Collections [Import]

Billy Ocean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000PMFV7U
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #816,124 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going

2. Love Really Hurts Without You

3. Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car

4. Red Light Spells Danger

5. L.O.D. (Love on Delivery)

6. Mystery Lady

7. Suddenly

8. Everyting's So Different Without You

9. The Colour of Love

10. Love Is Forever

Editorial Reviews

For most of the great artists in musical history, there is more to their back catalog than just hit singles. In many cases, their album tracks stand out head and shoulders above what their label has designated as a hit. The Collections series digs deeper than just the Billboard chart singles and offers an assortment of hits and memorable album tracks that are just as worthy. This installment of Collections features 10 of Billy Ocean's finest including 'Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car', 'Suddenly' and 'When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going'. Sony/BMG.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Soulful pop, June 27, 2007

By 

Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collections (Audio CD)

The Trinidadian Billy Ocean's accessible blend of soul and pop gave him plenty of top ten hits. My favourites here include Love Really Hurts Without You and the unforgetable Red Light Spells Danger, a huge hit in about 1977. He had the perfect pop sensibility, underpinned by soulful vocals and helped by superb production. His 1980s hits like (When The Going Gets Tough) The Tough Get Going and Get Outa My Dreams, Get Into My Car are slick and smooth, typical of the dance music of the 1980s but with added soul that have made them stand the test of time very well. This album is not comprehensive - the major omission being Caribbean Queen, but still a good collection of melodic songs from the 1970s and 80s and worth it just for Red Light alone.

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