All Time Greatest HitsArtist: Neil Sedaka
Community Score: 7.00
When RCA Records launched a new series of CD and cassette compilation albums under the name All Time Greatest Hits in March 1988, its first entries were by Neil Sedaka, Harry Belafonte, and José Feliciano. The Sedaka album is just about foolproof, at least as far as the artist's 1960s RCA recordings are concerned. Among its 14 selections are all...
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Sings the HitsArtist: Neil Sedaka
The double-disc collection Neil Sedaka Sings the Hits is a comprehensive chronicle of Sedaka's hit-making stint at RCA, from his first hit in 1958 ("The Diary") to his last recordings for the label in the late '60s. That means it's not quite definitive, since it bypasses his '70s comeback on Rocket Records, but this is about as exhaustive as an...
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Capitol YearsArtist: Bobby Darin
Community Score: 6.00
The substantial Capitol Years is as close to a re-release as there is for some of Bobby Darin's Capitol Records LPs. The three-CD set includes nine of 12 songs from the otherwise out of print Oh! Look at Me Now, nine of 11 from You're the Reason I'm Living, eight of 11 from Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie, eight of 12 from 18 Yellow Roses, and...
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Artist: Neil Sedaka
Though Neil Sedaka earned his reputation as a pop/rock songwriter, very little of his early work was well-developed. That is proved by the two-fer disc, which combines his early '60s albums Neil Sedaka and Circulate. Both albums try to capitalize on then-current pop trends, with Sedaka trying his hand at bouncy pop, dance crazes, rock & roll,...
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All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2Artist: Neil Sedaka
"A few years ago, RCA Records released the first volume of Neil's greatest hits and it has proven to be one of their best sellers," writes compilation co-producer Steve Kolanjian in his liner notes to this album, adding, "Not all his hits were covered in that volume so here, at last, is another collection of songs that made Neil Sedaka the...
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40th Anniversary CompleteArtist: Cliff Richard
