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Taylor Dayne - Greatest Hits

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One of the greatest dance pop singers to come out of the eighties was Long Island's Taylor Dayne. Possessed of a voice that could literally wipe the floor with the competition(only Whitney Houston matched her vocally), she churned out a string of dance-pop and ballad hits, starting with 'Tell It To My Heart'. This collection is a sterling sample of some of Dayne's finest moments, with 'I'll Be Your Shelter' and 'Heart Of Stone' giving wonderfully opposing ends of the spectrum to which Dayne could easily gravitate. It also contains the essential tracks from her mediocre '93 set SOUL DANCING, including her exquisite reworking of Barry White's 'Can't Get Enough Of Your Love'. It's too bad that her label seemingly gave up on her after that project--that single and 'Send Me A Lover' should have been huge and furthered her cause, but instead were pretty much met with indifference. Nonetheless, this is essential listening for fans of superior eighties pop(also noteworthy are her '89 album CAN'T FIGHT FATE and last project NAKED WITHOUT YOU). Highly recommended.

Driven by Ric Wake's production, Taylor Dayne emerged as a top performer in the late eighties. Her soulful voice soared over sparkling pop songs, programmed to become hits. With a careful selection of club friendly dance and consumable ballads Taylor was soon catapulted into stardom. Her albums `Tell It To My Heart' and `Can't Fight Fate' both went double platinum and spawned eight US top ten hits - a remarkable achievement.

It can safely be said that this `greatest hits' set was issued much too soon. The compilation has little to offer to those who own some of her earlier albums, as there are no new recordings included. The `new' tracks are a remix of `Tell It To My Heart' + plus two remixes of `Say A Prayer', a song taken from her third album `Soul Dancing'. The resulting 11 tracks are those `greatest hits'.

The album includes five ballads, most notably `I'll Always Love You' and `Love Will Lead You Back'. `I'll Be Your Shelter' and `Heart Of Stone' are also still pleasant pop songs. `Send Me A Lover' is one of her less known songs, which is a shame, because it's a stunning composition and Taylor is much more in control of her vocal instrument - making it the strongest ballad on here. It is arguably the strongest moment of this collection.

Yet, Taylor is also known for her radio-friendly popdance. `Tell It To My Heart' dominates, both in the original version and the even more uptempo T-empo remix. Other songs, such as `Prove Your Love', are perhaps a bit too much throwaway pop, . Pleasant exceptions are the hardhitting `Ill Wait' and her credible rendition of Barry White's `Can't Get Enough Of Your Love'.

Taylor Dayne's `Greatest Hits' is a pleasant album, which brings back memories of her glory days. It's still a premature compilation which doesn't add a lot if you already her other albums. However, if you don't, this release is the perfect document to those irresistible hits of the past.

It's almost impossible not to remember Taylor Dayne. She released several hits in the 80's and this cd it's a proof of that.
Some of her biggest songs are her Top 10 singles; "Tell it to my heart", "With every beat of my heart", "Don't rush me", "Say a prayer" and her #1 "Love will lead you back".
She also had several Grammy nominations and 2 of her albums were Platinum x2.
One of my favorite songs in this album is the cover from Barry White "Can't get enough from your love".

I strongly recommend this cd. It's been a long time but I still enjoy Taylor's music.

If you like her music you'll also like Anastacia, who has her style and voice.

This is the best Greatest Hits available from her, it includes all her releases singles from the three album she made with Arista. Taylor Dayne made the stament that you don't have to be just a pretty face with great beats to make classic club jems, you can also have a VOICE, Taylor Dayne's voice it's unmistakeble and recognized, this cd proves it!, such guilty pleasure hearint to "Say A Prayer" a club anthem asking for loving, "Tell It To MY Heart" a plead for love with great 80's synth, a classic, "I'll Always Love You" you will learn to like it, I did, smooth elevator ballad, "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" what a remake so good, "With Every Beat Of My Heart", so delightful and danceable, "Love Will Lead You Back" her one and only #1, great ballad intendted to be for Tina Turner?, thank God, Taylor got it, but after all I don't like it hehe, "Don't Rush Me" common Taylor everybody wants it!, "Prove Your Love" I always felt this one's a filler song, it should have become a top 10, "I'll Be Your Shelter" wannabe rock song, with great results, this song is very good in the vocals and the lyrics, no wonder was another top 10, "Heart Of Stone" Adult contemporary for Taylor great video, "Send Me A Lover" why didn't this was a hit!, this is Taylor Dayne at her best!, great ballad with a lot of soul, so bittersweet lyrics, "I'll Wait" a total club anthem, i love this one, "Tell It To My Heart Tempo Mix" a few of the remakes and mixes that I can tell you that is good, "Say A Prayer" second version well not necessary. This collection should be in your cd closet, buy it, is worth it.

