Golden Hits Collection

Melanie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Masters Intercontine
• ASIN: B00001ZWIL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #313,275 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Brand New Key

2. Long Long Time

3. Beautiful People

4. Lay Down "Candles in the Rain"

5. Peace Will Come "According to Plan"

6. Look What They've Done to My Song

7. Ruby Tuesday

8. Babe Rainbow

9. Close to It All

10. Ring Around the Moon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Be careful!, December 23, 2003

By 

Anonymous "Anonymous" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golden Hits Collection (Audio CD)

These are not the studio versions of these songs. They are live acoustic versions. The album isn't bad --if you want a sort of "unplugged" version of the songs. But we aware that these are not the album or studio cuts from the 70's.

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Look what she's done to her songs!, November 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Golden Hits Collection (Audio CD)

I always loved Melanie's hits when they were popular the first time around, so I was delighted to find this CD, not knowing that the songs were remakes. No description of this collection anywhere, not even the CD insert, mentions this fact. The versions are not as we remember them from "the good ol' days"! She has slowed them down and even given some a country/western feel. Her voice remains wonderful, but when I buy an album for the sake of nostalgia, I want to hear the original versions. That's not the case here!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness this is not a typical Melanie CD!, August 25, 2005

By 

J. L. Hodges "Since I gave up hope, I feel a ... (Tulsa, OK United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Golden Hits Collection (Audio CD)

Although a long-time fan of Melanie's, I was often put off by her overblown, heavily orchestrated studio albums. They overwhelmed her voice, which is her true instrument. "Leftover Wine" is my favorite album since it is a live, acoustic performance, which allows her words and voice to do the job of expressing the anguish and joy of life.

"Golden Hits Collection" is more of the same. INCREDIBLY intimate because it is simply Melanie, a few guitars, a little percussion and a few carefully placed harmonies for counter point. These are NEW versions of her old hits, and include a cover of "Long, Long, Time" wrestled forever from ownership to Linda Ronstadt. I was prepared to be disappointed in the absence of the Edwin Hawkins singers in this version of "Lay Down", but I was WRONG! Her new recording is a prayer, a salutation, enhanced by the restraint of not having the huge choir of voices behind her.

If you like the crisp, clear strokes of guitar strings as they celebrate, but not overwhelm her powerful voice with its huge range of emotion, this is the CD for you. Even "Brand New Key" carries certain poignancy in this new rendering. And her lament over the betrayal of her song in "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" is beautifully heartbreaking.

I can't stop listening to this CD.