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Looking 4 Myself (Deluxe Version) - Usher
Looking 4 Myself (Deluxe Version) by Usher
Apocalyptic Love (Deluxe) [feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators] - Slash
Apocalyptic Love (Deluxe) [feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators] by Slash
The Hurt & The Healer - MercyMe
The Hurt & The Healer by MercyMe
Where Have You Been? (Remixes) - Rihanna
Where Have You Been? (Remixes) by Rihanna
Like That - Single - T.I.
Like That - Single by T.I.
In My Life (Glee Cast Version) - Single - Glee Cast
In My Life (Glee Cast Version) - Single by Glee Cast
Like That - Single - T.I.
Like That - Single by T.I.
Bring Me Home - Live 2011 - Sade
Bring Me Home - Live 2011 by Sade
Listen Up! (Deluxe Version) - Haley Reinhart
Listen Up! (Deluxe Version) by Haley Reinhart
Sprawl II & Ready to Start (Remixed By Damian Taylor & Arcade Fire) - Single - Arcade Fire
Sprawl II & Ready to Start (Remixed By Damian Taylor & Arcade Fire) - Single by Arcade Fire
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Song | 4:16 | |
| 2 | What Is Love? | 3:38 | |
| 3 | Pearl in the Shell | 3:60 | |
| 4 | Like to Get to Know You Well | 4:43 | |
| 5 | Things Can Only Get Better | 5:01 | |
| 6 | Look Mama | 4:04 | |
| 7 | Life in One Day | 3:39 | |
| 8 | No One Is to Blame | 3:05 | |
| 9 | All I Want | 4:38 | |
| 10 | You Know I Love You...Don't You? | ||
| 11 | Everlasting Love | 4:19 | |
| 12 | Prisoner | 4:41 | |
The bad things about this disc are:
1. Too few tracks for the money. The "best of" cd which was released when Howard left WEA several years ago contains much more music and only costs a few more dollars.
2. Rhino used the album version of "No One Is To Blame," not the hit single version. Perhaps this will corrected on future copies.
3. The remastering probably helps when compared with the U.S. editions of the original albums, but the UK/EU imports always bested the U.S. pressings anyway. At any rate, the "Best Of" cd sounded pretty good, even on the U.S. pressing; this new compilation doesn't change much except for more emphasis in the bass region. The only other benefit regarding buying a Rhino disc with "Things Can Only Get Better" is that it has a slightly longer fade (only a few seconds) which matches the original U.S. 45rpm single.
4. It's strange that the disc includes "All I Want," which only reached #76 on the US pop charts, but leaves off "Lift Me Up," Howard's last US Top 40 hit.
My biggest disappointment is that there is nothing new here -- not even rare photos. What would have really made this disc a treasure would have been to use the original 12" single mixes, since most of them have never appeared on cd in their full form. (The non-US '12" album' was issued on cd, but that compilation has some crossfades and different edits.)
PROS:
If you want the Howard Jones hits you'll hear on your local eighties station, you've come to the right place. Things Can Only Get Better, No One Is To Blame, What Is Love?, and Everlasting Love are all here. Plus, you get one of Jones' underrated masterpieces - Like To Get To Know You Well, as featured in the 1985 film Better Off Dead. The other tracks are excellent too; there are very few fillers.
CONS:
For the amount of tracks you get on here, it just isn't a very good value. The offical Best Of has several more. Likewise, at least one song on here is the album version, and not the hit single version. And some big hits were omitted in favor of songs that were never very big hits!
OVERALL:
Do you like Howard Jones? Get his offical Best Of disc instead, it's WAY better.