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Helen Reddy is one of those voices that stand the test of time. She is holding a place of her own in the arena with Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand & Patsy Cline. She has her own style and charm, as a true Diva must have. This collection offers Helen's wide varity of vocal and talent. A must have for those collecting great ladies of song.

This import CD contains a stupendous selection of Helen's many hits. I love the sequencing of the songs. It really is a full program of her very best. Not only the hits, but this CD includes some excellent album tracks that offer another glimpse into Helen's interpretive skills, like HOW written by John Lennon, the bluesy rock of COME ON JOHN, which is a song about drug addiction written by David Blue, and the great DON'T MESS WITH A WOMAN, a very soulful rock track that very well would have been a big hit had it been a single. One of the best representations of Helen's music on CD. Opening with ANGIE BABY and closing with I AM WOMAN is perfect.

Helen only had one major British hit - Angie baby, which made the top ten - but she had a string of major hits in America.

Helen's first American hit was with I don't know how to love him, from Jesus Christ Superstar, but her big break came via the feminist anthem, I am woman, which made number one in 1972. She had two further number ones in the American charts, one of which was Angie baby. The other, Delta Dawn, is a cover of a country song that Tanya Tucker began her career with (and is still regarded as one of her most important recordings). As well as those hits, Helen had further major American hits with Leave me alone (Ruby red dress), Emotion, Keep on singing, You and me against the world, Peaceful and Ain't no way to treat a lady. Her last American top twenty hit was a cover of You're my world, which was originally a British number one hit in the sixties for Cilla Black.

All the aforementioned songs can be found on this excellent collection, which amply demonstrates Helen's outstanding voice and equally outstanding songs.

Helen Reddy did write many of her own material and songs. In that you are incorrect. She wrote "I am Woman", "Thought I write a Song", and co-wrote many of her songs on her album "Ear Candy". I love Helen's voice and that way she interprets her songs. It is great to hear someone who can really sing, unlike many pop singers of today.

Hellen Reddy remains one of the most recognizable female voices of all time. Beautifiul.

Uh, Helen is known for more than 2 songs. In the US she had 15 hits. "Youre My World" was a bigger US hit than the original version by Cilla.

Hellen Reddy remains one of the most recognizable female voices of all time. Beautifiul.

Contains all of Helen Reddy's classic hits plus treatments of a few songs better known from other artists. Mainly bought it for just a couple of the tracks but it does make for some good easy-listening background music.

Helen Reddy doesn't write her own songs, so I have to assume that she's a pop stylist. Trouble is, as a pop stylist, she's a total blank. She makes no attempt to interpret, only to sing the notes as she reads them in the studio. Still, against all odds, she's cut the classic feminist anthem "I Am Woman" as well as record a clutchful of decent singles like "I Don't Know How To Love Him", "Angie Baby", "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" and "You and Me Against The World". Most of the rest are unlistenable today. They are so po-faced and sung so note perfectly and straight you wanna throw up. Worst of the lot are "You're My World", the most redundant cover of all time. She also murders "I Can't Hear You No More", the Goffin/King uptempo soul number. Helen Reddy should listen to Dusty Springfield's 1965 version to learn how a true pop stylist might interpret a great song. More and more I believe Helen Reddy's success was one of those fluky phenomena that defies logic.