Playlist: The Very Best of Clay Aiken is a compilation of remastered original recordings by pop singer Clay Aiken. It is part of a series of similar series of Playlist albums issued by Legacy Recordings.
The track listing includes fan favorites, the No. 1 single “This Is The Night,” the Top 5 “Solitaire” and others handpicked by Aiken from his albums. The album was released on March 31, 2009. A PDF file included on the CD contains the song credits, photographs, and liner notes.
First week sales of 3,000 copies placed Playlist: The Very Best of Clay Aiken at number 173 on the Billboard 200 chart and at number ten on the Top Internet Albums chart.
Contents
Track listing
"Ashes"[1] (from On My Way Here album)
"A Thousand Days"[2] (from A Thousand Different Ways album)
"The Way"[3] (from Measure of a Man album)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water"[4] (from "Bridge Over Troubled Water/This Is the Night" single)
"On My Way Here"[5] (from On My Way Here album)
"This Is the Night"[6] (from "Bridge Over Troubled Water/This Is the Night" single)
"Solitaire"[7] (from "The Way/Solitaire" single)
"Here You Come Again"[8] (from A Thousand Different Ways album)
"Measure of a Man"[9] (from Measure of a Man album)
"The Real Me"[10] (from On My Way Here album)
"Something About Us"[11] (from On My Way Here album)
"Invisible"[12] (from Measure of a Man album)
"On the Wings of Love"[13](from American Idol Season 2: All-Time Classic American Love Songs compilation)
"Mary, Did You Know"[14] (from Merry Christmas with Love album)
Song notes
^"Ashes" Written by: Nichole Nordeman, Mark Hammond / Produced by: Kipper – 3:44
^ "A Thousand Days" Written by: Christian Leuzzi, Aldo Nova & Emanuel Olsson / Produced by: John Fields – 4:30
^"The Way" Written by: Steve Morales, Enrique Iglesias, Kara DioGuardi, David Siegel / Produced by: Steve Morales – 4:07
^""Bridge Over Troubled Water" Written by: Paul Simon / Produced by: Nigel Wright – 4:01
^"On My Way Here" Written by: Ryan Tedder, Hunter Davis, Chris Faulk / Produced by: Kipper – 4:29
^"This Is the Night" Written by: Aldo Nova, Gary Burr, Chris Braide / Produced by: Steve Mac – 3:33
^"Solitaire" Written by: Neil Sedaka & Phil Cody / Produced by: Cliff Magness & Steve Mac – 5:26
^ "Here You Come Again" Written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil / Produced by: Adam Anders – 3:34
^"Measure of a Man" Written by: Steve Morales, Cathy Dennis, David Siege / Produced by: Steve Morales – 3:58
^"The Real Me" Written by: Natalie Grant / Produced by: Kipper – 4:38
^"Something About Us" Written by: Michael O'Brien, Scotty Wilbanks, Regie Hamm / Produced by: Kipper – 3:40
^"Invisible" Written by: Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson, Chris Braide / Produced by: Desmond Child – 4:04
^"On the Wings of Love" Written by: Jeffrey Osborne, P. Schless / Produced by: James McMillan – 3:44