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Voice - The Best Of Beverley Knight | 
| Artist: Beverley Knight Label: Parlophone Category: Music
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Rating: 14 reviews Sales Rank: 9113
Format: Enhanced Media: Audio CD Discs: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 094635456622 EAN: 0094635456622 ASIN: B000E5L88O
Release Date: March 20, 2006 Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Shoulda Woulda Coulda | | • | Keep This Fire Burning | | • | Come As You Are | | • | Piece Of My Heart | | • | Gold | | • | Made It Back | | • | Get Up | | • | Flavour Of The Old School | | • | Sista Sista | | • | Not Too Late For Love | | • | Greatest Day | | • | Made It Back (1) - Knight, Beverley & Redman | | • | Sweet Thing | | • | Angels - Knight, Beverley & Guy Chambers | | • | Who's Gonna Save Your Soul |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
Excellent July 2, 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 and it's brilliant. I'm really pleased with this cd. I'd recommend it.
Still sounding good April 12, 2008 If a disc still sounds this good and fresh 2 years down the line then it probably always will. These tracks will always sound great and I endorse the praise which all the other reviewers here have heaped on each and 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 singer in Britain today and listening to this again will remind you how far ahead of the pack she is. A consumate professional. Contrast and compare this CD with the most recent Alicia Keys album which is perfectly fine as far as it goes and which has done so very well in the charts. I still think that Beverley Knight singing unaccompanied in 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 and you don't have the constant anxiety that every new song might be her last...
R and B, rhythm and Beverley! July 25, 2007 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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, and 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 and 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 and 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 June 22, 2007 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are a fan of Beverley Knight, then you may have her 4 studio albums and 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, and 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" and 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, and her latest "Music City Soul" and marvel at the breadth and depth of the musical talent of the lady
Fabulous - but hope there is more to come! July 30, 2006 1 out of 5 found this review helpful
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!
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