Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits

Bette Midler | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Label: BMG DIRECT
• ASIN: B002QODOBU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,752 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Track Listings 1. Hello in There 2. Do You Want to Dance? 3. From a Distance 4. Chapel of Love 5. Only in Miami 6. When a Man Loves a Woman 7. The Rose 8. Miss Otis Regrets 9. Shiver Me Timbers 10. Wind Beneath My Wings 11. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) 13. Friends 14. In My Life

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply too Divine to Pass by !, July 11, 2000

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Mr. K "Webmaster of the 'Discovering Doris' w... (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Not many artists can say they juggle a successful music andfilm career together but Bette is the exception ! This CD onlyreaffirms why she is a Grammy award winning singer by including all the essentials from 25 years of shear musical bliss. You name it Bette Midler has tackled it big ballads, torch songs, dance, rock just about every genre is fairly reflected on this divine CD. In total these 18 tracks beautifully highlight her studio and soundtrack albums which have become classics: to deserve you (single remix)/beast of burden/favourite waste of time/hello in there/do you wanna dance/from a distance/chapel of love/only in miami/when a man loves a woman/the rose/miss otis regrets/shiver me timbers/wind beneath my wings/boogie woogie bugle boy/one for my baby/friends/in my life/to deserve you (album version) This CD is also extra special as it contains 4 sought after tracks including the RARE remix of the world-wide smash club anthem TO DESERVE YOU plus her rocky, rebellious BEAST OF BURDEN & FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME !

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the US release, August 24, 2000

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Alan Russo (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Much better collection than the US version, but still incomplete! After 20 years and several million sellers. Atlantic managed to scrape up a stingy one disc collection that's supposed to reflect that! Where are her other top 40 and A/C hits? Missing-in-action are Old Cape Cod, You're Movin' Out Today, Married Men, My Mother's Eyes and others.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Start, March 14, 2002

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J. M. Zuurbier (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Bette Midler has had an excellent career filled with memorable music, and Atlantic does a decent job with this release to accompany this 20 plus year celebration of the career of Bette Midler. There was a US version, but this one is far and beyond better than that one. This compilation features four bonus tracks that were unavailable on the US release: "To Deserve You" (Single Mix), "To Deserve You" (Album Version), "Beast of Burden and "Favorite Waste of Time". As well this has new artwork. However, with the 18 tracks here, there are several missing from this collection which are sorely missed, such as "Old Cape Cod", "Mother's Eyes", "Married Men" and more. However it still marks as a good compilation, with some of her most memorable hits, such as the lump-in-the-throat "Wind Beneath My Wings", the beautiful ballads "From A Distance", "In My Life" and "The Rose", the quirky and upbeat "Miss Otis Regrets", as well as "When A man Loves A Woman", "Chapel Of Love", "Only In Miami" and more. If you are a new Bette Midler fan, this is a good place to start your foundation for her music, its a good introduction into her career and music.