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The greatest hits of Montreal-born singer/songwriter Luba are featured on "Over 60 Minutes With..." Winner of numerous Canadian music awards including three consecutive Juno's for Female Vocalist of the Year, she has impressed and delighted fans with the clarity of her voice and appealing delivery. This collection showcases her versatility and great stylistic variety, from the solid no-frills rock ballad "Everytime I See Your Picture," to the lush production of "Act Of Mercy." Also included are two songs that may be familiar outside Canada -- her cover of "When A Man Loves A Woman" used by pairs figure skaters Underhill & Martini, and "The Best Is Yet To Come" from the film soundtrack "9 1/2 Weeks." Luba's rare combination of a rich, powerful voice tempered and enhanced with remarkable control and sensitivity place her among the elite of female rock/pop vocalists. Useful comparisons are difficult with such a unique talent, but if you like Heart or Berlin, you owe it to yourself to try Luba.

Can't help but give this CD four stars, mostly because it's one of the rare CD offerings from Canadian songbird Luba available on the market ! You get most of the hits and some important album tracks, but it's a pretty incomplete compilation; for instance, it features no songs from her brilliant (and underrated) third full-length studio album "All or nothing". And you get an extended club mix of "Let it go" instead of the warm original calypso number. Ditto for "Storm before the calm", Luba's best song : what you get here is the cleaned-up, slightly disco mix of the single version (instead of the gorgeous, powerful and eloquent original version).

I wish Capitol-EMI would just release her original studio albums (namely the brilliant "Secrets and sins") instead of serving this half-baked compilation... but hey, it's still better than nothing at all.