Island in the Sun: 20 Golden Songs [Extra tracks, Import]

Harry Belafonte | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Remember
• ASIN: B0000088BG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,176 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #35 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Calypso

Track Listings

1. Scarlett Ribbons (For Her Hair)

2. Jamaica Farewell

3. Mary's Boy Child

4. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

5. Mama Look at Boo Boo

6. Island in the Sun

7. Cocoanut Woman

8. La Bamba

9. Jump in the Line

10. Darling Corrina

11. Angelina

12. Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)

13. Matilda

14. Haiti Cherie

15. Sugar One

16. Round the Bay of Mexico

17. Come Back Liza

18. Turn Around

19. Merci Bon Dieu

20. Don't Stop the Carnival

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Warning! Duplicate song!, April 29, 2005

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Nahuel Sugobono (Saenz Pena, Buenos Aires Argentina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harry Belafonte - Island in the Sun: His Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I think Belafonte's music is great, really great. And this compilation is fine, but I wanted to warn to anyone considering buying this disc that -in a way I can only describe as absurd and unbelievable- it has the same song TWICE on this very album/CD. As you will note if you read the list of songs, number 2 is "Banana Boat Song", and number 11 is "Day O"; so we have his biggest hit duplicate (and it's the very same version, the original). That added to the fact that it has only 14 (well, 13) songs with a lot of space that could be filled, make me not recommend it even for beginners. Try another compilation to begin with, like All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, or the 3CD box set Banana Boat Song. And it is essential The Concert at Carnegie Hall (the first one) but, again, NOT the american version but the import edition in a double disc set (which is complete and totally worthy).

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eureka!, December 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Island in the Sun-20 Golden So (Audio CD)

Having searched widely for a cd of "Love is a Gentle Thing", one of Belafonte's finest lps of long ago, and finding none, I was thrilled to locate a key song, "Turn Around" on this collection. Wonderful for a wedding video!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS GREAT - BUT WE AGREE WITH OTHER REVIEWER, January 3, 2001

By A Customer

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This review is from: Harry Belafonte - Island in the Sun: His Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

My husband and I also have been trying to find what we think are among the 2 best Belafonte lps we have - "Love is a Gentle Thing" and "In My Quiet Room". There are so many albums of his with duplicate songs - we just wish his promoters would let us buy these special two. We still have 15+ of his lps with non-dupe pieces we would love to find in collections without getting ones with 95% songs we already have on them.