The Best of Helen Reddy
1991 compilation album by Helen Reddy
The Best of Helen Reddy | ||||
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Compilation album by Helen Reddy | ||||
Released | 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1971–1975 | |||
Genre | Vocal Pop/Rock[1] | |||
Length | 1:03:11 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Tom Catalano Larry Marks Jay Senter Joe Wissert | |||
Helen Reddy chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Best of Helen Reddy is a compilation album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1991 by EMI[2] and focuses exclusively on her first seven LPs. The 20 songs selected are evenly balanced between chart hits such as "I Am Woman", "Delta Dawn", and "Angie Baby", and lesser-known album tracks, including "Summer of '71" and "Tulsa Turnaround".
Reception
Allmusic's Bruce Eder notes that this compilation, "has the virtue of a very low list price (especially as a 20-song disc) and good sound -- plus the presence of one song that Reddy isn't much known for doing, but which she did extremely well, 'How Can I Be Sure,' cut on her (largely ignored) very first LP."[1]
Track listing
- "I Am Woman" (Ray Burton, Helen Reddy) – 3:24
- "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber) – 3:15
- "You and Me Against the World" (Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams) – 3:08
- "Emotion" (Patti Dahlstrom, Véronique Sanson) – 4:10
- "Summer of '71" (Jack Conrad, Helen Reddy) – 2:36
- "And I Love You So" (Don McLean) – 4:00
- "Somewhere in the Night" (Will Jennings, Richard Kerr) – 3:31
- "Tulsa Turnaround" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) – 3:24
- "I Believe in Music" (Mac Davis) – 3:14
- "Free and Easy" (Tom Jans) – 2:46
- "Delta Dawn" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) – 3:08
- "Angie Baby" (Alan O'Day) – 3:29
- "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" (Harriet Schock) – 3:26
- "How Can I Be Sure" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 2:50
- "The Old Fashioned Way" (Georges Garvarentz, Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha) – 2:56
- "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:18
- "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (Linda Laurie) – 3:26
- "Keep On Singing" (Bobby Hart, Danny Janssen) – 3:03
- "Peaceful" (Kenny Rankin) – 2:50
- "Until It's Time for You to Go" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:17
Charts
Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)[3] | 29 |
Personnel
- Helen Reddy – vocals
- Jeff Wald – management
- Tom Catalano – producer (except as noted)[4][5][6]
- Larry Marks – producer ("How Can I Be Sure", "I Believe in Music", "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "Summer of '71", "Tulsa Turnaround")[7][8]
- Jay Senter – producer ("I Am Woman")[4]
- Joe Wissert – producer ("Angie Baby", "Emotion", "Free and Easy", "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady", "Somewhere in the Night")[9][10]
Notes
- ^ a b c As of this writing the Allmusic website has this compilation confused with another of the same title. The review in this link describes this album, but the cover and track listing currently posted there belong to a different release. "The Best of Helen Reddy [Intercontinental] - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ (1991) The Best of Helen Reddy by Helen Reddy [CD booklet]. London: EMI Records 8298102.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 248. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b (1972) I Am Woman by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-11068.
- ^ (1973) Long Hard Climb by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records SMAS-11213.
- ^ (1974) Love Song for Jeffrey by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records SO-11284.
- ^ (1971) I Don't Know How to Love Him by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-762.
- ^ (1971) Helen Reddy by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-857.
- ^ (1974) Free and Easy by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-11348.
- ^ (1975) No Way to Treat a Lady by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-11418.
- v
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- I Don't Know How to Love Him
- Helen Reddy
- I Am Woman
- Long Hard Climb
- Love Song for Jeffrey
- Free and Easy
- No Way to Treat a Lady
- Music, Music
- Ear Candy
- We'll Sing in the Sunshine
- Reddy
- Take What You Find
- Play Me Out
- Imagination
- Feel So Young
- Center Stage
- The Best Christmas Ever
- Greatest & Latest
- Live in London
- Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits
- No Way to Treat a Lady
- The Best of Helen Reddy
- Lust for Life
- Feel So Young: The Helen Reddy Collection
- All-Time Greatest Hits
- Basic: Original Hits
- When I Dream
- Love Songs
- I Am Woman: The Essential Helen Reddy Collection
- The Collection
- Absolutely the Best of Helen Reddy
- Come with Me: The Rest of Helen Reddy
- The Woman I Am: The Definitive Collection
- Rarities from the Capitol Vaults
- "One Way Ticket"
- "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
- "Crazy Love"
- "No Sad Song"
- "Summer of '71"
- "I Am Woman"
- "Peaceful"
- "Delta Dawn"
- "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)"
- "Keep On Singing"
- "You and Me Against the World"
- "Angie Baby"
- "Emotion"
- "Free and Easy"
- "Bluebird"
- "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady"
- "Somewhere in the Night"
- "I Can't Hear You No More"
- "Gladiola"
- "You're My World"
- "The Happy Girls"
- "Candle on the Water"
- "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"
- "Ready or Not"
- "Make Love to Me"
- "Let Me Be Your Woman"
- "Take What You Find"
- "I Can't Say Goodbye to You"
- "Don't Tell Me Tonight"
- "Imagination"
- "Voices That Care"
- "Surrender"
- "I Believe in Music"
- "Don't Throw It All Away"
- Discography
- Toni Lamond
- Tony Sheldon
- "Voices That Care"