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Anthology

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This long overdue Deborah Allen Anthology CD includes EVERY Country, Pop & AC charting single: the Jim Reeves duets, the RCA solo material, the Giant sides and MORE. The Anthology even contains the rare single version of the Artist Formerly Known As Prince-composed/produced TELEPATHY. Deborah Allen herself provided the liner notes and photos. The song sequence is rather confused and the CD booklet fails to list original release information and Billboard chart action. For complete track details (& a full Deborah Allen discography), see the Deborah Allen: BABY I LIED Home Page http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/1306/deball.htm . The Anthology's Charles Calello-produced/arranged/conducted "Baby I Lied" shines. If only "You Can't Say No," "You Do It" or "When Two Worlds Collide" could have been included! But those cuts will certainly appear on Volume Two of the Deborah Allen Anthology. Watch for her new album on Curb, featuring "Is It Love Yet."

This is the only album by Deborah that is a Greatest Hits collection and its the best. Everyone must have this if you grew up loving Deborah and her music and her comeback in the early 90s. It has every single that ever charted on Billboard as well as some other cuts from her other albums and some rare songs such as the duets with Jim Reeves and her version of "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby" and also the pop song "Telepathy" but not sure which version that is cause I have the "Telepathy" album and its longer. But you all must have "Anthology" by Deborah! Im a fan of hers and I have almost every album by her but not quite. I love her music and I wish more people could hear her.

Don't get me wrong the songs on the CD deserve 5 stars, but what about the CD itself? I bought mine from US sealed with the security on top of the case and guess what? the CD is not silver, it's a CD-R!! The barcode on the spine of the insert is RMED00211. This is outrageous! Renaissance Records should correct this mistake.

I love "Anthology", but I want to take this opportunity to remind readers of Deborah Allen's first and seminal album, "Delta Dreamland". I'm glad to see that Amazon is carrying it again, which it didn't for a while, and if it was ever, ever out of print, it surely didn't doesn't deserve to be. A few songs from "Delta" are on "Anthology", but they should all be, because it's a smoky, sensual, rocking and beautiful album that was heard by lots fewer people than should have. "Rock Me in the Cradle of Love" totally rocks, "Chain Lightning" is heartbreaking ... I just cannot and cannot and cannot understand why Deborah Allen is singing lounges and not stadiums - her voice is as magnificent as Reba's, only in a different way, and she has material that can make you melt into the ground.

Wow! It's great to finally have Deborah Allen's "Baby I Lied" available on Compact Disc! The (abolutely essential) Deborah Allen "Anthology" also contains many hard-to-find Capitol & RCA classics. Read all about the "Anthology" & Deborah's duets with Jim Reeves (3 of 5 appear on the "Anthology") are detailed tooo! Thanks, Deborah! Now about that new CD on Curb...

It's hard to describe a raging talent like Deborah Allen. Only in her early twenties, she snagged a contract with RCA dubbing duets with the deceased country great Jim Reeves. From there she went on to perform what was arguably the best crossover tune of the 80s--"Baby I Lied"--before jettisoning for New York and taking a shot at the pop music market with Prince as her writing bud ("Telepathy"). When that effort stalled, she jump-started her Nashville reputation with a couple of solid albums for Giant. Looking back, it rather seems she jinxed herself by trying to be a Sheena Easton clone. A shame, since she produced so much good stuff. Everything on "Anthology" is good, better than most of her country peers.

A DYNAMIC VOICE, AND A GREAT COLLECTION EQUALS ONE FINE CD. I'M PROUD TO HAVE THIS ONE IN MY MUSIC LIBRARY.

This is one of the best albums I own. My favorite songs on it include "Baby I Lied," "I Hurt For You," and "If You're Not Gonna Love Me." I really enjoy the album. Deborah Allen has a terrific voice. If you get a chance to buy this album, you will not be disappointed. It is that good.

Whether it was 45s, Albums, CDs, etc; in the earlier days and even nowadays this family has always purchased music and for different reasons memories of so many new songs over the years will always be pleasant. For example.....when our kids were very small; they would try to sing along while the song was playing and two of their very favorite sing alongs were Nick Gilder's, Hot Child In The City, and Deborah Allen's, Baby I Lied. They couldn't say all the lyrics but they tried and we had so much fun listening to and watching them during those special moments and that is one of the reasons why I purchased this Deborah Allen Anthology. The kids are grown now but the song(s) are still the same. No doubt about it; Baby I Lied, is one true classic; however there are several other songs on this Anthology that bring back special moments also. Her three Duets with the Legendary Jim Reeves, plus other solo efforts like, I've Been Wrong Before, Rock Me (In The Cradle Of Love), Rockin' Little Christmas, and so many others do....This is a good un Folks and I'm tickled that I bought it. She has that unique sound but to me she sounds like Dolly Parton at times. Whether it is Pop,Rock or Country; Deborah can do it......Beautiful Voice; Great Singer!

The strength of Deborah Allen's soprano voice shows in this "greatest hits" collection from the past 24 years. From her signature 1983 hit "Baby I Lied" to cuts which saw less air play, her emotion shows clearly through. Deborah Allen is indeed a bridge between the classic country sound and today's modern country diva.