 "The best Nilsson CD of them all!" | 2008-07-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2OAKHL0E0A4YQ |
| I've always been a fan of Nilsson since I first heard "Everybody's Talking" back in '69 and then I read that The Beatles were his biggest fans. Nilsson was a singer's singer, he could sing so well and had a great voice range. He also had a quirky sense of humor. This CD captures all his finest works in one CD. There are a couple of songs from the Nillson Shmeilsson CD that aren't here that I also enjoyed, but these 20 songs are all great. Along with Eveybody's Talkin', these feature the best songs off all his albums, My favorites: Everybody's Talkin', Me and My Arrow, Coconut, The Moonbeam Song, My Old Desk, Cuddly Toy etc. Actually there isn't a bad cut on this CD. If you want the cream of Nilsson, this is the one to own. The sound is also superb. |
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| "Harry Nilsson-Greatest Hits" | 2008-06-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2UT13XEDTOFH3 |
| I mainly brought it for the song from Midnight Cowboy, but all the songs brought back many good memories. Excellent collection. I would definitely recommend to my friends. I also thought the price was right. |
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| "A Great Introduction!" | 2008-01-09 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3HOIFMKJ6YVTT |
This cd is a wonderful introduction for anyone who has heard of Harry Nilsson but never listened to him. There is not a weak song on the entire disc, but then again, Harry didn't have a lot of weak songs anyway!
If you only know the hits, I strongly recommend that you search out all of his albums (many are hard to find, having yet to be released in the US on cd but available as imports), I guarantee you will not be let down.
I only wish that there were more songs on here from his later period, his last album for RCA, "Knnillssonn" is my favorite but there is not a single song from it here. Maybe a Volume 2 is in order....?
As for the two people who left negative reviews; one was upset that they received a used and scratched cd but made no mention of the actual music. The other review was based solely on ONE song that the reviewer heard on the radio and didn't like. |
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 "Would have been 5 stars EXCEPT...." | 2006-12-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A21NLR9Z1MC7P8 |
| Great album if you only own one Nilsson record, except "Jump Into The Fire" is the short AM radio version. What brain surgeon at the record company decided to edit Harry's masterpiece? Otherwise, a great bit of music. |
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| "Better than the newer "Very Best of"" | 2006-06-05 |
| - Reviewed By jeffison45 |
Hopefully this will stay in print and not be replaced by "Everybody's Talkin': The Very Best Of". For another 3 bucks (as of this writing), you get 21 songs here instead of just 14 there. (And a cooler cover photo too.)
Two songs on VBO are not here: "Turn Your Radio On" and "All I Do Is Think About You." However, the nine (9) songs here that ain't there overwhelmingly tip the scales to this set. Listening to "1941", "Cuddly Toy", and "Girlfriend", among others, you can almost picture John Lennon jotting Harry's name down on his "List of Future Drinking Buddies."
I'm glad this set includes "As Time Goes By", a minor hit from a standards album (A Touch of Schmillson in the Night) that at the time was actually an UNcommercial move. In the '00's, Nilsson's contemporaries are finding their audience only responds to cover albums while ignoring their new material.
I'm not sure why the new comp was released; RCA/BMG could have just left the older, less-remastered Greatest Hits in print at a bargain price. Anyway, this is the better choice of what's out there now. If you like this, you may want to seek out "Personal Best", a 2-CD anthology which I believe has also slipped out of print. |
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| "I'm Just Wild About Harry !!!!" | 2006-03-14 |
| - Reviewed By tommytunes59 |
I first became aware of Harry's Music when I first heard Everybody's Talking on the Radio when it first came out !! I thought it was a new Glen Campell song but my sister told me it was Harry Nilsson and from that day I became a true fan !!!
