Singles Collection Plus 1969-1977

by Aaron Neville

Overview

These 22 tracks contain all of Aaron Neville's solo A-sides, recorded apart from his membership in the Neville Brothers band. His recordings of the songs of Allen Toussaint -- who was also his producer during these years -- are the stuff of legend, mainly because they feature all the different aspects of that signature voice -- no matter what he's singing. While it's true that the Toussaint material stands head and shoulders over most of what's here, there are moments where he covers absolute dreck and transforms it into killer soul. An example? How about his cover of David Gates' schlock-pop standard "Baby I'm-A Want You?" OK; thankfully, the other 21 cuts here are big-time tunes, including "Tell It Like It Is," his original reading of "Cry Me a River," that was later reprised on A&M in a lesser version, a seriously bluesy reading of Gerry Goffin's and Carole King's "One Fine Day," Leo Nocentelli's "She's on My Mind," and a calypso-cum-ska version of Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times," that blows every other version out of the water. Add this to the ten Toussaint tracks (each one a gem in its own right), and you have a collection that is way easy on the wallet and way deep in the gold. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	01/01/2008
Label:	Acrobat Music
UPC:	0824046870324
Rank:	97373

Tracks

1. You Can Give But You Can't Take
2. Where Is My Baby
3. Speak to Me
4. You Don't Love Me Anymore
5. She's on My Mind
6. All These Things
7. Baby I'm a Want You
8. Mojo Hannah
9. Hercules
10. Tell It Like It Is
11. Been So Wrong
12. Performance
13. The Greatest Love
14. Struttin' on Sunday
15. Love Letters
16. Make Me Strong
17. One Fine Day
18. Cry Me a River
19. Waiting for a Bus
20. Wildflower
21. Nadie
22. For the Good Times

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Aaron Neville   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Carole King   Composer
Lee Diamond   Composer
Marshall Sehorn   Producer
Allen Toussaint   Producer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Bob Fisher   Liner Notes
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Arthur Hamilton   Composer
Andrew Kastner   Composer
George Davis   Composer