Released August 1992 "The Very Best of Peter Allen The Boy from Down Under"(1992) At His Best(1993) Release date August 1992 | Length 79:39 Genre Pop Label A&M Records | |
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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.
Contents
It was released less than two months after Allen’s passing, on 18 June 1992.
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.”
Track listing
- Honest Queen (Peter Allen / Estelle Levitt) 3:16
- Tenterfield Saddler (Album Version) (Peter Allen) 3:37
- Just Ask Me I've Been There (Peter Allen) 4:23
- Everything Old Is New Again (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 2:35
- I Honestly Love You (Jeff Barry, Peter Allen) 3:30
- She Loves To Hear Music (Album Version) (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:22
- I Go to Rio (Album Version) (Adrienne Anderson, Peter Allen) 3:23
- Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 5:14
- The More I See You (Album Version) (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) 3:35
- I Could Have Been A Sailor (Peter Allen) 3:53
- Don't Wish Too Hard (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) – 5:14
- Don't Cry Out Loud (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 4:09
- I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:40
- One Step Over The Borderline (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 3:54
- Fly Away (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Peter Allen) 4:01
- Bi-Coastal (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 4:23
- I Don’t Go Shopping (Peter Allen, David Lasley) 4:35
- I Still Call Australia Home (Single Version) (Peter Allen) 3:56
- You Haven’t Heard the Last of Me (Eric Kaz, Tom Snow) 4:14
- 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.
Songs
1Honest Queen3:17
2Tenterfield Saddler3:38
3Just Ask Me I've Been There4:23