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| ARTIST: | Petula Clark |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Maste |
| FEATURES: | Import |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Downtown, You'd Better Come Home, You're The One, Sailor, Romeo, My Friend The Sea, I Willow Follow Him, I Know A Place, Call Me, Who Am I?, Gotta Tell The World, The Life And Soul Of The Party, Every Little Bit Hurts, Just Say Goodbye, A Sign Of The Times, Heart, Where Did We Go Wrong, Round Every Corner, A Groovy Kind Of Love, We Can Work It Out, My Love, You Can't Keep Me From Loving You, Elusive Butterfly, There Goes My Love, There Goes My Life, The Show Is Over, Don't Sleep In The Subway, Colour My World, Thirty First Of June, This Is My Song, On The Path Of Glory, The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener, Happy Heart, People Get Ready, Conversations In The Wind, You And I, If, Tears Of A Clown, Cranes Flying South, Look At Mine, Cry Like A Baby, Games People Play, Maybe I'm Amazed, I Don't Know How To Love Him, The Song Of My Life, Let It Be Me, The Windmills Of My Mind, The Wind Of Change, I Believe In Love, What I Did For Love, Downtown (1999 Remix) |
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Customer Reviews of Downtown: Pye Anthology
Brilliant British compilation made me a big Petula fan Before I bought this (soon after its original release in 1999), I thought Petula was a decent singer with a few good hits. I originally had a greatest hits on vinyl, later replaced by a budget CD on which some tracks had some hiss. Neither of those included much more than the hits and the odd cover version. It was the extra tracks on this compilation (perfectly mastered without hiss) that made me realise that Petula's music is about much, much more than just her own hits.
I had assumed that, with 50 tracks, it would contain all the obvious hits, but I soon discovered that one big hit (I couldn't live without your love) is missing, along with a few lesser hits. As things turned out, the record company were saving these for a second volume (Music - the Pye Anthology volume 2) which is also available from Amazon and which I have also reviewed. Both volumes are excellent in their own way, and between them cover over 100 of Petula's finest recordings of the sixties and early seventies, plus a '99 remix of Downtown.
The 50 tracks on this volume are all sung in English (the second volume contains five sung in French) and include, along with the hits, some stunning cover versions and original songs, some of which she wrote herself. The hits include three excellent British hits from her pre-Downtown days (Sailor, Romeo and My friend the sea). Of the covers, my favourite is Elusive Butterfly, an excellent song but I never expected to hear another female singer come even close to matching Dolly Parton's brilliant 1984 version of the song. Petula matches Dolly on this one. There are many other good covers here, including A groovy kind of love, Days and Tears of a clown.
It was the unfamiliar original material that really convinced me that I should look for more of Petula's music. These include some songs she wrote herself (On the path of glory, Heart, I believe in love) as well as less-well known Hatch/Trent songs. Unfortunately, there was not enough room on this compilation for a really strong selection of such material to be included, but with fewer hits on the second volume, there are many more of her own songs there, together with more brilliant covers.
Between the two volumes, there are all the essential English-language tracks from the sixties, together with many other very desirable songs. The main French recordings can be found on Ses Plus Belles Chansons and C'Est Ma Chanson. Most of her original albums (English and French) have also been released on CD.
Even if you already have the excellent American compilation From Downtown to Sunset Boulevard, you will find much of interest on both British compilations.
Petula Clark is well represented on CD, and deservedly so. Before I bought this collection, I thought Dusty Springfield was Britain's best female pop singer. I was wrong - Dusty is brilliant, but Petula is MAGIC.