The Definitive Collection | ||||
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Released | June 17, 1997 | |||
Genre | Soft rock, Pop rock | |||
Length | 72:00 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Bob Irwin | |||
Eric Carmen chronology | ||||
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The Definitive Collection is a 1997 greatest hits album of all the singles released by Cleveland, Ohio singer-songwriter Eric Carmen. It features five hits by the Raspberries, a power pop group which he led in the early 1970s. It also contains his versions of two major hits which he wrote for Shaun Cassidy, his popular song from the movie Dirty Dancing , and his greatest hit, "All By Myself", which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 5, 1976. [2]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes, "The Definitive Collection lives up to its title. Over the course of a single disc, the compilation features all of Eric Carmen's best-known songs and biggest hits" [1]
All tracks are written by Eric Carmen, unless otherwise noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Go All the Way" (with The Raspberries) | Raspberries (1972) | 3:18 | |
2. | "I Wanna Be With You" (with The Raspberries) | Fresh (1972) | 3:00 | |
3. | "Let's Pretend" (with The Raspberries) | Fresh | 3:36 | |
4. | "Tonight" (with The Raspberries) | Side 3 (1973) | 3:39 | |
5. | "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" (with The Raspberries) | Starting Over (1974) | 5:20 | |
6. | "All by Myself" | Eric Carmen (1975) | 4:30 | |
7. | "Sunrise" | Eric Carmen | 5:10 | |
8. | "That's Rock 'n' Roll" | Eric Carmen | 3:06 | |
9. | "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" | Eric Carmen | 3:41 | |
10. | "No Hard Feelings" | Eric Carmen | 5:34 | |
11. | "Boats Against the Current" | Boats Against the Current (1977) | 4:17 | |
12. | "She Did It" | Boats Against the Current | 3:43 | |
13. | "Change of Heart" |
| Change of Heart (1978) | 3:38 |
14. | "Hey Deanie" | Change of Heart | 4:27 | |
15. | "Desperate Fools" | Change of Heart | 3:06 | |
16. | "The Way We Used to Be" | Eric Carmen (1984) | 3:13 | |
17. | "Hungry Eyes" | Dirty Dancing (Original Soundtrack) (1987) | 3:59 | |
18. | "Make Me Lose Control" |
| The Best of Eric Carmen (1988) | 4:43 |
Total length: | 72:00 |
Track information and credits adapted from AllMusic [3] and the album's liner notes. [4]
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