The Best of Helen Reddy

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The Best of Helen Reddy
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Compilation album by
Released1991
Recorded1971–1975
Genre Vocal
Pop/Rock [1]
Length1:03:11
Label EMI
Producer Tom Catalano
Larry Marks
Jay Senter
Joe Wissert
Helen Reddy chronology
All-Time Greatest Hits
(1991)
The Best of Helen Reddy
(1991)
I Am Woman: The Essential Helen Reddy Collection
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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".

Contents

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

  1. "I Am Woman" (Ray Burton, Helen Reddy) – 3:24
  2. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber) – 3:15
  3. "You and Me Against the World" (Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams) – 3:08
  4. "Emotion" (Patti Dahlstrom, Véronique Sanson) – 4:10
  5. "Summer of '71" (Jack Conrad, Helen Reddy) – 2:36
  6. "And I Love You So" (Don McLean) – 4:00
  7. "Somewhere in the Night" (Will Jennings, Richard Kerr) – 3:31
  8. "Tulsa Turnaround" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) – 3:24
  9. "I Believe in Music" (Mac Davis) – 3:14
  10. "Free and Easy" (Tom Jans) – 2:46
  11. "Delta Dawn" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) – 3:08
  12. "Angie Baby" (Alan O'Day) – 3:29
  13. "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" (Harriet Schock) – 3:26
  14. "How Can I Be Sure" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 2:50
  15. "The Old Fashioned Way" (Georges Garvarentz, Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha) – 2:56
  16. "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:18
  17. "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (Linda Laurie) – 3:26
  18. "Keep On Singing" (Bobby Hart, Danny Janssen) – 3:03
  19. "Peaceful" (Kenny Rankin) – 2:50
  20. "Until It's Time for You to Go" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:17

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [3] 29

Personnel

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. (1991) The Best of Helen Reddy by Helen Reddy [CD booklet]. London: EMI Records 8298102.
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 (1972) I Am Woman by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-11068.
  5. (1973) Long Hard Climb by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records SMAS-11213.
  6. (1974) Love Song for Jeffrey by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records SO-11284.
  7. (1971) I Don't Know How to Love Him by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-762.
  8. (1971) Helen Reddy by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-857.
  9. (1974) Free and Easy by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-11348.
  10. (1975) No Way to Treat a Lady by Helen Reddy [album jacket]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records ST-11418.

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