The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M

The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M
Greatest hits album by M2M
Released	15 March 2003 (Italy) 5 May 2003 (Taiwan) 8 July 2003 (Thailand) 3 August 2003 (Mexico)
Recorded	1998–2001
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	75:53
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Matt Rowe Dane DeViller Sean Hosein Per Magnusson David Kreuger Jimmy Bralower Peter Zizzo Kenneth M. Lewis Craig Kallman T-Bone Wolk
M2M chronology
The Big Room (2001) The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M is a greatest hits compilation album by Norwegian teen-pop duo M2M. It was released in 2003, a year after the group's disbandment.

The compilation includes all of their singles from their two studio albums Shades of Purple and The Big Room, acoustic versions of some other songs and popular album tracks. It also contains a Mandarin Chinese version of their song "Pretty Boy" and a Spanish version of "Everything You Do". "Everything" is also shortened without the faded out ending and "Everything You Do" was completely re-recorded with new vocals. It also has the previously unreleased songs, "Not to Me" and "Is You". The song "Wait for Me" is also included, which was previously an Australian bonus track for The Big Room. A DVD is included with the album, which contains music videos and a featurette, as well as footage of M2M in Bangkok and Norway.^[1]

Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, concluding "It's way more M2M than is necessary, but it certainly does the job of giving the best of them."^[1] The liner notes include lyrics to the songs; however, there is a mistake in the lyrics for "Don't Say You Love Me", as the notes contain the lyrics from the version of the song that appeared on Pokémon: The First Movie, whereas the album includes the version that appeared on Shades of Purple.

Track listing

1. "The Day You Went Away" – 3:43
2. "Mirror Mirror" – 3:21
3. "Pretty Boy" – 4:40
4. "Don't Say You Love Me" – 3:46
5. "Everything" (New edit / remix) – 3:07
6. "Everything You Do" (Re-recorded vocals version) – 4:05
7. "Girl In Your Dreams" – 3:40
8. "What You Do About Me" (Remix) – 3:21
9. "Don't" (Acoustic version) – 3:30
10. "Wanna Be Where You Are" – 3:26
11. "Not to Me" – 3:09
12. "Is You" – 4:01
13. "Wait for Me" – 3:06
14. "Jennifer" (Acoustic version) – 2:53
15. "Love Left For Me" (Acoustic version) – 4:14
16. "Pretty Boy" (Mandarin Chinese version) – 4:39
17. "Everything" (Acoustic version) – 3:41
18. "Don't Say You Love Me" (Tin Tin Out Remix) – 3:33
19. "Todo Lo Que Haces" ("Everything You Do" Spanish version) – 4:02
20. "Mirror, Mirror" (Power Dance Remix) – 5:56

Personnel

• Marion Raven – Lead vocals, piano, percussion
• Marit Larsen – vocals, guitar
• Matt Rowe – production, arrangement
• Dane DeViller – production, arrangement
• Sean Hosein – production, arrangement
• Per Magnusson – production, arrangement
• David Kreuger – production, arrangement
• Jimmy Bralower – production, arrangement
• Peter Zizzo – production, arrangement
• Kenneth M. Lewis – production, arrangement
• Craig Kallman – production, arrangement
• T-Bone Wolk – production, arrangement, bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, organ, wurlitzer
• Dean Sharp – drums, percussion
• Tron Syversion – recording
• John Holbrook – recording, mixing
• Damien Shannon – Assistant engineering
• Jimi K. Bones – slide guitar
• José Ramón Flórez – Spanish translator ("Todo Lo Que Haces")
• Neil Perry – recording
• Joshua – recording production (Norwegian)

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