Best of [Import]

Renee Geyer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mushroom Records
• ASIN: B0000088I3
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,990 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oh! Boy

2. It's a Man's Man's World

3. Sweet Love

4. Heading in the Right Direction

5. I Really Love You

6. If Loving You Is Wrong

7. Shakey Ground

8. Stares and Whispers

9. Quicker Than the Eye

10. Say I Love You

11. I Can Feel the Fire

12. Baby I've Been Missing You

13. Do You Know What I Mean

14. You Don't Know Nothing About Love

15. Crazy

16. Foggy Highway

17. Difficult Woman

18. I'm the Woman Who Loves You

Editorial Reviews

1998 compilation for Australia's most respected & successful soul singer. 18 tracks. Mushroom.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Perfect, October 3, 2004

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James Coleman "Sun Burnt" (Palm Springs, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

An Aussie friend new I loved Soul music and thought I'd like Renee. She was right. She's one of the best and this album is a good representation. However, Renee's been around since the 70s, so her music changed to reflect the eras. The over-produced 80s were evident in Australia as here in America. Renee is in fine form throughout, but some of those arrangements...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great introduction, March 13, 2002

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Stuart MacDonnell (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

Okay let's get the quibbles out of the way first: there's nothing here from Winner, Sing To Me, Blues Licence, Renee Live, Live at the Basement or Easy Pieces, nor are there any of Renee's non-album singles. While overall they might not have been her best works, they certainly included some great vocal performances that warranted inclusion here. What we do get is a chronological sampling starting with 1973's Oh! Boy through to I'm The Woman Who Loves You which was intended for, but not included on, Sweet Life. What is clear is how the fantastic raw 20-year-old voice developed into one of the great voices in popular music today. This is a great sampler for first time listeners. Use it as a starting point to get into Renee's extensive back catalogue, as well as the recent Sweet Life - her best yet.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heading in the right direction, October 9, 2003

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William (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

Renee Geyer richly deserved more success than what she received in Australia. Yet, like so many of our artists, she had to go overseas to try her luck. Australians did not take their artists seriously until they 'made it big' internationally. Renee possesses a very capitivating voice which many Blues experts have rated as 'one of the best".

"The Best of" starts with an early track titled "Oh Boy" before leaping into the brilliant "It's a man's world". My favourite "Heading in the Right Direction" is also included, plus the Mowtown feeling song "Stares and Whispers". If ever there was a Renee song which should have gone No. 1 all over the world, then this was the song.

I was surprised at how many other tracks I knew considering how little attention radio gave her in the 70's & 80's. This is overall, a brilliant compilation that deserves a place in your CD collection. It also includes 1981's "Say I love you".

I am pleased that tracks from her 1985 album "Sing to Me" were overlooked on this compilation. That was her worst album.