| The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy? | |
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| Compilation album by Steve Forbert | |
| Released | 1993 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 76:59 |
| Label | Nemperor, Epic Associated, CBS, Legacy |
| Producer | Steve Burgh, John Simon, Pete Solley, Neil Geraldo |
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The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy? is a compilation album by singer/songwriter Steve Forbert. It was released by Sony Legacy in 1993. It collects fourteen tracks from Forbert's first four studio albums, recorded for Nemperor, a CBS imprint at the time, four live tracks from the eighties and one previously unreleased track, "Samson and Delilah's Beauty Shop".
A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.
Samuel Stephen "Steve" Forbert is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Bob Harris of BBC Radio 2 said Forbert has "One of the most distinctive voices anywhere.”
Legacy Recordings is an American record label that is a division of Sony Music. Formed in 1990 after Sony's acquisition of CBS Records, Legacy originally handled the archives of Sony Music-owned labels Columbia Records and Epic Records. In 2004, under the Sony BMG joint venture, the label began to manage the archives of RCA Records, J Records, Windham Hill Records, Arista, LaFace, Jive, and Buddah Records. Legacy Recordings now also handles Philadelphia International Records and the catalog of recordings produced by Phil Spector.