Greatest Ever! Love Songs: The Definitive Collection

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Review by James Christopher Monger

This budget-priced, three-disc, 60-track box set is all about the amore. The no-frills Greatest Ever! Love Songs features a wide cross-section of genres and spans multiple decades, with highlights arriving via the lush, Benjamin Orr-led Cars classic "Drive," Eva Cassidy's lovely "Songbird," the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream," and Harry Nilsson's cathartic "Without You."

Tracklist

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1Stay Another Day
recording of:
Stay Another Day
writer and composer:
Dominic Hawken, Rob Kean and Tony Mortimer
publisher:
Polygram Music and Porky Publishing
East 174:27
2Love Me for a Reason
producer:
Ray “Madman” Hedges
keyboard [keyboards]:
Martin Brannigan
lead vocals:
Stephen Gately and Ronan Keating
vocals:
Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch
arranger:
Martin Brannigan and Ray Hedges
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polygram Ireland Ltd. (in 1994)
cover recording of:
Love Me for a Reason
writer:
Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown Jr. and David Henry Jones
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. and Jobete Music Ltd (in 1974)
Boyzone3:38
3Love Is All Around
co-producer:
Graeme Duffin
conductor:
Fiachra Trench
strings arranger:
Fiachra Trench
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (in 1994) and Phonogram Ltd. (London) (in 1994)
music videos:
Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet
cover recording of:
Love Is All Around
lyricist and composer:
Reg Presley
publisher:
Dick James Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Dick James Music Ltd.
recording of:
Love Is All Around
lyricist and composer:
Reg Presley
publisher:
Dick James Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Dick James Music Ltd.
Wet Wet Wet3:59
4Without You
engineer:
Robin Geoffrey Cable
producer:
Richard Perry
acoustic guitar:
John Uribe (in 1971-06)
bass guitar:
Klaus Voormann (in 1971-06)
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner (in 1971-06)
piano:
Gary Wright (in 1971-06)
vocals:
Harry Nilsson (in 1971-06)
conductor:
Paul Buckmaster (in 1971-06)
brass and strings arranger:
Paul Buckmaster
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1971, in 1991), RCA Records (in 1971), Sony Music Entertainment (in 1971), RCA Corporation (in 1972) and RCA Records, Inc. (in 1989)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 496)
cover recording of:
Without You (in 1971-06)
writer:
Tom Evans and W. Peter Ham
publisher:
100 % Apple Music, Apple Music, Apple Music Publishing Co., Inc., Apple Publishing Ltd. (, from 1970 to present), Essex Music, Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd., Imagem Music, The Estate for Peter William Ham, The Estate for Thomas Evans, Warner Bros. Music and WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28)
sub-publisher:
ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部
Harry Nilsson3:16
5Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Babe
producer:
Barry White
recording of:
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Babe
lyricist and composer:
Barry White
publisher:
January Music Corp., Sa‐Vette Music Co., Warner Chappell Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Barry White4:30
6Love Will Keep Us Together
Captain & Tennille3:22
7Now That We’ve Found Love
cover recording of:
Now That We Found Love
writer:
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music Ltd, Mighty Three Music 301 /373, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
Third World3:52
8Love Train
recording engineer:
Joe Tarsia
producer:
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
arranger:
Bobby Martin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (in 1972)
recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (in 1972)
recording of:
Love Train (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
publisher:
Mijac Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
The O’Jays2:56
9Move Closer
producer:
Yves Dessca and Pascal Rivaton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
OVC Ltd., Dessca Entertainment Company (in 1984) and Capricorn (in 1985)
recording of:
Move Closer
lyricist and composer:
Phyllis Nelson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Phyllis Nelson4:04
10Sandy
producer:
John Farrar
mixer:
David J. Holman
arranger:
John Farrar, Michael Gibson and Louis St. Louis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (in 1978), Polydor Ltd. (in 1978) and RSO Records, Inc. (in 1978)
recording of:
Sandy (Grease, 1978 film)
lyricist:
Scott Simon
composer:
Louis St. Louis
publisher:
Ensign Music Corp. (in 1978) and Unichappell Music (in 1978)
part of:
Grease (1978 film)
John Travolta2:34
11Don’t Give Up on Us
vocals:
David Soul
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
David Soul (in 1976)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
David Soul (in 1976), Private Stock Records, Ltd. (in 1976) and Private Stock (in 1977)
recording of:
Don’t Give Up on Us (in 1976)
lyricist and composer:
Tony Macaulay
publisher:
Macaulay Music Ltd., PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing International Ltd.
David Soul3:38
12There’s a Whole Lot of Loving
recording of:
There’s a Whole Lot of Loving
writer:
Chris Arnold, David Martin and Geoff Morrow
Guys ’n’ Dolls3:14
13Forever and Ever
recording of:
Forever and Ever (1973 song)
lyricist:
Alec R. Costandinos
composer:
Στέλιος Βλαβιανός
Demis Roussos3:38
14The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Mel Tormé3:48
15They Don’t Know
producer:
Liam Sternberg
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Stiff Records Ltd. (in 1979)
recording of:
They Don’t Know
lyricist and composer:
Kirsty MacColl
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Kirsty MacColl3:02
16Move Over Darling
cover recording of:
Move Over Darling
writer:
Hal Kanner, Joe Lubin and Terry Melcher
publisher:
Daywin Music Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Tracey Ullman2:35
17I’ll Be There for You
executive producer:
Kevin Bright, David Crane and Marta Kauffman
vocals:
The Soldiers
recording of:
I’ll Be There for You (theme from ‘Friends’)
lyricist:
Allee Willis
additional composer:
David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Phil Solem and Danny Wilde
composer:
Michael Skloff
The Rembrandts3:06
18Only Love Can Break Your Heart
cover recording of:
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
lyricist and composer:
Neil Young
publisher:
Broken Arrow Music, Broken Arrow Music Pub, Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
The Mint Juleps3:25
19If She Should Come to You
Anthony Newley2:32
20If I Were a Carpenter
Bobby Darin2:21
21Misty
Ray Stevens2:41