Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years


Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years is a greatest hits album by American Christian metal band P.O.D. It was the first P.O.D. release after the group left Atlantic Records in August 2006. Released on November 21, 2006, it sold 10,000 copies in its first week. A special edition of the album, which included The Warriors EP on a second CD, was released at Best Buy stores.

Overview

Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years was produced by John Rubeli. It contains seventeen songs, which include remastered recordings1 of material from the band's studio albums The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, Satellite, Payable on Death, and Testify, the extended play The Warriors EP, Volume 2, as well as "Sleeping Awake" from The Matrix Reloaded soundtrack and "Truly Amazing" from an album of material inspired by the 2004 movie The Passion of the Christ. Two previously unreleased songs, "Going in Blind" and "Here We Go", are exclusive to Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years, with the former being released as a single in September 2006 and receiving a music video to promote the compilation.
Vocalist Sonny Sandoval said the following about the compilation album and Atlantic Records during an interview in May 2012:
I don't think they ever expected us to sell ten million records. So, they made their money and they were like 'why push these guys anymore?' I think we kind of sensed that. We owed them a Greatest Hits and they still sucked us dry one last time. They got a Greatest Hits out of us.

Reception

Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years received positive reviews from critics. Matt Collar of AllMusic referred to it as "easily the most listener-friendly album in their catalog." Mike Rimmer of Cross Rhythms gave the album a nine out of ten score, calling it "a collection of songs that celebrates P.O.D.'s glory days". Andree Farias of Christianity Today called the selection of songs on the compilation "a well-rounded set, not exhaustively conclusive, but appropriate nonetheless." John DiBiase of Jesus Freak Hideout gave the album four out of five stars, saying, "While hits records can be a real smash or a painful miss, Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years is among one of the better greatest hits collections a band can receive."

Track listing

Personnel

Album credits adapted from liner notes.
P.O.D.
Production