Greatest Hits

Linda Eder

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 29, 2008)
• Original Release Date: May 8, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B000RINX8Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,345 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Linda Eder debuted at the beginning of the 90's as one of the most important and exciting contemporary interpreters of the American popular songbook and theatrical music to emerge in years. Eder has since become a Broadway superstar and world-celebrated solo voice whose talents have also triumphed at Carnegie Hall and other landmark venues, and lived up to the caliber of the legendary vocal divas she cites as her inspirations, including Barbra Streisand and fellow Minnesotan Judy Garland. Rhino’s new single-disc collection is the first-ever career-spanning retrospective of her remarkable work—with an emphasis on Broadway favorites, it features 15 pristinely remastered tracks from four albums recorded between 1995 and 2003 including selections from The Complete Jekyll & Hyde: The Gothic Musical Thriller (1995), It’s Time (1997), It’s No Secret Anymore (1999) and Broadway My Way (2003).

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant selection, terrible remastering., May 27, 2008

By	O-Town (Sac-Town) - See all my reviews

I adore Linda Eder and I have every album she's ever released. She just gets better and better as the years go by and I really do think she's 'touched the gold' so to speak. Her voice is one of the greatest there is and, as this CD clearly shows, she has one HECK of a catalogue.

That being said, I really don't care for the 'remastering' done here. I do not subscribe to the lazy, "boost the volume, tweak the EQ, compress the life out of everything and swim everything in reverb" style of remastering, and that is exactly what has been done here. I find this CD unlistenable.

But, it's Linda and I'm going to keep on supporting her career and it's always interesting to read what she has to say about each song, as you can in the liner notes to this CD.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great but why?, March 13, 2008

By	P. Horne (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Linda is flawless and this is a great collection, but if you're a Linda fan you already have all these songs... I'm really surprised she didn't record at least ONE new song - that's really how they're doing these greatest hits compilations these days. Regardless, she's one in a million - don't miss a chance to see her live.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Collection, December 24, 2008

By	barry (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Linda Eder is vocally gifted and can perform many different styles of music. There are a few collections of her music out there already but this one is quite impressive with the song selection and the great price. The selections are culled from IT'S TIME, IT'S NO SECRET ANYMORE, BROADWAY MY WAY and JEKYLL AND HYDE. Even if you have these albums this collection is a must have. The best tracks are selected from each cd, the remastering is superb and the order the songs are in provide for a very satisfying listening experience.

The highlight for me is the inclusion of BRING ON THE MEN from JEKYLL AND HYDE. I have never heard it before and it blows me away. Other standouts are the Broadway tunes DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE, SOME PEOPLE, I AM WHAT I AM and UNUSUAL WAY. From her solo cds we have the mezmerizing HAVANA, VIENNA and SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN. Whether belting a Broadway tune or caressing a tender ballad all are performed with sincere emotion and amazing vocal range. There is a definite purity to Linda Eder's voice. She is a natural talent who can expressively tackle any kind of music.

A definite must have.