20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime
Greatest hits album by Sublime
Released	October 29, 2002
Genre	Ska punk, alternative hip hop, dub, alternative rock
Length	30:53
Label	MCA/Gasoline Alley
Producer	Paul Leary, David Kahne, Sublime
Sublime chronology

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime is a compilation album by the band Sublime. The album was released by MCA/Gasoline Alley in 2002.

Selections

The compilation contains ten songs, most of which also appear on Sublime's 1999 Greatest Hits set. The latter's "Pool Shark" and "40 Oz. to Freedom" are replaced on this release with "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" and "Greatest Hits", the latter of which is a track from the band's posthumous 1998 live album Stand by Your Van.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]

In a review of the album, AllMusic's Heather Phares wrote that the selected songs highlight "Sublime's dub and pop aspirations rather than their thrashy punk side"; going on to describe the album as "a decent, if small, retrospective that is worthwhile for casual fans."^[1]

Commercial performance

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime peaked at number 190 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in December 2003.^[3] It was certified gold in 2005 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of more than 500,000 copies sold.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Date Rape"	3:40
2.	"Smoke Two Joints"	2:56
3.	"Badfish"	3:07
4.	"Greatest Hits"	2:55
5.	"Saw Red"	1:59
6.	"What I Got"	2:51
7.	"Santeria"	3:04
8.	"Wrong Way"	2:16
9.	"Doin' Time"	4:13
10.	"April 29, 1992 (Miami)"	3:53

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	190

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Phares, Heather. "Overview: Sublime - '20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime'". Allmusic. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Sublime". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 790. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ ^a ^b "The Billboard 200". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Dec 13, 2003. p. 65. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "American album certifications – Sublime – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[Phares-1] Phares, Heather. "Overview: Sublime - '20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime'". Allmusic. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[Cross-2] Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Sublime". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 790. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[Billboard-3] "The Billboard 200". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Dec 13, 2003. p. 65. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[RIAA-4] "American album certifications – Sublime – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

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