Very Best of

Jackie DeShannon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0000008ZB
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,432 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #92 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Singer-Songwriters

Track Listings

1. Put a Little Love in Your Heart

2. I Can Make It With You

3. Needles and Pins

4. Brighton Hill

5. The Weight

6. What the World Needs Now Is Love

7. Come and Stay With Me

8. Holly Would

9. Love Will Find a Way

10. When You Walk in the Room

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an incomplete collection of a huge talent, August 31, 1999

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Anonymous (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Jackie DeShannon is one of the biggest talents to ever hit rock & roll. Unfortunately, this CD seems to be the only collection still in print. While some of the songs are first-rate, others are not her best, and the timing is very skimpy. It's a fine place to start, but listener's would be better served by searching out The Definitive Collection, and her studio albums on vinyl.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short but brilliant, November 18, 2004

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

On this album of her greatest hits, Jackie DeShannon straddles many musical styles with grace. Her own compositions and some songs that she first recorded have been covered by many other artists down the decades.

Annie Lennox and Al Green covered Put A Little Love In Your Hart, When You Walk In The Room and Needles And Pins were made huge hits by The Searchers and have seen many other versions since then, whilst Come And Stay With Me was a hit for Marianne Faithfull. All of the songs here are very strong, with moving lyrics set to sublime melodies.

Other highlights include What The World Needs Now Is Love and Love Will Find A Way, but every track is really a gem. DeShannon had a fine pop sensibility and a lovely voice; the arrangements are great too. The most conspicuous omissions are Vanilla O'Lay (a minor hit for Twiggy) and Bette Davis' Eyes from her 1975 album New Arrangement, later made a hit by Kim Carnes.

Those two, plus many other memorable tracks, are available on the Best Of compilation on the Rhino label. Those who like Spector style girl group pop, 1960s folk-pop and authentic soft rock will find much to enjoy on this album. It is worthwhile to add to your collection even if you own the aforementioned Rhino collection, even if only for the poignant ballad Come And Stay With Me.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SHE WAS ONE OF THE 60'S MOST TALENTED DIVAS!, November 1, 2002

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"erniegarcia3" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

JACKIE DE SHANNON. WOW! SHE WASN'T JUST LOVELY, BUT TALENTED.HER SINGING WAS A CROSS BETWEEN FOLK AND ROCK. SHE BLEW ME AWAY WHEN I FIRST HEARD "WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE".THAT SONG STILL HAS STRONG STANDING ADVICE.JUST LOOK AT ALL THAT'S HAPPENING!HER SONGS LIKE "NEEDLES AND PINS", "WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM" AND "PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART" ARE CLASSIC 60'S STUFF.SHE HAD HER OWN STYLE, LIKE EVIE SANDS ("TAKE ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE").THIS C.D. IS GREAT BUT UNFORTUNATELY WILL LEAVE YOU WANTING TO HEAR MORE,AND THERE IS MORE! THEY JUST HAVEN'T RELEASED IT!!BUY THIS C.D. IT'S WORTH IT TIL THEY RELEASE A DOUBLE C.D.