Greatest Hits [Import]

Samantha Fox | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 29, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Zomba Jive Studio Productions Inc
• ASIN: B002RVDNG8
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,036 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Touch Me (I Want Your Body)

2. Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)

3. I'm All You Need

4. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now

5. I Surrender (To The Spirit Of The Night)

6. I Promise You (Get Ready)

7. True Devotion

8. Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)

9. Love House

10. I Only Wanna Be With You

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) `09 Sleazesisters Radio Mix

2. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now Club Mix

3. I Only Wanna Be With You 12" Mix

4. You Started Something 12" Mix

5. Too Late To Say Goodbye 12" Mix

6. Go For The Heart Italian Underground Radio Version

7. Another Woman 12" Mix

8. Santa Maria Club Mix

9. I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night

10. To Be Heard

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2009 collection from the '80s British bombshell. This compilation really highlights the magnificent career of Samantha Fox, and is a great reminder of all the great hits she has given us. It contains all the biggest hits including many iconic numbers, such as 'Touch Me (I Want Your Body)', 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now', 'Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)' and 'Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)'. The rest of the album consist of remixes of some of these songs as well previously unreleased tracks recorded with Stock Aitken Waterman. This is the first time these songs have been together on one disc - and so, this alone is a very good reason to buy this album. Sony.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Torn between being a Greatest Hits and a "Rarities and Remix" set, January 20, 2010

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Daniel W. Kelly (NY United States) - See all my reviews
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With a label having recently re-released Samantha's 80s output in deluxe editions with dozens of remixes and b-sides, this collection seems to try to fill in the blanks, but still falls short by leaving out some important tracks and giving us some repeats of stuff already on the reissues--although, the personal short liner notes for each individual song by Samantha are a treat.

CD 1 is mostly `the hits', meaning, numerous singles from her albums, in radio edit form, and not just from her 86, 87, 89 and 91 albums. We get tracks from 95, 97, 05, and new tracks from 09. Santa Maria, a single from 97, is here in its radio edit--but on disc two in its 12" version! Did we really need both lengths of the same song? Same goes for the new sleazesisters mix of Touch Me--which is on disc 2 in its full length!

CD 2 is the real gem for collectors and the reason the disc gets 5 stars. The club mixes of Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now and I Only Wanna Be With You were not only NOT Samantha's biggest hits but also both available on the recent reissues of her CDs, so the space is wasted with these. The grand gems are the two Stock Aitken Waterman rarities. You Started Something was only in a single version on her album, so this full SAW club mix is great (even though it's less than 6 minutes long). The Stock Aitken Waterman track Too Late to Say Goodbye never made it to any of her albums, so this is super rare, and featured in its 12" version here (again, less than 6 minutes). This song was a single for Jason Donovan, with a slightly happier, upbeat feel. Next, the Italian Underground Radio version of 1995's Go for the Heart combines the sounds of the Real McCoy, Rozalla, and Robins S. Another Woman is a downtempo bore. Santa Maria is from 1997, and sounds like something Gina G would have recorded back then. I Wanna Rock and Roll all Night is a cover of the Kiss classic--really generic karaoke cover. To Be Heard, a 2005 song, is a mellow electro rock track. Good stuff. Dreams Unfold is a 2005 ballad--MAJOR ballad. Don't Cheat On Me is an old b-side that was also on the recent reissues, so wastes more space here. The new track Tomorrow is presented in a big room club mix with a hard electro feel, running over 6 minutes. And finally, the 6 minute version of Touch Me in its new Sleazesisters club mix is a pretty generic updated house mix.

I don't really see a casual fan spending the extra bux on 2-discs when there's a single disc version of this and many other Samantha greatest hits compilations, so it seems pointless to have given us this double disc version instead of simply a double disc version of ALL rarities, since the people buying this disc are most LIKELY to be those looking for just the rarities because they already have the albums. And if you really want to get into Samantha Fox rarities on CD, what should have been here is the original extended mix of Touch Me, which has never made it on to CD, always being ignored for the horrible "Blue Mix." And you want to talk MEGA-rare, what should have been finally brought into the digital age are the pre-Touch Me singles "Rockin With My Radio" and its b-side "My Old Man" from 1983 (recorded as by S.F.X.), and the 1986 single only "Aim to Win" and its b-side "Holding."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT FUN!, January 15, 2010

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D. FOXWORTH "foxy" (TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN United States) - See all my reviews
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Ms. Fox has always been kind of an underdog in my opinion. After three very successful albums, her other work just never received the full attention it deserved. Especially 21st Century Fox (a jewel!) and Angel With An Attitude (another jewel!).

This new Greatest Hits (buy the 2 CD version!) is worth every penny. There are some real gems here. Especially Santa Maria and the new Tomorrow with Marc Mysterio. They are so much fun! The remixes included are worth the price of the CDs alone. In addition to being a gorgeous woman, Sam has an incredible voice which is really highlighted on Tomorrow! I hope this will soon be included on a new CD of new material! One can always hope!

You will not be sorry in the least when you buy this! Enjoy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fox Fan, July 3, 2010

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James E. Helmick (Orlando) - See all my reviews
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If you are a Samantha Fox fan, and that's a big 'if', you'll completely enjoy this CD collection. The cover materials are all new pictures of Samantha, which is good to see in 2010. The first disk has all her classic hits. The second disk has a score of club mixes to her more popular songs. But, there are also three or four previously unreleased gems among them. One, is the cover of KISS's "I Want To Rock-N-Roll All Night" in which Sam does a bang up job. Always said she could sing rock. It's not that expensive at all, and worth it. IF you are a Samantha Fox fan.