Shirley Bassey - Greatest Hits

Artist:

Bassey, Shirley

UPC:

724353105020

See Also:

Gilberto, Astrud Shirley Bassey - This Is My Life

Description:

Producers include: Norman Newell, Johnny Harris, John Berry, Tony Colton, George Martin.
Compilation producers: Nigel Reeve, Paul Atkinson.
Digitally remastered by Ron Hill & Peter Mew (Abbey Road Studios, London, England) & Bob Norberg (Capitol Mastering, Los Angeles, California).
These 16 songs spanning the 1960s to the 1990s (most from the 1960s and 1970s) aren`t the ideal way to survey the career of the proudly melodramatic singer, who has recorded prolifically since the 1950s, and who has had more than a couple dozen chart British singles. It does include the numbers that the fan who only wants one Shirley Bassey album will likely want: "Goldfinger," "What Now My Love," "Diamonds Are Forever," "Moonraker," "Big Spender," "As Long As He Needs Me," "I (Who Have Nothing)," "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story," and "Something," the last of which was actually a British Top Five hit just half a year after the Beatles put it out as a single. There`s also her 1997 British hit collaboration with Propellerheads, "History Repeating." Perhaps its success spurred the inclusion of the three remixes that conclude the album: "Goldfinger" (by the Propellerheads), "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (by AwayTeam), and "Big Spender" (by Wild Oscar). Fuddy-duds will find this unfortunate, as it`s not typical of Bassey`s work and will quickly date this anthology as a partial attempt to cash in on "History Repeating." ~ Richie Unterberger

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Diamonds Are Forever
2. History Repeating
3. Big Spender
4. Moonraker
5. Something
6. For All We Know
7. Light My Fire
8. I (Who Have Nothing)
9. Love Story, (Where Do I Begin)
10. As Long as He Needs Me
11. What Now My Love?
12. Goldfinger
13. This Is My Life
14. Where Do I Begin - (Away TEAM mix)
15. Goldfinger - (Propellerheads mix)
16. Big Spender - (Wild Oscar mix)

Album Information

Release Date:

02/13/2001

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Pop Vocal

Subgenre:

Show Vocals

Label:

Capitol/EMI Records

Catalog Number:

31050

Original Release Year:

2001

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Propellerheads

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