This 21-track ‘best of’ album is an eye-opening exploration into the history of Pink Martini. The album features nearly 75 minutes of the band’s most acclaimed numbers as well as eight previously unreleased tracks, all in a deluxe packaging that includes a 48-page photo book of rare Polaroids taken by bandleader Thomas M. Lauderdale. A Retrospective spans the first 16 years of the band’s 30 year career and features appearances by Saori Yuki, Hiroshi Wada, Michael Feinstein, Georges Moustaki and acclaimed film director Gus Van Sant making his recording debut.
Track Listing:
1. Una notte a napoli (first recording) *
2. Hang on little tomato
3. ¿Donde estas yolanda? (China Forbes vocals version)*
4. Hey Eugene
5. La soledad
6. Splendor in the grass
7. Kikuchiyo to mohshimasu (The Hiroshi Wada mix) *
8. Anna (El negro zumbon)
9. Ma solitude (featuring Georges Moustaki)
10. Mas que nada (featuring Saori Yuki) *
11. Sympathique
12. Lilly
13. How long will it last? (featuring Michael Feinstein)
14. Tuca tuca
15. Que sera sera
16. Moon river (featuring Gus Van Sant) *
17. Amado mio
18. The man with the big sombrero *
19. Aspettami (first recording)*
20. Auld lang syne
21. Una notte a napoli (DJ Johnny Dynell remix) *
* previously unreleased