The Best Of James Bond: 30th Anniversary Collection

John Barry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 12, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002V0I
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,182 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. James Bond Theme

2. Goldfinger

3. Nobody Does It Better

4. A View to a Kill

5. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

6. For Your Eyes Only

7. We Have All the Time in the World

8. Live and Let Die

9. All Time High

10. The Living Daylights

11. License to Kill

12. From Russia With Love

13. Thunderball

14. You Only Live Twice

15. Moonraker

16. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

17. The Man With the Golden Gun

18. Diamonds Are Forever

19. 007

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, BUT..., September 30, 2001

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Henry R. Kujawa ("The Forbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Of James Bond: 30th Anniversary Collection (Audio CD)

EVERY song here, in one way or another, is an all-time classic. This package includes the 007 themes from DR. NO (1962) to LICENSE TO KILL (1989). However, I'd suggest skipping this seemingly incredible comp and going instead for the 2-CD set of the SAME NAME! Disc 1 on that contains the 16 themes in chronological sequence (which this, strangely, doesn't), while Disc 2 contains a LOT of previously-unreleased tracks that can be found nowhere else.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Of James Bond: 30th Anniversary Collection, June 30, 2005

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This review is from: The Best Of James Bond: 30th Anniversary Collection (Audio CD)

This CD was really awesome. First off, any Bond fanatic should have this CD because it contains only the essentials of the Bond themes (the first 16 movies). Anyway, the CD was great to listen to because it sparked so many memories. All the tracks were great to listen to except for track 5 which I did not like so much. Even though I did not like that song, it did not spoil the fun. As I said, the CD only contains the themes from Dr. No all the way through License To Kill. However it does not have the songs for Goldenye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. While listening to this CD, you will also see how much Mr. Bond has progressed in over 40 years. It is actually really amazing. The front cover is actually a cool booklet when you open it up. It has some information on how all the Bond movies came about, and how good they were. It also discussed the different people that played the role of James Bond, and of course about the successes of the theme songs. It was really interesting to read, and you might learn a thing or two as well. In the end, this was a tidy CD and satisfies your needs nicely for any Bond fanatic that just wants the theme songs and not that other crap in the limited edition. Should be in your library if you like this music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best (1 disc!) CD for the casual Bond fan, November 18, 2004

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Daniel Freund (Flossmoor, Il United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Of James Bond: 30th Anniversary Collection (Audio CD)

This collection is much better than that over-priced 2 disk set (same name), and it gives you the hits only. Standout tracks are Carly Simon's Nobody Does It Better (isn't that fade out fantastic?), and A-HA's The Living Daylights (I still can't understand the lyrics: "comes the morning and the candlelights fade away or comes the morning and the headlights fade in rain?!?") Anyway, that's a cool song, but my all time favorite would have to be Paul McCartney & the Wings "Live and Let Die." Its a great rock/reggae blast, and makes you feel like James Bond.