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Oleta Adams - The Very Best Of Oleta Adams (1996)

Posted By: popsakov

Date: 3 Apr 2025 08:52:06

The Very Best Of Oleta Adams is a compilation album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams. Released at the end of 1996 in Europe, this album served to finish Adams' contract with Mercury Records. It includes singles and album highlights of her albums Circle of One, Evolution and Moving On. Also included is Adams' very first single release, the duet with Tears for Fears "Woman in Chains", as well as her 1991 cover of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" for the Two Rooms album, neither of which had been included on her albums.

The Very Best of Oleta Adams primarily consists of material from her first three albums. The big mystery of this 1998 collection is the lack of material from 1990's Circle of One, by far her strongest and more musically varied set of songs. A mere three tunes are included here: "Get Here," the Soul II Soul-styled "Rhythm of Life," and the rousing "Circle of One." Her weaker second album, Evolution, however, is represented by no less than five tracks, and four songs from Moving On also appear. The Very Best of Oleta Adams also includes material that was never previously available on an Oleta Adams album. Tears for Fears' Seeds of Love hit "Woman in Chains" is here, and Adams' pitch-perfect vocal harmonies play off Roland Orzabal's melodramatic bombast surprisingly well. Though a more subtle arrangement may have been more successful, her rendition of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (which appeared on the Elton John/Bernie Taupin covers album Two Rooms in 1991) is performed with such gusto Elton John's version pales by comparison. Adams also shows off her astonishing range on the Gershwin classic "Embraceable You" and a nice reading of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross." Although The Very Best of Oleta Adams lacks two of her best performances – Circle of One's gorgeous version of "Everything Must Change" (which has been recorded by countless artists, including Gene Harris, Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, and Barbra Streisand) and the aforementioned "New York State of Mind" – it is a pleasant collection that showcases Oleta Adams' beautiful voice, even on lackluster material.

~ William Cooper, All Music

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Track List:

01. Rhythm Of Life [0:04:22.52]
02. Get Here [0:04:34.50]
03. Window Of Hope [0:04:22.03]
04. I've Got To Sing My Song [0:04:04.25]
05. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me [0:05:55.60]
06. Never Knew Love [0:03:23.05]
07. We Will Meet Again [0:04:46.07]
08. Hold Me For A While [0:05:11.05]
09. Circle Of One [0:03:53.10]
10. When Love Comes To The Rescue [0:05:15.70]
11. I Knew You When [0:04:20.53]
12. Lover's Holiday [0:04:12.05]
13. I Just Had To Hear Your Voice [0:03:43.22]
14. My Heart Won't Lie [0:04:44.00]
15. Oleta Adams & Roland Orzabal / Woman In Chains [0:06:31.48]
16. Life Keeps Moving On [0:05:31.50]

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