Everybody's Talkin': The Very Best of Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 2006)
• Original Release Date: May 23, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000CNE132
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #93,520 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dig a little deeper and go for Greatest Hits, June 4, 2006

By	Jeff Pearlman (Lakeland, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For another 3 bucks (as of this writing), you get 21 songs instead of just 14.

This does have two songs not on GH--"Turn Your Radio On" and "All I Do Is Think About You." For most, these won't compensate for the loss of "1941", "Cuddly Toy", "Girlfriend", "The Puppy Song", "Living Without You", "Good Old Desk", "You're Breakin' My Heart", "Don't Forget Me", and "As Time Goes By". The earliest of these, especially "1941", show why the Beatles raved about Nilsson way back when. "You're Breakin' My Heart" is notable for its free use of the "F" word; funny, but maybe not essential. "As Time Goes By" was a minor hit from a standards album (A Touch of Schmillson in the Night) that was as uncommercial a move then as it is commercial now. Go figure.

This man was brilliant. And that's coming from someone who is not a long-time fan; I only knew his biggest hits before buying GH. Spend a little and get a lot more. You won't regret it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great opportunity to reconsider an artist who is largely forgotten today., October 14, 2006

By	Paul Tognetti "The real world is so much more... (Cranston, RI USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

While his time in the national spotlight was relatively brief, one can certainly make the argument that Harry Nilsson was among the most influential singer/songwriters of the 1970's. Now more than three decades later RCA has seen fit to release a superb collection of his work.
"Everybody's Talkin': The Best of Harry Nilsson" features 14 of Nilsson finest recordings. Here you will find all 8 of his Top 40 Hits including such gems as "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City", "Cocoanut", the #1 smash "Without You" as well as the title track of the collection "Everybody's Talkin" which many will recall was his first big hit back in the Fall of 1969. I also enjoyed hearing some of his less well known hits once again. It had been quite a while since I had heard "Me and My Arrow" and I had forgotten all about "Spaceman". What a great song! In fact, I can honestly say that I enjoyed all 14 tracks on this disc. These are the original RCA recordings you heard on the radio and the remastering job is terrific. I do have to admit that I was a little disappointed that Harry's haunting interpretation of the great 1930's standard "As Time Goes By" was not included here. Harry loved to record tunes from that period and I would have hoped that at least one of them would have been included on this disc.
At the end of the day "Everybody's Talkin': The Best of Harry Nilsson" is a solid four star offering. This is certainly a disc you can enjoy again and again. Recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nilsson Talks again, June 26, 2006

By	Gridley (asheville, north carolina USA) - See all my reviews

Harry Nilsson came of age as a songwriter and performer during the infamous Sixties, when anything seemed possible. The advantage for songwriters was that you weren't pigeonholed into a genre, and this collection of vintage Nilsson songs shows the range of a great talent. "One" and "Without Her" are the best pop music has ever offered a too-ravenous public, and "Everybody'sTalkin'" shows Nilsson's ability to sum up the spirit of a movie in a four-minute song. The whimsical "Me and My Arrow" and "The Moonbeam Song" show off another side of this man's talent in reminding us of the rapturous delight of everyday life. He died too young, as many great talents do, and that's a shame. We need his talent and life spark in these bleak days for pop music.