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The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under

The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under
Greatest hits album by
Peter Allen
Released14 August 1992
GenreFunk / soul, pop, disco
Length79:39
LabelA&M Records
ProducerRichard Landis
Peter Allen chronology
Making Every Moment Count
(1990) 		The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under
(1992) 		At His Best
(1993)

The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, released in Australia in August 1992 through A&M Records.

It was released less than two months after Allen's passing, on 18 June 1992.[1]

Allen wrote or co-wrote all but two of the tracks on the album.

Reviews

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Adrian Zupp of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5, saying; “His songwriting range [from] tender ballads through to poppier fare and even campy fun numbers has rarely been rivaled …[and this album] captures the cream of Allen's career on one highly engaging disc.” Zupp concluded with “this album spans the moods and melodies that made Peter Allen such a special artist.”[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Honest Queen" (Peter Allen, Estelle Levitt) 3:16
  2. "Tenterfield Saddler" (Album Version) (Peter Allen) 3:37
  3. "Just Ask Me I've Been There" (Peter Allen) 4:23
  4. "Everything Old Is New Again" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 2:35
  5. "I Honestly Love You" (Jeff Barry, Peter Allen) 3:30
  6. "She Loves to Hear Music" (Album Version) (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:22
  7. "I Go to Rio" (Album Version) (Adrienne Anderson, Peter Allen) 3:23
  8. "Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 5:14
  9. "The More I See You" (Album Version) (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) 3:35
  10. "I Could Have Been a Sailor" (Peter Allen) 3:53
  11. "Don't Wish Too Hard" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) – 5:14
  12. "Don't Cry Out Loud" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 4:09
  13. "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:40
  14. "One Step Over the Borderline" (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 3:54
  15. "Fly Away" (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Peter Allen) 4:01
  16. "Bi-Coastal" (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 4:23
  17. "I Don’t Go Shopping" (Peter Allen, David Lasley) 4:35
  18. "I Still Call Australia Home" (Single Version) (Peter Allen) 3:56
  19. "You Haven’t Heard the Last of Me" (Eric Kaz, Tom Snow) 4:14
  20. "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 1985) (Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager) 4:45

Charts

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The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under debuted on the Australian ARIA Charts at number 24, before peaking at number 16 the following week.

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 16

References

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  1. ^ Lambert, Bruce (19 June 1992). "Peter Allen, Concert Entertainer And Songwriter, Is Dead at 48". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Peter Allen – THE VERY BEST OF PETER ALLEN". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 September 2015.