Released November 7, 2000 Release date 7 November 2000 | Artist Freda Payne Label Castle Communications | |
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Band of Gold The Best of Freda Payne
(2000) Come See About Me
(2001) Genres Rhythm and blues, Pop music Similar The Best of Freda Payne: T, An Evening with Freda Payne: Li, The Best of Freda Payne, Christmas with Freda and Frien, Unhooked Generation: The Com | ||
Band of Gold: The Best of Freda Payne is a 24-track collection of songs that were recorded by Freda Payne for Invictus Records (which was owned by the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, who happened to be friends of hers). Originally from the United Kingdom, it was released in the United States as an import. This collection features ten songs from her album Band of Gold, seven from Contact, all four from The Best of Freda Payne, and only three from Reaching Out. Many of the songs were written by Holland, Dozier and Holland themselves, often using the pseudonym Edithe Wayne for copyright reasons. Inside the album cover is a biographical essay about Payne's life and career which concentrates mostly on her career with the Invictus label (she was an actress and a jazz singer as well) and was written in August 2000 by Geoff Brown of Mojo.
Songs
1Band of Gold2:53
2Unhooked Generation2:30
3The Easiest Way to Fall2:34