| Here You Are: The Best of Billy Ocean | ||||
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| Released | 29 April 2016 | |||
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Here You Are: The Best of Billy Ocean is a two-disc compilation album by British R&B singer and songwriter Billy Ocean, released in 2016. The first disc includes cover versions of 1950s and 1960s pop and rock songs, and the second disc includes most of Ocean's hit recordings.
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Ian Sime from York's The Press says Ocean's cover of "A Simple Game" is richly infused with Northern Soul angst, calling it "the perfect hit single". However, his interpretations of "A Change Is Gonna Come", "No Woman No Cry" and "Having a Party" have a "distinct air of Cabaret Classic, and the least said about his rendition of "Cry Me a River" the better." [2]
Super Deluxe Edition's Justyn Barnes says that: "Here You Are: The Best of Billy Ocean has a rather cute cover photo of the young Leslie Charles who would grow up to become big Billy O, Grammy-award-winning artist, and the audio content of this double CD released by Sony Music CMG is designed to reflect his – as they say on X Factor – 'journey'." [3]
To promote the album, Billy Ocean toured in 2016. [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Sam Cooke | 4:19 |
| 2. | "Cry Me a River" | Arthur Hamilton | 4:11 |
| 3. | "No Woman, No Cry" | Bob Marley, Vincent Ford | 5:25 |
| 4. | "High Tide, Low Tide" | Bob Marley | 4:39 |
| 5. | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | 4:51 |
| 6. | "Here You Are" | Billy Ocean, Barry Eastmond | 4:35 |
| 7. | "A Simple Game" | Mike Pinder | 5:04 |
| 8. | "It Was a Very Good Year" | Ervin Drake | 5:18 |
| 9. | "Time and the River" | Wally Gold, Aaron Schaeder | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Having a Party" | Sam Cooke | 5:14 |
| 11. | "These Foolish Things" | Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey, Harry Link | 4:38 |
| 12. | "Judge Not" | Bob Marley | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 55:45 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally from | Length |
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| 1. | "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" | Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond | The Jewel of the Nile , 1985 and Love Zone , 1986 | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Suddenly" | Billy Ocean, Keith Diamond | Suddenly , 1984 | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" | Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | Tear Down These Walls , 1988 | 4:45 |
| 4. | "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" | Billy Ocean, Keith Diamond | Suddenly | 4:05 |
| 5. | "Love Really Hurts Without You" | Leslie Charles, Ben Findon | Billy Ocean , 1976 | 3:00 |
| 6. | "Red Light Spells Danger" | Leslie Charles, Ben Findon | Single only, 1977 | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before)" | Leslie Charles, Ben Findon, Mike Myers | Billy Ocean | 3:57 |
| 8. | "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" | Billy Ocean, Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond | Love Zone | 4:50 |
| 9. | "Loverboy" | Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Keith Diamond | Suddenly | 4:10 |
| 10. | "L.O.D. (Love On Delivery)" | Leslie Charles, Ben Findon | Billy Ocean | 2:45 |
| 11. | "The Long and Winding Road" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | Suddenly | 4:41 |
| 12. | "Love Is Forever" | Billy Ocean, Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond | Love Zone | 4:10 |
| 13. | "Calypso Crazy" | Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | Tear Down These Walls | 4:26 |
| 14. | "Are You Ready?" | Billy Ocean, Ken Gold | City Limit, 1980 | 4:28 |
| 15. | "Bitter Sweet" | Billy Ocean, Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond | Love Zone | 4:57 |
| 16. | "Mystery Lady" | Billy Ocean, Keith Diamond, James Woodley | Suddenly | 3:55 |
| 17. | "Love Zone" | Billy Ocean, Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond | Love Zone | 4:14 |
| 18. | "The Colour of Love" | Billy Ocean, Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond, Jolyon Skinner | Tear Down These Walls | 4:17 |
| 19. | "Love Train" | Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff | Previously Unreleased | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 1:17:54 | |||
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratop) [5] | 142 |
| UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company) [6] | 4 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog # |
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| UK | 22 April 2013 | Aqua Music | 2-CD | AQCD2 |
| USA | 2017 | Legacy | CD, Album, Reissue, Compilation | 88985440232 |
| Australia | 29 April 2016 | Sony Music | 2 × CD | 88985313022 |
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