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Best Moves

Greatest hits album by

Chris de Burgh

Released

1981

Genre

Rock

Length

50:23

Label

A&M

Chris de Burgh chronology

Eastern Wind
(1980)

Best Moves
(1981)

The Getaway
(1982)

Best Moves is the first compilation album by Chris de Burgh, released by A&M Records in 1981. It includes songs from his first five studio albums as well as new tracks, "Every Drop of Rain" and "Waiting for the Hurricane". It was the first de Burgh album to chart in the UK, entering on 12 September 1981, peaking at number 65 and staying on the chart for four weeks.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Chris de Burgh.

"The Traveller" – 4:09
"Every Drop of Rain" (previously unreleased) – 3:33
"In a Country Churchyard [Let Your Love Shine On]" – 3:52
"Patricia the Stripper" – 3:30
"Satin Green Shutters" – 5:02
"Spanish Train" – 5:00
"Waiting for the Hurricane" (previously unreleased) – 4:11
"Broken Wings" (live version) – 3:20
"Lonely Sky" – 3:52
"A Spaceman Came Travelling" – 5:10
"Crusader" – 8:48

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–82)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[2]	4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[3]	4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[4]	12
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	65

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	6
Chart (1983)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	25

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[8]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)^[9]	Gold	250,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ David Roberts. British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Limited
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Chris de Burgh – Best Moves" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Chris de Burgh – Best Moves". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Chris de Burgh – Best Moves". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1982. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1983. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Chris de Burgh – Best Moves". Music Canada. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Chris de Burgh; 'Best Moves')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

External links

The Official Chris de Burgh Website

v t e Chris de Burgh
Studio albums	Far Beyond These Castle Walls (1974) Spanish Train and Other Stories (1975) At the End of a Perfect Day (1977) Crusader (1979) Eastern Wind (1980) The Getaway (1982) Man on the Line (1984) Into the Light (1986) Flying Colours (1988) Power of Ten (1992) This Way Up (1994) Beautiful Dreams (1995) Quiet Revolution (1999) Timing Is Everything (2002) The Road to Freedom (2004) The Storyman (2006) Footsteps (2008) Moonfleet & Other Stories (2010) Footsteps 2 (2011) Home (2012) The Hands of Man (2014) A Better World (2016)
Compilation albums	Best Moves (1981) The Very Best of Chris de Burgh (1984) Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de Burgh (1989) The Love Songs (1997) Notes from Planet Earth – The Ultimate Collection (2001) Now and Then (2008)
Singles	"A Spaceman Came Travelling" "Don't Pay the Ferryman" "The Lady in Red" "Missing You" "You'll Never Walk Alone"
Related	Discography Rosanna Davison

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