Best Of: Melancholy Fire

Norman Connors | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 27, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 27, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B00000IM6N
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,774 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Are My Starship

2. Betcha By Golly Wow

3. Valentine Love

4. Stella

5. Wouldn't You Like To See

6. Listen

7. Butterfly

8. This Is Your Life

9. Everything I Have Is Good - Pharoah Sanders

10. Handle Me Gently

11. Invitation

12. Take It To The Limit

13. Melancholy Fire

14. Justify

15. You Bring Me Joy

16. Everywhere Inside Of Me

17. She's Gone

18. I Am Your Melody

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Compilation...NOW OUT OF PRINT!, July 1, 2000

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chakasworld "chakasworld" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of: Melancholy Fire (Audio CD)

If you have another 'Best Of Norman Connors' CD in your collection, you may want to add this one too! In addition to the predictable songs like 'Betcha By Golly Wow', 'You are My Starship', 'Valentine Love', 'Invitation', and 'This is Your Life', you get some rare tracks including one featuring a young Glenn Jones, and a rare duet between Norman & Phyllis Hyman ('Everything I Have Is Good'). One minor problem I have with this CD is the inclusion of a 3:24 edited version of 'You Are My Starship' (The album version is 4:33 long!!!). The liner notes are nice, and the songs are presented in a chronological sequence for a change! The CD ends with another RARE Connors classic, 'I'm Your Melody', which comes from the underrated & out of print CD from 1988. To spice things up, I remastered my CD to include the full version of 'Starship', and a bonus track ('Remember Who You Are' featuring Phyllis Hyman 1993). The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because of the predictable songs, but they are always nice to hear. This should've been a double CD release because so much rare music was left off, and most of Connors' CDs are only available as overpriced Japanese imports. (NOTE - Also get Norman's 'Remember Who You Are', 'Easy Living', and 'Eternity' CDs! Hopefully Mr.Connors will return with a new CD in the near future!)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invitation is worth the price of the CD, October 14, 2004

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Reginald Tyler "Reggie Tyler" (Springfield Gardens, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of: Melancholy Fire (Audio CD)

I heard "Invitation" on the radio one night a few months ago and I was immediately reminded of the richness and range of Adaritha's voice. This song was worth the price of the CD. You really can't miss with You Are My Starship(a classic), Valentine Love and a host of other compositions that exhibit Norman Connors ability to create enchanting musical collaborations.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great, March 31, 2004

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"slice100" (woodbridge nj) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of: Melancholy Fire (Audio CD)

I have finally found invitaion, I heard this song one night and been on the hunt for it ever since. The song is incredible and I was equally pleased with the rest of the cd it great from beginning to end I highly recommend this cd.