The Platinum Collection is a compilation album by British

United Kingdom

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 pop

Pop music

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 / dance

Dance music

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 act D:Ream

D:Ream

D:Ream was a UK pop and dance band of the 1990s. They had a UK Number One hit with "Things Can Only Get Better" in 1994 as well as eight more top 40 hits. They released two albums, both of which reached the top five...

. The album was released without the band's permission, in July 2006

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, by WEA

Warner Music Group

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, for the famous series of the same name, gathering a lot of groups and artists in its vast catalogue. The only collection officially acknowledged by the group members Peter Cunnah

Peter Cunnah

Peter Cunnah is best known as lead singer and songwriter with 1990s dance-pop duo, D:Ream. He was born in Derry, Northern Ireland.- D:Ream :...

 and Al Mackenzie

Al MacKenzie

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 is The Best of D:Ream

The Best of D:Ream

The Best of D:Ream was the first official compilation album from British pop/dance band D:Ream, issued by Magnet Records label, and distributed by major Warner Bros. Records, with the management of FXU. It was released in May 1997, just after their UK and U.S...

, which was issued in 1997

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, by Magnet Records

Magnet Records

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 label, distributed by Warner Music.

The Platinum Collection featured two remixes: "U R the Best Thing" (Perfecto Radio Mix) and "Take Me Away" (Brothers in Rhythm Radio Edit), which were originally only available on the single releases of the songs, respectively performed by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne and Brothers in Rhythm

Brothers in Rhythm

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. The rest of the album more or less reproposes the same track listing as the band's first greatest hits collection, consisting of all the singles from their two albums, D:Ream On Volume 1, and World

World

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, plus two album tracks from each: "Glorious" and "So Long Movin' On" from the former, and "Hold Me Now" and "Heart of Gold" from the latter.

Track listing

1. "Things Can Only Get Better"
2. "Take Me Away"
3. "U R the Best Thing"
4. "Shoot Me with Your Love
   Shoot Me with Your Love
   "Shoot Me with Your Love" is the first of a three-single Top 40 run for the band D:Ream in 1995. It was the highest peaking of the three songs, reaching number seven on the UK Singles Chart. The follow-ups, "Party Up the World" and "The Power", reached number 20 and number 40, respectively....
   
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5. "Unforgiven"
6. "I Like It"
7. "Party Up the World"
8. "Blame It On Me"
9. "Hold Me Now"
10. "Star"
11. "Heart of Gold"
12. "Picture My World"
13. "Glorious"
14. "So Long Movin' On"
15. "The Power (Of All the Love in the World)" (featuring T.J. Davis)
16. "U R the Best Thing" (Perfecto Radio Mix)
17. "Take Me Away" (Brothers in Rhythm Radio Edit)