The Very Best of Peabo Bryson Peabo Bryson |
Released March 07, 2006
The Very Best of Peabo Bryson is one of the best Bryson best-ofs that has been released in the last decade, containing 16 of the singer's best-known singles. The lowest performing track here, 1977's "I Can Make It Better," still managed to reach number 23 on the R&B chart, so that indicates that the set plays it straight, with no deep album cuts placed in favor of relatively popular material. Though it's a little jarring to listen from beginning to end -- rather than sequence the songs chronologically, the compilers decided to constantly switch back and forth from the '70s/early '80s to the late '80s/early '90s -- it favorably highlights Bryson's earlier solo hits ("Reaching for the Sky," "I Can Make It Better") while also providing the big duets ("Tonight, I Celebrate My Love," "Gimme Some Time," "A Whole New World"), in addition to some other quiet storm staples ("If Ever You're in My Arms Again," "I'm So into You"). ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
TRACKS 1. If Ever You're in My Arms Again 2. Minute by Minute 3. Tonight, I Celebrate My Love 4. Closer Than Close 5. A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) 6. We Don't Have to Talk (About Love) 7. Can You Stop the Rain? 8. Reaching for the Sky 9. I'm So into You 10. Gimme Some Time 11. I Can Make It Better 12. All My Love 13. Feel the Fire 14. Let the Feeling Flow 15. Show & Tell 16. Beauty and the Beast
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