Melissa Manchester - Greatest Hits

Melissa Manchester | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000008I2F
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,710 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Cry Out Loud

2. You Should Hear How She Talks About You

3. Midnight Blue

4. Just Too Many People

5. Whenever I Call You "Friend"

6. Come in from the Rain

7. Nice Girls

8. Just You and I

9. My Boyfriend's Back/Runaway

10. Through the Eyes of Love

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, if not perfect collection of hits, May 5, 2005

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Ryan A. Rigg - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Melissa Manchester - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I originally bought this on cassette when it was released in 1983. I later bought the CD version. I loved it when I first bought it, but even back then I was mad that it did not include the Top 40 hits "Pretty Girls" and "Fire in the Morning". Later, when I became better informed about music, I realized that it also did not include 2 other songs that made the Billboard Hot 100 ("Better Days" and "Rescue Me"). I can understand that when it was released on cassette and vinyl, there were issues with how long it could be. However, when the CD was released, I wish they would have went back and added bonus tracks.

Since then, a couple of compilations have been released. "The Essence of Melissa Manchester" was released in 1997 and "Platinum and Gold" was issued in 2004. But both of these are still missing some of Melissa's key tracks from that era. I wish someone would issue the all-inclusive hits package that Melissa's career truly deserves.

Until then, I have had to pick up those missing tracks from downloads and other various hits compilation CD's. For those looking, you can find "Pretty Girls" on Rhino's "Radio Daze Volume 1" and "Fire in the Morning" on "Radio Daze Volume 3".

It also looks like this "Greatest Hits" CD is out of print since it is only available used. For a used price, I would certainly recommend it. It includes some of Melissa's biggest and best-loved hits, even though it does not include some of her lesser-known hits.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The original collection ..., January 30, 2004

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Brian Campbell (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Melissa Manchester - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

While the Essence collection is great, this one has the 1982 version of Come In From The Rain, which IMO is better than the original. It also has the cool 60's medley. This is a great collection to have as an companion to the Essence collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Hits Original 10 track release, October 14, 2005

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A. Russo (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Melissa Manchester - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This was the first Melissa Manchester Hits collection that included 10 songs from 10 years at Arista. In included 2 new hits Nice Girls (falling short of Top 40 success by 2 notches) and My Boyfriends Back/ Runaway Medley. There is a German release, which I have a few copies of that was better than this. It included 6 bonus tracks ranging from Rescue Me, Better Days, No One Can Love You More Than Me, Fire In The Morning, Pretty Girls and Lover's After All. If you can find that version of this CD, it is well worth it!


Other Collections worth mentioning are:
Best Selection (Japan only)
The Essence Of MM
Gold & Platinum
Midnite Blue