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Track Listings
| 1. What Is Love? |
| 2. New Song |
| 3. Pearl In The Shell |
| 4. Always Asking Questions |
| 5. Things Can Only Get Better |
| 6. Like To Get To Know You Well |
| 7. Life In One Day |
| 8. "You Know I Love You, Don't You?" |
| 9. Hide And Seek |
| 10. No One Is To Blame |
| 11. Look Mama |
| 12. The Prisoner |
| 13. Everlasting Love |
| 14. Lift Me Up |
| 15. Tears To Tell |
| 16. Two Souls |
| 17. I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) |
| 18. City Song |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
This is the only Howard Jones album you'll ever need. HoJo was a founder of early 1980s synth-pop, which was as easy to sing to as it was to dance to. The rhythms on this record pop like new wave corn kernels in heated oil, tempered by Jones's high-strung vocals extending over the top. Jones makes good use of the bright synth piano patches available during that time, especially during "Things Can Only Get Better". "No One Is to Blame" is a solid ballad, just Jones and his keyboard. It's heartfelt and regretful--a little cheesy, but in a good way. --Beth Bessmer
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Excellent - what a way to remember the decade and one of its strangest yet strangely influential artists.
HJ made Synth-type music slower...and it worked. Whats more, some of his lyrics (that I didn't pay much attention to originally) are actually very good.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. It's an occasional long drive play more than anything else, but its worth the blast from the past alone.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album had my memories of the 80's flooding back. Howard Jones is *the* master on the keyboard, playing some of the catchious melodies known to man. How can anyone forget classics such as 'New Song', 'What Is Love?', 'Like To Get Know You Well' and 'Look Mama'! This album is worth every penny, go and buy it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I recently went to see HJ play a live set and he was outstanding. I loved his stuff in his mid-80s heyday but I was too broke back then to pay to see him perform. I was inspired after the gig to purchase this collection, and despite a few forgettable fillers towards the end of the album this is a superb collection. From his breakout 1983 hit the buoyant and irrepressible 'New Song', to the effervescent and mature 'Everlasting Love' which was his last noticeable singles hit in 1989, this CD has every song any HJ fan will ever need. Terrific.
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The one and only...
Howard Jones was so original in most everything he wrote and produced and every tune is a great example of his genius
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Norman Bright
Safe entry into 80s music - no sharp corners here!
Having listened to this compilation the tracks come across as anodyne - there's nothing here to offend anyone, no unexpected loud noises or anything that would show a shred of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Frank Chickens
Best of 80' Synth pop.
I saw Howard live in concert, in Sheffield last night, he was brilliant. 2hrs on stage. I forgot how many great hits he had. Read more
Published 1 month ago by P. M. Dome
Hit And Miss.
This is an artist, (one of many) who I've seen in concert. He was amazing and so it gives me great pleasure to review his greatest hits album.
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Published 7 months ago by Richie77777
Absolutely brilliant!
Really pleased with this cd, production & quality. Prompt delivery ordered on 29/3 & arrived 2/4 will definitel use again
Published 13 months ago by Mrs. K. R. Hands
So-so compilation for High Wycombe's answer to Elvis
Howard Jones, yes he who experienced several bad hair days in the 1980's, produced several excellent albums between 1984 and 1987, notably his brilliantly poppy debut Human's Lib... Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2001 by "chrishyams"
A great album from a talented singer and performer
This album will bring all those memories of the 80s flooding back to you in one easy swoop. A genius on the keyboard, Howard Jones' hits on this album just keep coming one after... Read more
Published on 14 Nov 1999
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