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John Waite

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Product Details

Audio CD (January 14, 1992)
Original Release Date: 1992
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Capitol
ASIN: B000003JBD
Also Available in: Audio Cassette

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,257 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Head Above the Waves

2. Piece of the Action

3. Broken Heart

4. Love Don't Prove I'm Right

5. Love Is a Rose to Me

6. White Lightening

7. Run to Mexico

8. World in a Bottle

9. Union Jack

10. Anytime

11. Jesus Are You There?

12. Darker Side of Town

13. Rock 'N Roll Is (Alive and Well)

14. Gonna Be Somebody

15. White Heat

16. Make It Happen

17. Change

18. Mr. Wonderful

19. If Anybody Had a Heart

20. Missing You

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Collection!, November 7, 2005

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This collection is really quite interesting. With a couple of unissued tracks, b-sides, soundtrack hits, unknown gems, this collection is a good place to go for those who only have his hits from prior compliations.

John's voice is really quite unique and very human. He has the uncanny ability to make it sound like he is singing to "you".

After this, I do recomend you seek out the rest of his albums. You will not be disappointed. :)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a good sample, November 14, 2005

By	raven lunatic (australia) - See all my reviews

"World in a Bottle" didn't appear on any previous album and appears to be a reject, I cannot explain why! An orchestral interlude shows that the tune is as exceptional as the words.

Waite's songs are very personal and distinguish themselves from the "clever" lyrics that have dominated chart music for the last 30 years.

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