Donna Summer - Greatest Hits

Donna Summer

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 15, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000AFCI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #120,896 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

There's no scarcity of Donna Summer greatest-hits packages, but this chronological bargain-line disc eschews her rep as extendo-orgasmo dance-floor heroine in favor of her equally deserved rep as mistress of radio-friendly three-minute pocket symphonies. The production of Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte on the early stuff sounds like disco clichés because it invented them, and their fondness for cramming in instrumental details (check out the whistles on "Bad Girls") keeps the songs ecstatic. And the four-song condensation of Summer's post-Moroder career is a great mini-history of the way disco evolved into other kinds of dance-pop through the '80s as she picks up ideas from funk and reggae and ends up wailing her heart out on the gloriously plastic "This Time I Know It's for Real." --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Hits..Sure..Yeah Right, May 10, 2000

By	Vincent M. Mastronardi (Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What a waste of time this one is. The only reason to buy it is the cover where Donna looks brilliant. A lot of hits are here ("Last Dance", "Bad Girls", "McArthur Park", etc.) but also many are missing ("Heaven Knows", Dim All The Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough", etc.). And once again "State Of Independence" lurks its head up in a place that an eighties track like the sweet "There Goes My Baby" or even the fun "Dinner With Gershwin" should be placed. The hits are also edits and nothing special. Spend a few more bucks and get the much better "Endless Summer" that comes with two new tracks. This looks like a bad rehash of that. And if you save up a few bucks, get "Donna Summer Anthology".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I Don't Understand Why This Was Made?, September 2, 2003

By A Customer

Like other reviewers, this is NOT a great hit colllection. Here's why: I will highlight her previous hit collections.
Buy:
1. On The Radio - Greatest Hits 1&2 -- If you only like her 70's music.

2. The Anthology Collection - If you want to dig deeper beyond a hits collection with 2 CDs.

3. Endless Summer - If you want THE major highlights spanning her entire collection up to 1994 including 80s tracks that obviously you won't have on On The Radio.

You can buy any of these 3 and not be disappointed. Anything else after that is UNNECESSARY unless you have money to splurge or Donna gets back on Top 40 radio (which I always hope for:)) Donna is certainly capable of a few more hits even though she is 54 years old.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Enough Is Enough" of Recycled Summer Hits!, September 11, 1998

By A Customer

A more devoted Summer fan than I, there could not be. But let's face it... how many Greatest Hits Collections does one artist need - and all from the same label? From Donna's Greatest Hits/On The Radio double lp to the double disk Anthology and the Endless Summer Collection (to name only a few), Mercury/Polygram needs to know when to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. No matter how you package it... it's still the same old songs - as great as they may be. The fans aren't that gullable.

The marketing group at the label really need to stop looking at making a few quick bucks and listen to what the fans are begging for. If increased sales is what they're looking for, why not try something NEW? The Summer archives are packed with Unreleased Tracks(Tearin Down The Walls), B-Sides(Face The Music), Live Tracks and the long sought after 12" mixes of Dinner With Gershwin, All Systems Go, and all the Extended Mixes from the Stock Aitken Waterman "APAT" penned album. How about some '98 Remixes - other labels have done it with both Blondie and Diana Ross.

Donna proves time and time again that she hasn't lost her touch with Billboards 1994 #1 Dance Hit "Melody Of Love" or this years Grammy Winner "Carry On".

Autumn may be rapidly approaching... but SUMMER is here to stay. Send a message to the record company - give this one a PASS.