Tanita Tikaram - The Best Of '1996

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текстThe Best of Tanita Tikaram sums up the singer/songwriters
first five albums, with a little too much emphasis on material from Lovers in
the City and Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, and not enough from Everybodys Angel
and Sweet Keeper (only one song from each album made it onto this set). 
Still, this is a lovely collection from start to finish, and showcases Tanita
Tikaram as a singer who deserves much more attention than she has received. The
album contains all of her U.K. hit singles, including four from her stellar
debut, Ancient Heart, among those the sublime Twist in My Sobriety, easily one
of the greatest songs to have come out of the 1980s (an additional dance remix
of that song closes out the album). Other highlights include the astounding,
heartbreaking Only the Ones We Love (quite possibly the best song on this
collection), the Phil Spector-ish You Make the Whole World Cry, and the haunting
I Might Be Crying. Another definite standout is this albums only new recording
(and the only cover), which is her version of And I Think of You (originally
titled E Penso a Te). One only wishes other tracks, such as We Almost Got It
Together and Valentine Heart, were accounted for as opposed to so much material
from her otherwise fine album Lovers in the City. Tikaram, with her heartbroken,
world-weary, smoky voice, is in a league all her own and, because of her early
start in the recording business, will hopefully have enough material to some day
warrant a best-of volume two. (AMG)

Tracks:

01. Twist In My Sobriety 
02. Cathedral Song 
03. World Outside Your Window 
04. Good Tradition 
05. Love Dont Need No Tyranny 
06. Little Sister Leaving Town 
07. Only The Ones We Love 
08. You Make The Whole World Cry 
09. Trouble 
10. Wonderful Shadow 
11. Men And Women 
12. I Might Be Crying 
13. Happy Taxi 
14. My Love Tonight 
15. Lovers In The City 
16. And I Think Of You (E Penso A Te ) 
17. Twist In My Sobriety (Tikaramp Radio)

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