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The story once circulated that session keyboardist Larry Knechtel could barely keep a straight face while recording the harpsichord solo on the Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You." Given that Knechtel later joined Bread, another totem of '70s (supposed) disposability, the tale seems to reflect little more than music-biz snobbery. The studio-created pop fronted by series stars David Cassidy and Shirley Jones stands up well for ears sympathetic to the era's have-a-nice-day Top 40 standards. Singles such as "I Think I Love You," "I Woke Up in Love This Morning," and "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" remain high points of mainstream manufacture, with Cassidy's soft-sell emoting meshing with crafty arrangements and surefire hooks. These tracks have aged well. The Definitive Collection also offers a healthy selection of Cassidy's TV-era solo work, including his hit covers of the Association's "Cherish" and the Rascals' "How Can I Be Sure." Save for the exclusion of the Partridge's theme song, this CD lives up to its name. --Rickey Wright
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm sorry, but it's great. I was a big David Cassidy fan and bought this CD mostly because all my LPs have stayed in their plastic covers for yonks and I never go to the trouble of getting them out and playing them. After all, I'm a grown up now - far too sensible and mature to play that sort of stuff. And CDs are so much more convenient for grown-ups to deal with. But when I saw that this collection was available on CD I thought it would be a bit of a giggle to buy it. Get ready, girls - when you put this CD on you are transported back to being a teenager! All the old feelings come rushing back - you're fourteen again! You know it's simple music and designed to appeal to young teenage girls - but what the heck, we were young teenage girls and we ate it up! You remember all the words of all the songs and you can't avoid singing along. The only strange thing is that when you played the original records to death you may have got used to jumps in the well-worn records shortening parts of the favourite songs - and yet on the CD they are miraculously whole again! Quite odd. Great stuff. If you like me don't look at the track list and just sit back, prepared for nice surprises as you hear the old songs pop up in an unexpected order, your smile muscles will ache, your eyes will be mist over with recollections of those heady 1970s and being a teenager. And if you loved this music then, you'll love it now!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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There are only three problems with this compilation: 1. The Partridge Family tracks are almost identical to the Partridge Family Greatest Hits CD (which incidentally includes "Come on Get Happy"). It would have been better to have more of his solo album tracks and fewer Partridge Family album tracks. 2. It has US sleeve notes and so does not refer to UK hits 3. Does not include "The Puppy Song" or any of his hits after leaving Bell - ie. "I Write the Songs" or "Darlin'" That having been said, it's great to finally have a David Cassidy Greatest Hits on CD!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you've been a fan of David Cassidy (and the Partridge Family - perhaps!) then this is the CD to buy. All the good sounds on one CD. Great songs with great memories for those of us born in the sixties and who enjoyed the sounds of our teens in the seventies. You'll enjoy it and won't be sorry you bought it.
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Memories
A fan of the Partidge Family i was excited to see this available and in general was not let down, Some old favourites, some missing (Brown Eyes and Echo Valley in particular) and... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ridderzaal
Original recordings
This is the nearest thing to a definitive David Cassidy Greatest Hits collection - up to 1974 when he left Bell records and went to RCA to do "I Write the Songs" and his few... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2004
David Cassidy and the Partridge family 30 years on
I have waited for 30 years to hear the best of David Cassidy and the Partridge family. I was so disappointed with the 'Then and now' compilation by David Cassidy in 2002. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2004 by Colin Brand
BRILLIANT VOCAL POP
This was my favourite band when I was a kid! Every generation has its teen idols, whether it be Donny Osmond, Shaun Cassidy or Britney Spears, but looking back at the music on this... Read more
Published on 19 May 2003 by Pieter
ONE GORGOEUS GIANT CHUNK OF NOSTALGIA
I loved this CD INSTANTLY..With the first track I was whisked back to the early seventies and was sucked in by the velveteen breathy voice of D.C. Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2002
Brings all the memories of teenage crushes flooding back
When I first saw this on CD I couldn't wait to order and be transported back to those days of bubblegum music and lighthearted pop. The CD was not disappointing. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2001
This album made me wish I'd been born 10 years earlier.
My interest in David Cassidy has grown over the last couple of years (was a twinkle in my parents' eyes at the height of his fame). Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2001
Instant Nostalgia!!!!
From the opening bars of "I Think I Love You" I was instantly transported back 27 years. I could vividly see the David Cassidy posters plastered all over my walls, and... Read more
Published on 30 May 2001 by Mrs. A. Storey
Yes, they were bubble gum but they've stayed the course
Manufactured, irrelevant, not even worthy of a footnote in popular music history. Maybe these things are all true, but as a mid forties father and husband, I was stunned to see the... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2001 by lindsas@bp.com
A brilliant evocation of our innocent 70s youth
Probably the most under-rated artist of the 70s, David Cassidy's talent is all-too apparent in this long-awaited compilation. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2001
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