The Best of Sam Cooke
The Best of Sam Cooke | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Sam Cooke | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Genre | Rhythm and blues, dance, soul | |||
Length | 31:50 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Hugo & Luigi | |||
Sam Cooke chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Best of Sam Cooke | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Blender | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Record Guide | [3] |
The Best of Sam Cooke is the second greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in 1962 in the United States by RCA Victor. The compilation contains most of Sam Cooke's most well-known hits from 1957 to 1962.
Critical reception
AllMusic critic Ron Wynn gave The Best of Sam Cooke three-and-a-half out of five stars and called it "an above-average greatest hits collection, although no sampler could fully convey Sam Cooke's genius."[4] In Blender, Robert Christgau was more critical, giving it one star and recommending listeners overlook the album in favor of the 30-song compilation Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964.[5]
Track listing
Side one
- "You Send Me" – 2:45
- "Only Sixteen" – 2:02
- "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" – 2:42
- "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" – 2:38
- "Wonderful World" – 2:06
- "Summertime" – 2:21
Side two
- "Chain Gang" – 2:35
- "Cupid" – 2:37
- "Twistin' the Night Away" – 2:43
- "Sad Mood" – 2:38
- "Having a Party" – 2:36
- "Bring It On Home to Me" – 2:44
Personnel
Vinyl Re-Issue
In 2018, Sony Music reissued the album in its original vinyl format as part of the RCA Legacy Recordings series.
Notes
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r33874
- ^ Blender, Oct. 2005
- ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 84, 598.
- ^ Wynn, Ron. "The Best of Sam Cooke [RCA] – Sam Cooke". AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (October 2005). "Two key Sam Cooke albums, and one redundant one, remember a puzzling soul singer". Blender. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
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- My Kind of Blues
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- Mr. Soul
- Night Beat
- Ain't That Good News
- Shake
- Try a Little Love
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- I Thank God
- The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke
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- The Man and His Music
- Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964
- "You Send Me" / "Summertime"
- "I'll Come Running Back to You"
- "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
- "You Were Made for Me" / "Lonely Island"
- "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha"
- "Only Sixteen"
- "There! I've Said It Again"
- "Wonderful World"
- "Chain Gang"
- "Sad Mood"
- "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On"
- "Cupid"
- "Twistin' the Night Away"
- "Bring It On Home to Me" / "Having a Party"
- "Somebody Have Mercy" / "Nothing Can Change This Love"
- "Send Me Some Lovin'"
- "Another Saturday Night"
- "Frankie and Johnny"
- "Little Red Rooster"
- "Ain't That Good News"
- "Good Times" / "Tennessee Waltz"
- "That's Where It's At"
- "Shake" / "A Change Is Gonna Come"
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