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The Best of Toni Basil: Mickey and Other Love Songs

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Not a bad compilation, but there are a couple of notable songs that should have been included. "Shopping from A to Z" and the re-make of "Rock On", both from the "Word of Mouth" album, should be here, as well as "Do You Wanna Dance" from the self-titled album.

A Music Fan: The album is called the Best of Toni Basil, and I think they were obviously very cautious in naming it. Just because something wasn't a hit doesn't necessarily mean that it was bad. Timing, circulation, videos, all of these also play a crucial role in making - or breaking - a song. I recommend this album if you like Mickey, and want to hear some of her other works, and it's something nice to own if you're a big Toni Basil fan.

Fortuantely, Toni Basil has allowed the release of her greatest hits(primarily the Eighties music) in this great compilation. Her qualities are never duplicated including the fact that she is a great choreographer for her own releases and many other videos and films. For die-hard fans of the Eighties sound,I would greatly recommend this album. R.C.

Definitely missing that classic song and also missing her cover of, um what's-his-name's "Rock On"! Other than missing those two songs this cd is perfect. At least I was able to transfer all the missing tracks from my LP to mp3. Fifteen tracks total including the Spanish version of "Mickey".

"Nobody", "Best Performance", "You Gotta Problem" & "Street Beat" are some of my stand-out favourites of hers. Now we just need her "Word of Mouth" video collection to be released on dvd someday!

So, how's your day?

What're you wearing? :)

Oh, David Essex! That's his name!

Man there are so many new songs on here it is a must have for folks who remember the Mickey music Video like me!

The rest of them are awful. This album is a great example of the outright robbery music labels used to (still try to) engage in prior to widespread sale of digital downloads.

My mom and I saw this show on vh1 called "Before They Were Rock Stars" and the song "Mickey" came on I thought it sounded cool. My mom liked it when she was a teen, so I guess it's true like mother like daughter.

First of all Toni Basil belongs to the ages. Through the miracle of digitally recorded music, Toni Basil will live forever. We can only thank her parents for conceiving such a beautiful and talanted child. What we have here is a musical triumph, not just for Toni Basil, but for humankind. If only more artists would use her as an oasis of knowledge and advice. Toni Basil sits on top of Music's Mountain and all we can do is climb as high as we can to reach her, but we never will.

The album starts off with 'Nobody'. This synth-pop delight will fill your soul and put your mind at ease. It's a great intro to what awaits you as you begin this musical journy.

The next song 'Hanging Around'. Toni again dazzles her listeners with so much vocal talant, you wouold think she was an immortal from Mount Olympus rather than just flesh and blood. She is so gifted I shudder to think where music would be today if not for her.

Another great song is 'Time After Time'. DOn't confuse this with the song of the same name by Miss Cindi Lauper. No no, this song eats the other song for breakfast. Toni Basil is the shining light for humanity and you will only come to understand your own life and existance after listening to her 'Time after Time'.

I will now talk about the greatest song ever written by anyone, anywhere. That's right everyone, the legendery 'Mickey'. I'm shocked that it's still not on the charts. This song was a number one smash hit and I've have never since heard a song worthy enough to take over it's number one spot. This song has everything; love, devotion, appreciation. You can just hear Toni's begging, pleading voice as she tears her heart out for her beloved Mickey. This is without a doubt the greatest human achievement. Better than landing a man on the moon, better than the Great Pyramids, better than Da Vinci's 'Last Supper'. The song Mickey is the reason the entire human race was allowed to exist. We can only regard ourselves as fortunate enough to be living in Toni Basil's lifetime. Imagine all the people since the dawn of time who never got to hear this! Attila the Hun, Marie Antoinette, Robert E. Lee, Warran G. Harding, Pontious Pilate, Blackbeard, Elizabeth Bathory. The list goes on and on for eternity. I was just trying to make my point. Perhaps the world would have been toytally different and history would have been for the better if Mickey had been known in Mesopotamia where the birth of civilization began. Shame. But there is hope for the future. Countless generations who follow after us will hear it. That is why I can sleep at night.

I could go on forever about Toni Basil. But I am unfortunatly limited in the my words. I would just like to end with 'Space Girls'. It is another favorite of mine and it gives me a snug warm feeling.

Toni Basil's music is the loving breast that I cling and suckle to.

I think Toni Basil is da bomb!!! She was da bomb in the 80s and she's still da bomb to me. Now if you want my opinion on these other people, they don't know jack &*$% about Toni!! She is beautiful on her album covers and I don't think that they understand that. So I swear if I hear one more negative even slang terms, comments, or bad opinions about her I will find these people wherever they are and try to convince them that she is beautiful and a outstanding singer!!!! Thank you for your time

Toni basil had a huge hit with Mickey in the early eighties, but left singing to choreograph for artists such as David Bowie. Fans that have Word of Mouth need not buy this CD because its a disappointment. That Spanish version of Mickey is really funny, and the pictures of her are awfully bad. For a greatest hits album, Im confused, for this only has one.