The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under

The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under
Greatest hits album by Peter Allen
Released August 1992
Genre Funk / Soul, Pop, Disco
Length 79:39
Label A&M Records
Producer Richard Landis
Peter Allen chronology
Making Every Moment Count
(1990)		 "The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under"
(1992)		 At His Best
(1993)

The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, released in Australia in August 1992 through A&M Records.

It was released less than two months after Allen’s passing, on 18 June 1992.[1]

Allen wrote or co-wrote all but two of the tracks on the album.

Reviews

Adrian Zupp of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5, saying; “His songwriting range [from] tender ballads through to poppier fare and even campy fun numbers has rarely been rivaled …[and this album] captures the cream of Allen's career on one highly engaging disc.” Zupp concluded with “this album spans the moods and melodies that made Peter Allen such a special artist.”[2]

Track listing

  1. Honest Queen (Peter Allen / Estelle Levitt) 3:16
  2. Tenterfield Saddler (Album Version) (Peter Allen) 3:37
  3. Just Ask Me I've Been There (Peter Allen) 4:23
  4. Everything Old Is New Again (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 2:35
  5. I Honestly Love You (Jeff Barry, Peter Allen) 3:30
  6. She Loves To Hear Music (Album Version) (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:22
  7. I Go to Rio (Album Version) (Adrienne Anderson, Peter Allen) 3:23
  8. Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 5:14
  9. The More I See You (Album Version) (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) 3:35
  10. I Could Have Been A Sailor (Peter Allen) 3:53
  11. Don't Wish Too Hard (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) – 5:14
  12. Don't Cry Out Loud (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 4:09
  13. I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:40
  14. One Step Over The Borderline (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 3:54
  15. Fly Away (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Peter Allen) 4:01
  16. Bi-Coastal (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 4:23
  17. I Don’t Go Shopping (Peter Allen, David Lasley) 4:35
  18. I Still Call Australia Home (Single Version) (Peter Allen) 3:56
  19. You Haven’t Heard the Last of Me (Eric Kaz, Tom Snow) 4:14
  20. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 1985) (Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager) 4:45

Charts

“The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under” debuted on the Australian ARIA Charts at number 24, before peaking at number 16 the following week.

Weekly charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
scope="row" Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 16

References

  1. ↑ Lambert, Bruce (19 June 1992). "Peter Allen, Concert Entertainer And Songwriter, Is Dead at 48". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Peter Allen – THE VERY BEST OF PETER ALLEN". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 September 2015.


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