Released on 1 November 2005, the album contains ten of the group's singles, all digitally remastered, in addition to five non-album B-Sides, as well as two new solo tracks from Hayes, "California" and "So Beautiful", the latter of which was released as a single on 31 October 2005, to promote the compilation. The album was made available with four different colour sleeves. A limited edition version of the album, containing a bonus DVD, was made available in Australia and Japan.

Track listing

All tracks written by Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones except where noted.

Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden track listing

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"I Want You"	Savage Garden	3:53
2.	"I Knew I Loved You"	Affirmation	4:11
3.	"To the Moon and Back"	Savage Garden	5:42
4.	"Hold Me"	Affirmation	4:52
5.	"Santa Monica"	Savage Garden	3:36
6.	"Crash and Burn"	Affirmation	4:42
7.	"Break Me Shake Me"	Savage Garden	3:25
8.	"Truly Madly Deeply"	Savage Garden	4:39
9.	"The Animal Song"	Affirmation	4:39
10.	"Affirmation"	Affirmation	4:58
11.	"So Beautiful" ( Darren Hayes Robert Conley )	Previously unreleased	4:58
12.	"California" ( Hayes Conley )	Previously unreleased	6:00
13.	"I Don't Care"	B-side to "Affirmation"	5:05
14.	"I'll Be He Was Cool"	B-side to "Break Me Shake Me"	4:41
15.	"Love Can Move You"	B-side to "Universe"	4:47
16.	"Fire Inside the Man"	B-side to "I Want You"	4:11
17.	"This Side of Me"	B-side to "Universe"	4:11
Total length:			68:00

Deluxe edition bonus DVD

No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"I Want You"	Nigel Dick
2.	"To the Moon & Back"	Adolfo Doring
3.	"Truly Madly Deeply" (US Version)	Doring
4.	"Break Me, Shake Me"	Doring
5.	"I Knew I Loved You"	Kevin Bray
6.	"Crash and Burn"	Yariv Gaber
7.	"Hold Me"	Alex Keshishian
8.	"Parallel Lines" (Documentary)	Pip Mattiske

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 11 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[4] 13 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 32 Irish Albums (IRMA)[6] 21 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 15 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 31 UK Albums (OCC)[9] 25

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 95 UK Albums (OCC)[11] 140 Certifications and sales Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[12] Platinum 70,000^^ Ireland (IRMA)[13] Platinum 15,000^^ New Zealand (RMNZ)[14] Platinum 15,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Gold 100,000^^ ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Answers to readers' questions about Savage Garden's Darren Hayes, Danity Kane and City High". Billboard. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
2. Savage Garden Greatest Hits Japanese CD album (CDLP) (239350)
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5. "Savage Garden: Truly Madly Completely - The Best of" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
6. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 47, 2005". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
7. "Charts.nz – Savage Garden – Truly Madly Completely - The Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
8. "Swedishcharts.com – Savage Garden – Truly Madly Completely - The Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
9. "Savage Garden | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
10. "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2005". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
11. "The Official UK Albums Chart 2005" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
12. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
13. "The Irish Charts - 2005 Certification Awards - Platinum". Irish Recorded Music Association.
14. "New Zealand album certifications – Savage Garden – Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
15. "British album certifications – Savage Garden – Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden". British Phonographic Industry.