Taylor Dayne had a fabulous voice. A sort of cross between Whitney Houston and Kylie Minogue. It's a shame she didn't survive the mid-90's grunge and gangsta rap period. She had an impressive amount of top 10 hits. Even more than Debbie Gibson or Tiffany who are probably both remembered over Ms. Dayne. Her biggest hits being "Tell It to My Heart", "Don't Rush Me", "I'll Always Love You", and her #1 smash "Love Will Lead You Back" (all represented here.)Also here are her other considerably large songs "Prove Your Love", "Can't Get Enough of Your love' and one of my personal favorites, the Diane Warren penned "I'll Be Your Shelter." Perhaps her most underrated song "Send Me A Lover" is also generously included. I don't think it was a big hit, although it might have been a minor hit. So for fans of late 80's/early 90's pop, Taylor Dayne's "Greatest Hits" is a must have. Her voice stood out from the rest and it's a shame that she's still not conquering the charts.

If you only listen to one track make sure its "I'll be your shelter", a classic American rock/pop song sung with such passion and vigour it makes this album worth the money on it's own! The bonus of course is that the tracks "Say A Prayer", "Tell it to my Heart", "Prove your Love", "Send me a Lover" and "I'll wait" are all equally good and sung with Taylor's committed passion and vigour. The lighter & moodier tracks "I'll always Love You", "Heart of Stone" (Incredible Sax!), "Can't get enough of your Love", "Send me a lover" to name a few are exquisitively sung by this amazingly underated singer. All I can say is if you've never listened to this album you don't know what you are missing! Taylor's talent stands her on the same level as Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Meridith Brooks, Cher etc. A lady with a powerful and versatile vocal talent! A Classic! Slip it in the CD, sit back, turn it up and enjoy!

All of Taylor's charting singles are gathered on this fabulous collection. Experience the evolution of one of the greatest voices to ever hit the airwaves. The set also includes a '95 mix of her most memorable hit, "Tell It to my Heart". Plus it has two new mixes of "Say A Prayer". All in all this set delivers the most value for the money. It's one of a few discs that can be listened all the way through. This is definitely a must have for your CD collection.

One of the best voices in the music industry. I think better than mariah carey and christina aguilera. Taylor's voice has that sulty soul sound may I add very powerful and I do not care if anyone disagrees here. My favorite song is love will lead you back, its timeless, along with dont rush me,tell it to my heart.ext.... I got to see tayler last year 2002 in long beach ca, my god this women gave her all with love will lead you back, This greatest hit collection is worth it brings alot of late 80's sound back with early 90's feel. I put taylor's collection high above along with Madonna's immaculate collection and latins Ana Gabriel's 30 grandes exitos. (30 greastest hits)...

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If you like Taylor Dayne's music from the 80s, this album has all of her big hits from the decade. It features some great ballads such as "Love Will Lead You Back" and "I'll Be Your Shelter." You'll probably recognize all these songs once you listen to them. My only complaint is that they should've put some more of her songs on here instead of the two remixes, but they're not bad for a remix.

This album is good for any fan of 80s rock ballads, or any fan of Taylor Dayne.

Taylor Dayne defines the heart and soul of an era of music forgotten by today's standards. "Love will lead you back" holds it's own as one of the greatest love songs ever recorded. This collection is a must for anyone who desires to hear an artists heart poured into thier work.