Customer Reviews
Excellent - By: Sarah, 02 Jul 2008 
If you like Beverley's music but don't actually own any of it, like me, then buy this cd. It's got almost all of her best hits on it & it's brilliant. I'm really pleased with this cd. I'd recommend it.
Still sounding good - By: WAB, 12 Apr 2008 
If a disc still sounds this good & fresh 2 years down the line then it probably always will. These tracks will always sound great & I endorse the praise which all the other reviewers here have heaped on each & every song. What a voice. What a writer. What a fine compilation, showing the full spectrum of her talent from the rock classic "Come as you are" to the tender "Who's gonna save Your Soul". There's still no finer R'n B singerin Britain today & listening to this again will remind you how far ahead of the pack she is. A consumate professional.
Contrast & compare this CD with the most recent Alicia Keys album which is perfectly fine as far as it goes & which has done so very wellin the charts. I still think that Beverley Knight singing unaccompaniedin a phone box could be more spine-tinglingly good than the much-hyped Ms Keys with whatever production wizardry she has at her disposal. Comparisons with Amy Winehouse are more problematic. How do you compare sunsets to fine wine? These are both phenomenal talents, but if you want consistency then Ms Knight is hard to beat & you don't have the constant anxiety that every new song might be her last...
R and B, rhythm and Beverley! - By: Purple Pug 888, 25 Jul 2007 This is the 5th of 6 albums from the soul/RnB singer songwriter Beverley Knight MBE.
This 1 disc album features 11 songs from Beverley's first 4 albums, & 4 new songs recorded for this album:
1. Shoulda Woulda Coulda {3:31} from her 3rd album WHO I AM.
2. Keep this fire burning {3:52} from her 4th album AFFIRMATION.
3. Come as you are {3:42} from her 4th album AFFIRMATION.
4. Piece of my heart {4:08} recorded for this album!
5. Gold {4:47} from her 3rd album WHO I AM.
6. Made it back {3:18} from her 2nd album PRODIGAL SISTER.
7. Get up {3:45} from her 3rd album WHO I AM.
8. Flavour of the old school {4:45} from her 1st album THE B FUNK.
9. Sista sista {4:41} from her 2nd album PRODIGAL SISTER.
10. Not too late for love {3:52} from her 4th album AFFIRMATION.
11. Greatest day {4:42} from her 2nd album PRODIGAL SISTER.
12. Made it back - original version {4:07} from her 2nd album PRODIGAL SISTER.
13. Sweet thing {3:52} recorded for this album!
14. Angels {4:40} recorded for this album!
15. Who's gonna save your soul {3:26} recorded for this album!
Total album running time: 61 minutes, 38 seconds.
There aren't any songwords included with this album, just some pictures & thankyou's. But the thankyou's are heartfelt, like the following:
"Thankyou to all those who have loved all or some of my music over the last 11 years, enough to take it into your homes. I appreciate everyone of you. You have all enabled me to continue to make music & I hope that I can keep giving you something you enjoy for at least another 11 years..and beyond."
If you like Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday, Chaka Khan, D'Angelo, Mary J. Blige, Nina Simone, Prince or Sam Cooke, then you'll love this album because that's who Beverley states her influences are!
Utterly fabulous!
A real star - By: Andy Edwards, 22 Jun 2007 If you are a fan of Beverley Knight, then you may have her 4 studio albums & therefore most of these tracks - so lets address this to those of you that have yet to discover the full wonder of her talent.
Beverley Knight has a voice that harks back to the golden age of Soul vocalists, & when combined with current production, she proves herself the best contemporary British R&B female - fond of Joss Stone, like a little Beyonce, or even Amy Winehouse, then you really should get this best of compilation.
Regretful on "Shoulda Woulda Coulda", that anthem to lost opportunity, Beverley rocks out on "Come as You Are" & then slows it down on "Gold". If there is a criticism, for me the compilers could have made more of the spine tingling ballads featured on her albums - this set focuses on the more uptempo stuff - but I am being picky.
Please buy this, Beverley Knight deserves the widest possible audience. Once you have heard it get the albums this was culled from, & her latest "Music City Soul" & marvel at the breadth & depth of the musical talent of the lady
Fabulous - but hope there is more to come! - By: S. Thomson, 30 Jul 2006 Excellent album from a star! But even though this is a truly great album, I feel that Beverley still has more to give - hence the 4 star rating!
