Living All Alone/Prime of My Life [Import]

Phyllis Hyman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B000A1OFBO
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,265 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Living All Alone

2. First Time Together

3. If You Want Me

4. Slow Dancing

5. Old Friend

6. You Just Don't Know

7. Ain't You Had Enough Love

8. Screaming At The Moon

9. What You Won't Do For Love

10. Run Jesse Run (Ft Lou Rawls & Rev. James Cleveland) (Bonus Track)

11. When You Get Right Down To It

12. I Found Love

13. Don't Wanna Change The World

14. Prime Of My Life

15. When I Give My Love (This Time)

16. I Can't Take Anymore

17. Walk Away

18. Living In Confusion

19. Meet Me On The Moon

20. Whatever Happened To Our Love

Editorial Reviews

2 CD set from the Philadelphia Intl label years. As with many great artists, Hyman has become more appreciated posthumously. Though her popularity during her life was generally limited to soul and smooth jazz audiences, her influence on songstresses from Anita Baker to Tamia is evident, and her music has aged wonderfully. After leaving Arista, her first album for Philly Int'l and greatest album overall, 1987's Living All Alone was released, a wonderful collaboration with both Gamble & Huff and the great Thom Bell. The first single from that album was 'Old Friend', a Thom Bell/Linda Creed piano ballad that was perhaps the year's most beautiful soul recording. The album's other highlight was the moody title song, a haunting Gamble & Huff masterpiece. Four years passed before the release of her Nick Martinelli-produced Prime of My Life and her biggest hit, 'Don't Wanna Change the World'. Edsel. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phyllis' two best albums remastered and reissued on this special 2-CD set., January 12, 2008

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Justo Roteta (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living All Alone/Prime of My Life (Audio CD)

This is some of the finest and best romantic music ever made. The late Phyllis Hyman was one of the greatest songstresses of the v20th century and the two albums reissued on this package were her greatest works. "Walk Away", "Living All Alone", "First Time Together", "I Found Love", "Living In Confusion", "Old Friend" and "You Just Don't Know" are timeless ballads which were tailor-made for Phyllis' emotive, wistful and melancholic singing style. She left us much too soon but her music stands the test of time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phyllis Hyman, January 16, 2007

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Debbie Fitzgerald (Camp Springs, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

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This collection is wonderful. My family had the album, "Living All Alone," when I was little. I loved it then and I love it now.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE!, April 5, 2007

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A. THOMAS (LOS ANGELES, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living All Alone/Prime of My Life (Audio CD)

ANYONE WHO IS A TRUE PHYLLIS HYMAN FAN MUST GET THIS! THESE ARE TWO OF HER BEST ALBUMS! I LOVED HER VOICE, DEFINITELY ONE OF THE GREATEST OF OUR TIME.