- Audio CD (Sep 18 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import, Best of
- Label: Musicrama
- ASIN: B00005NSPV
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Fast Car |
| 2. Subcity |
| 3. Baby Can I Hold You |
| 4. The Promise |
| 5. I'm Ready |
| 6. Crossroads |
| 7. Bang Bang Bang |
| 8. Telling Stories |
| 9. Smoke And Ashes |
| 10. Speak The Word |
| 11. Wedding Song |
| 12. Open Arms |
| 13. Give Me One Reason |
| 14. Talkin' Bout A Revolution |
| 15. She's Got Her Ticket |
| 16. All That You Have Is Your Soul |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
Some albums just can't be bettered. Tracy Chapman's 1988 self-titled debut is one of them. Led by poignant singles "Fast Car", "Baby Can I Hold You Tonight" and "Talkin' Bout a Revolution", its fragile acoustic laments tugged at the heart-strings and established Chapman as a songwriter with a uniquely human touch--selling 10 million copies and picking up three Grammies in the process. As this collection illustrates, such genius sets a difficult precedent. Despite including some truly beautiful songs from her four subsequent albums, the impact of those emotive early singles still dwarfs everything here. "I'm Ready" and "Smoke and Ashes" line up as the best of the rest, but with "Speak The Word", "Wedding Song" and "Open Arms" brimming with tender melodies and sentiments that touch in a way that most songwriters can only dream of, it's a close run thing. "Fast Car" & Co. may be untouchable, but with the quiver in her voice adding a depth of emotion to her words of love, need and hope, these 16 tracks make n salient point: with Tracy Chapman, there is no such thing as an average song. --Dan Gennoe
Chronique amazon.fr
Plus de dix ans déjà que Tracy Chapman, nouveau chantre du folk au féminin, déboulait avec "Fast Car" et impressionnait le stade de Wembley tout entier lors du légendaire concert de soutien à Nelson Mandela. Baptisée la Joan Baez des années Reagan, Tracy Chapman balade depuis son talent d'auteur- compositeur-interprète de concerts de charité en festival Lilith Fair, et, lestée de sa guitare acoustique, milite contre l'intolérance avec force chuchotements plutôt que hurlements. Sa contestation, repue de mélodies subtiles, de modulations à la Joan Armatrading et d'arrangements exubérants (congas, percus, sitars…) lui vaut un statut d'icône décorée de multiples récompenses. Du premier album éponyme (1988) à Telling Stories (2000), les pérégrinations discographiques de la dame de l'Ohio lui ont fait croiser le gratin international de Bobby Womack à Neil Young (guitares), de Nellee Hooper (percussions) à Manu Katché (batterie). Résumé de cette lumineuse décennie en 16 titres, autant de hits introspectifs et politiques (dont "Talkin' Bout A Revolution" ou "Crossroads", "Baby Can I Hold You" ou "Give Me One Reason") extraits des cinq albums de cette talentueuse Afro- Américaine. --Sabrina Silamo
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5.0 out of 5 stars
a special talent,
By A Customer
This review is from: Collection - 16 Tracks (Audio CD)
tracey's music is just beautiful & humane, a heart & soul, a conscience,"fast car" - her big hit, a timeless classic - "talkin' 'bout a revolution" - world peace classic anthem - "give me one reason" - love the bluesey guitars, a brilliant rock/love song - my fave tracey song. "all that you have is your soul" - this is just a beautiful gentle & sensitive song - "bang bang bang" - almost a sequel to presley's "in the ghetto" - similar theme - sad, tragic symptom of society.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very very Cool!,
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This review is from: Collection - 16 Tracks (Audio CD)
I just purchased this album in HDCD format on eBay (sorry Amazon). It is absolutely fantastic. I have not stopped playing it for three days. The HDCD format really lets Chapman's voice soar and her guitar sing in a way that I have never heard before. Highly recommended. I too qonder what's become of her. Guess she just got tired of all the hoopla. By all accounts she's quite shy and does not like the limelight too much.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Smooooth...Sounds,
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This review is from: Collection - 16 Tracks (Audio CD)
Excellant collection & great CD for listening by yourself or significant other. You won't be diappointed with the selections personally picked by Tracy Chapman.
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