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Neil Sedaka - The Definitive Collection '2007

The Definitive Collection
ArtistNeil Sedaka Related artists
Album name The Definitive Collection
Country
Date 2007
GenrePop
Play time 1:14:17
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 464 mb
PriceDownload $3.95
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 ReviewFrom all appearances, Razor & Ties 2007 compilation The Definitive
Collection surely seems to live up to its title. It weighs in at 22 tracks and
the back cover claims that it is a celebration of Neil Sedakas 50 years making
music, from his first recordings in 1957 to his most recent work. The first
career-spanning collection of its kind. Well, thats true to a certain extent --
it is the first to attempt to survey everything Sedakas done from 1957 to 2007,
so in that sense it is a first, and its also a celebration since it has his
biggest songs, from Breaking Up Is Hard to Do through Bad Blood. However, it
doesnt have the original versions of these songs from the 50s and 60s: it has
re-recordings from 1991. Theyre hardly terrible recordings -- Sedaka is in good
voice, thankfully -- but theyre still a little stiff and overly polished, not as
effective as the originals and theyre certainly a disappointment for anybody who
purchases The Definitive Collection believing theyre going to get a Sedaka disc
with all of the original hits. But for those who realize this Definitive
Collection is a combination of re-recordings and originals, and do not care that
his earliest and biggest songs are present in latter-day versions, this isnt a
bad disc, since it does have all of his biggest songs and it does have good
notes by Gene Sculatti. And for hardcore fans, there is a couple of enticements:
demos of Where the Boys Are and It Hurts to Be in Love, plus What a Surprise and
Junkie for Your Love making their CD debut.
:: TRACKLIST ::

 1. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Fast version) (2:18)
 2. Oh! Carol (2:16)
 3. Stairway to Heaven (2:41)
 4. Calendar Girl (2:39)
 5. Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen (2:39)
 6. Next Door to An Angel (2:37)
 7. Rainy Day Bells (2:59)
 8. Going Nowhere (3:54)
 9. You (5:33)
10. Laughter In the Rain (2:50)
11. The Immigrant (3:46)
12. Solitaire (live) (4:49)
13. Love Will Keep Us Together (3:50)
14. Bad Blood (3:09)
15. The Hungry Years (4:06)
16. Shouldve Never Let You Go (duet with Dara Sedaka) (4:18)
17. Been There Done That (3:55)
18. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Slow version) (3:17)
19. Where the Boys Are (demo, previously unissued) (2:22)
20. It Hurts To Be In Love (demo, previously unissued) (2:31)
21. What a Surprise (3:07)
22. Junkie for Your Love (4:31)

tracks 19 - 20 previously unavailable
tracks 21 - 22 first time on CD