The Best of The Jets

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The Best of The Jets
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 1990
Recorded1985–1990
Genre Pop, R&B
Label MCA
Producer
The Jets chronology
Believe
(1989)
The Best of The Jets
(1990)
Love People
(1995)
Singles from The Best of The Jets
  1. "Special Kinda Love"
    Released: August 19, 1990
  2. "Forever in My Life"
    Released: November 28, 1990

The Best of The Jets is the first greatest hits album by Tongan-American family band The Jets, released on July 13, 1990, by MCA Records.

Contents

It featured four new songs, including "Special Kinda Love", "Sendin' Out a Message", "Forever In My Life" and "Another You", as well as a compilation of their greatest hits ("Crush on You", "Sendin' All My Love", "You Got It All", "Rocket 2 U", "Cross My Broken Heart" and "Make It Real").

Curiously, this first greatest hits package did not include any tracks from the previous year's Believe album (which featured the hits "You Better Dance", "The Same Love", and "Somebody to Love Me"), while additional hits from other albums, such as "I Do You" and "Private Number" (among others), were included on import versions.

Track listing

  1. "Special Kinda Love" (Vassal Benford, Ron Spearman) – 4:32
  2. "Forever in My Life" (Benford, Spearman) – 5:15
  3. "Crush on You" (Jerry Knight, Aaron Zigman) – 4:31
  4. "Curiosity" (Knight, Zigman) – 4:58
  5. "Sendin' All My Love" (Stephen Bray, Linda Mallah) – 4:32
  6. "You Got It All" (Rupert Holmes) – 4:09
  7. "Rocket 2 U" (Bobby Nunn) – 4:18
  8. "Sendin' Out a Message" (Antonina Armato, Rick Neigher) – 4:00
  9. "La-La (Means I Love You)" (1990 remix) – 3:50
  10. "Cross My Broken Heart" (Bray, Tony Pierce) – 4:07
  11. "Another You" (Armato, Ian Prince) – 4:25
  12. "Make It Real" (Mallah, Rick Kelly, Don Powell) – 4:18
  13. "Special Kinda Love" (Vogue extended club version) – 9:00

Personnel

The Jets

Additional musicians

Singles released

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