The Best of [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Sam Cooke | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 20, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1962
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000AO4NJA
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,983 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Send Me

2. Only Sixteen

3. Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha

4. For Sentimental Reasons

5. Wonderful World

6. Summertime

7. Chain Gang

8. Cupid

9. Twistin' the Night Away

10. Sad Mood

11. Having a Party

12. Bring It on Home to Me

13. Nothing Can Change This Love

14. Win Your Love For Me

15. You Were Made For Me

Editorial Reviews

Sam Cooke, The Best of Sam Cooke

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bonus Tracks Still Leave Artist Shortchanged, September 23, 2005

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of (Audio CD)

For more than two decades, the original 12-track release of 1962's THE BEST OF SAM COOKE (see my review) was the most complete collection of his hits. In 1986, it was replaced by the double-LP THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC (now out of print). In 2003, ABKCO released the definitive 30-track PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND (see my review).

Now, two years later, RCA upgrades THE BEST OF by adding three bonus tracks: "Win Your Love For Me" (No. 22, 1958), "You Were Made for Me" (No. 27, 1958) and "Nothing Can Change This Love" (No. 12, 1962). Unfortunately, this collection still ends with 1962 which means it is still missing major hits like "Another Saturday Night," "Shake" and the posthumously released classic "A Change Is Gonna Come."

The bottom line is this: Sam Cooke is the most influential soul singer of the past half century, and any serious music collection must include at least one Sam Cook album. But the album to get is PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND. Why? It includes all 15 tracks from THE BEST OF, plus 15 more (including the three mentioned above). The three-star rating isn't for the music (that's five-star!), it's for shortchanging such an influential artist.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great singer who died too young, October 4, 2010

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J. Carey "waymorefun" (oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of (Audio CD)

Sam Cooke had the kind of voice that would have given him a long career but he died too soon. I know that he recorded a lot of music while he lived and this contains most of his most recognizable hits. The transfer to disc is really good and the sound is great so I can recommend this to anyone who likes Sam and his music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars worth 5 stars just for "bring it on home to me", November 28, 2008

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margot "margot" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of (Audio CD)

ive been listening to this album since i was a little girl and sam cooke still gives me the chills when i hear him sing. i have no doubt that he is one of the greatest singers of all time. all of his songs were obviously not classics, but no one can touch him on "bring it on home to me". that is his masterpiece as far as im concerned.