This is a great album of some of Harry Best Songs including Cuddly Toy( later recorded by the Monkees ) & Puppy Song which these 2 songs were left off Personal Best Cd !!!! Im glad they added Girlfriend which became My Best Friend for the Courtship of Eddies Father Title Song for that Show !!! Once your Hooked on this Cd you'll be wanting to hear more of his stuff in which most of his albums have been reissued so sit back and enjoy!!! |
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| "Great singer-songwriter" | 2005-03-07 |
| - Reviewed By petethemusicfan |
Although his two biggest and most famous hits (Everybody's talking, Without you) are by other songwriters, Nilsson (born Harry Nelson) wrote a number of songs that became successful for others.
The Yardbirds were the first major act to record one of Nilsson's songs (Ten little Indians) but Nilsson didn't give up his day job (at a bank) until he heard another of his songs (Cuddly toy) on the radio, performed by the Monkees. More recordings followed including Story of rock'n'roll (Turtles), Without her (Blood sweat and tears) and - most important of all - One (Three Dog Night), which became a huge American hit.
Nilsson finally got his break as a recording artist with Everybody's talking, a cover of a Fred Neil Song that was adopted as a movie theme (Midnight cowboy). Puppy love (David Cassidy) became yet another success for a different singer with one of Nilsson's songs.
Nilsson's biggest success as a singer was the international number one hit, Without you, which was written by two members of Badfinger, both of whom eventually committed suicide. This classic song has subsequently been a top ten country hit for T G Sheppard and a number one UK pop hit in the nineties for Mariah Carey. Many other singers have also covered the song, but Nilsson recorded the definitive version.
Nilsson also recorded an album of standards (represented here by As time goes by) and many other great songs. This compilations includes Nilsson's versions of all the songs made famous by others mentioned above except Ten little Indians, plus those two classic hits as well as Me and my arrow, Coconut, I guess the Lord must be in New York City and a few other wonderful songs. |
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| "Grew up with Coconut, and so will my twins" | 2004-12-25 |
| - Reviewed By denisetwins2 |
I have an aunt that would play her 45 of Coconut over and over for me, and we would dance and sing and act silly too it. One of my fondest childhood memories. So, now I have 2 little twin girls of my own, and we play the Coconut song all the time. They laugh at my antics while it's on. Hopefully, us acting silly to it will be one of their fondest memories also.
Plus, there were several more songs on the CD that are quite good to listen to. Good CD |
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| "A sadly underappreciated genius" | 2004-12-17 |
| - Reviewed By jupiterhollow |
What a strange career Harry Nilsson had. Avoiding most public appearances due to extreme stage fright, he limited his performances to studio recordings that (especially in his earlier albums) layered multi-track overdubs of his angelic voice over some of the most purely melodic and witty songs in modern pop.
In typical Nilsson-like irony, although he was a wonderful songwriter, his biggest hits were either cover versions of inferior songs written by others (the mystery of why Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'" became a huge hit over Nilsson's own masterpiece "I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City" is something that will haunt me to my grave,) or novelty tunes such as "Coconut." This, plus his reluctance to perform live and his self-destructive ambivalence towards stardom (take note of most of the lyrics in "Son of Schmilsson,") kept him from achieving the general fame he deserved.
I'm delighted to see that a number of his albums are now available on CD. Perhaps these reissues will help his delightfully eccentric talents gain a wider, albeit posthumous, renown. |
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| "The best of the best..." | 2004-05-27 |
| - Reviewed By mpotter427 |
| Harry Nillson is by far the most ingenius songwriters of the 60's. He inspired so many singers and songwriters over the decades it is hard to think what we would have done without him. I think my favorite song on this album is "You're Breaking My Heart"...I know, not well known but an absolute knee slapper!!! Totally caught me off guard. The other songs are sure to make you smile, remembering where you were and what you were doing at the time you first heard it. "Everybody's Talkin'", "The Lord Must Be In New York City", "Cuddly Toy", etc.. are the standards we baby boomers grew up on. I originally owned "Nillson Smillson" and played it till it wore out. Am so glad I chose to replace it with this version of the best... |
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