Forever Faithless: The Greatest Hits

~ Release by Faithless (see all versions of this release, 11 available)

Annotation

This promo release is the 14-track Industry Advance CD-R for 'Forever Faithless: The Greatest Hits'. It was a pre-release to the industry - record producers, radio DJs, etc.

Issued in a PVC sleeve with a text-layout insert.

This CD-R was picked up the scene and leaked by ESC (Every Second Counts) to the world on January 27, 2005, significantly ahead of the April retail launch.

There are many different mixes on this 14 track Promo when compared to the full album release. And some tracks missing which appeared on the the full release.

Track 1 is the "Monster Mix Edit" of "Insomnia"
Track 5 is the "Album Version" of "Muhammad Ali"
Track 8 is the "Eat Me Edit" of "Salva Mea"
Track 10 is the "Album Version" of "Bring My Family Back"
Track 12 is the "Radio Edit / Radio Mix" of "Tarantula"
Track 13 is the "Radio Edit" of "Fatty Boo" (Exclusive to this promo CD)

PROVENANCE:
Information was sourced from digital artifacts found in the Digital Update scene archives from original .sfv, .nfo, and original scene scans found within.

Annotation last modified on 2026-04-01 16:38 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD-R
#TitleRatingLength
1Insomnia
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cheeky Records (in 1995)
edit of:
Insomnia (Monster mix) by Faithless
recording of:
Insomnia
lyricist:
Maxi Jazz
writer:
Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
33:37
2Mass Destruction
additional programming:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless)
engineer and mixer:
Grippa
additional producer and additional mixer:
Mike Hedges (UK producer/recording engineer) and Ash Howes (British mixer, writer and musician)
producer:
P*Nut and Sister Bliss
additional guitar:
Matt Benbrook
bass, drums (drum set) and guitar [Guitars]:
P*Nut
keyboard:
Sister Bliss
vocals:
Maxi Jazz
additional arranger:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless)
recording of:
Mass Destruction
writer:
Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
3.353:37
3God Is a DJ
programming:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless)
engineer:
Goetz
producer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
mixer:
Goetz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
keyboard:
Sister Bliss
vocals:
Maxi Jazz
publisher:
Champion (UK soul, dance and house music label) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
recording of:
God Is a DJ
lyricist:
Maxi Jazz
writer:
Jamie Catto, Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Champion (UK soul, dance and house music label), Champion Management & Music Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
3.753:24
4Don't Leave
programming:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless)
additional assistant engineer:
Nick Kirkland
assistant engineer:
Ibi Tijani
engineer:
Dave Burnham (UK recording engineer)
producer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
mixer:
Dave Burnham (UK recording engineer), Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
keyboard:
Sister Bliss
additional background vocals and lead vocals and guest lead vocals:
Pauline Taylor
background vocals:
Dido (English singer‐songwriter) and Pauline Taylor
vocals:
Jamie Catto and Pauline Taylor
recording of:
Don’t Leave
writer:
Jamie Catto, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
2.854:06
5Muhammed Ali
programming:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Ibi Tijani
assistant engineer:
Peanut
engineer:
Grippa
producer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
bass guitar:
Aubrey Nunn
keyboard:
Sister Bliss
turntable [scratching]:
DJ Pete Miser (real name: Peter Aaron Ho)
background vocals [backing vocals]:
Pauline Taylor
background vocals [chorus vocals] and lead vocals [rap]:
Maxi Jazz
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG UK & Ireland Ltd. (holding company, do not add releases here) (in 2001)
recorded at:
Swanyard Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Strategy by Archie Bell & the Drells
music videos:
Muhammad Ali by Faithless
recording of:
Muhammad Ali
writer:
Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
3.44:25
6We Come One
assistant recording engineer:
Peanut
recording engineer:
Grippa
programming:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless)
producer and mixer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
drums (drum set):
Andy Treacy
keyboard:
Sister Bliss
vocals:
Maxi Jazz
recorded at:
Grayhound Recordings in San Francisco, California, United States (in 2001)
recording of:
We Come 1
lyricist:
Maxi Jazz
writer:
Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
composer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
publisher:
Champion Music, Universal Music Publishing Group and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
2.753:49
7Reverence
engineer:
Goetz
producer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
mixer:
Goetz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
bass guitar:
Aubrey Nunn
drums (drum set):
Matt Benbrook
guitar:
Paul Herman
background vocals [Backing Vocals]:
Dido (English singer‐songwriter) and Pauline Taylor
vocals:
Maxi Jazz
recording of:
Reverence
writer:
Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
1.53:48
8Salva Mea
engineer:
Goetz
editor:
Bill Padley
edited at:
Wise Buddah in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Salva Mea
lyricist:
Maxi Jazz
writer:
Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
4:40
9One Step Too Far
programming:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless)
assistant engineer:
P*Nut
engineer:
Grippa
producer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
mixer:
Grippa, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
keyboard:
Sister Bliss
guest vocals:
Dido (English singer‐songwriter)
vocals:
Maxi Jazz
recording of:
One Step Too Far
writer:
Dido (English singer‐songwriter), Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
3.153:29
10Bring My Family Back
programming:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless)
engineer:
Phill Brown (UK engineer)
producer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
mixer:
Phill Brown (UK engineer), Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
guitar:
Dave Randall (UK guitarist, member of Slovo)
keyboard:
Sister Bliss
percussion:
Sudha (Sudha Kheterpal)
strings:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
vocals:
Rachael Brown
strings arranger:
Wil Malone
recording of:
Bring My Family Back
writer:
Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
3.46:24
11Miss U Less, See You More
programming:
Grippa, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
engineer and mixer:
Grippa
producer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
bass, keyboard, piano and strings:
Sister Bliss
additional vocals:
Leigh Stephen Kenny
lead vocals:
Maxi Jazz
remix of:
Miss U Less, See U More by Faithless
recording of:
Miss U Less, See U More
writer:
LSK (English musician Leigh Stephen Kenny), Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
1.53:40
12Tarantula
producer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
keyboard:
Sister Bliss
percussion:
Sudha (Sudha Kheterpal)
vocals:
Maxi Jazz
recording of:
Tarantula
lyricist:
Maxi Jazz
writer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
3:10
13Fatty Boo
recording of:
Fatty Boo
writer:
Jimmy Jones (Chicago-based soul/R&B singer, songwriter & producer), Francis Job, Syl Johnson, Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless), Sister Bliss and Glen Watts
3:45
14I Want More
programming:
Grippa, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
engineer and mixer:
Grippa
producer:
Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
editor:
Mark Bates (member of the band Dusted)
additional keyboard:
Mark Bates (member of the band Dusted)
bass, keyboard, piano and strings:
Sister Bliss
vocals:
Maxi Jazz and Nina Simone
samples:
Tell Me More and More and Then Some by Nina Simone
recording of:
I Want More
writer:
Billie Holiday, Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
is based on:
I Want More, Part 2
1.53:32