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Greatest James Bond Tracks

So I found some gold on Spotify (sorry Americans you are unable to access it).

The Best of Bond...James Bond

The Best of Bond...James bond

It's a collection of the best tracks from the Bond films. It's more or less all the ones that mattered. This album reminded me of why I loved (and later despised) Bond as a kid. This album also reminded me of what fantastic pop hits came from these films. I mostly like the sultry spy theme that permeates throughout many of these tracks.

Some tracks of course stand out more than the others. Here are my top 5:

1. Thunderball by Tom Jones
2. A View to a Kill by Duran Duran
3. Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey
4. Live and Let Die by Sir Paul McCartney
5. You Know My Name by Chris Cornell (though I really like THIS version far better which has a prime spot on my gym mix)

Then there were those from the extremely cheesy Roger Moore 70s Bond films, easily in my mind the absolute bottom of the Bond years (ok fine, the Timothy Dalton era was worse). I didn't mind All Time High by Rita Coolidge or Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon, so I'll just give them an honorable mention, but they simply don't have the edgy Bond spy appeal of the above.

Another honorable mention is the classic Bond theme from Dr. No.

Epic fail is For Your Eyes Only. What the hell were they thinking?

PS - In case you're wondering, the Bond reboot with Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace have absolutely reinvigorated my passion for what was a completely dead Bond franchise.