Track Listing

1. What Do You Want
2. Poor Me
3. Someone Else's Baby
4. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
5. Made You
6. How About That
7. Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop)
8. This Is It
9. Who Am I
10. Easy Going Me
11. Don't You Know It?
12. The Time Has Come
13. Lonesome
14. As You Like It
15. Don't That Beat All
16. Baby Take A Bow
17. What Now
18. Walkin' Tall
19. The First Time
20. We Are In Love
21. If He Tells You
22. I Love Being In Love With You
23. A Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)
24. Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself
25. Someone's Taken Maria Away
26. Cheryl's Goin' Home

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47502 in Music
• Released on: 2009-01-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

CD Description
This CD returns to the days in the early Sixties when Adam Faith was one of the hottest properties in British pop. It features 26 tracks, presented in chronological order from 1959 to 1966 and includes all of Adam's 24 chart-entry singles. Enjoy again voice of the young man from Acton who turned `baby' into `bay-beh'!

Customer Reviews

ADAM FAITH'S HITS STILL APPEAL
One of the more individualistic pop vocalists of the late Fifties and Sixties, Adam Faith (1940-2003) was no rocker but with the initial benefit of John Barry's strings and guitar arrangements plus the songs of Les Vandyke was a regular visitor to the UK Charts with a succession of hits. EMI has gathered them together for this essential chronological compilation and whilst I am sure his number one hits WHAT DO YOU WANT (1959) and POOR ME (1960) and others have been around the reissue block a number of times, they still retain their originality with refreshing edge aided by Adam's distinctive trademark of hiccuping glottal stops and exaggerated pronunciation a requirement of his vocal persona.

The material Adam recorded was generally simple but tuneful and even extended to the seasonal LONELY PUP IN A CHRISTMAS SHOP which remained in the Charts for eleven weeks whilst the double-sided WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME/MADE YOU almost reached the top in 1960. However, as the hits fluttered in the lower reaches of the Top Twenty, Adam moved into films, television drama and stage work including the musical version of BUDGIE (based on his television series) with his photogenic appeal remaining an undimmed attraction.

Here then are all the Top Twenty hits and a few that almost made it so I am sure dedicated fans will grab this collection on sight whilst others will appreciate its availability as a fine way to catch up on one of Britain's early pop idols.

Great memories
A good reminder of the British pop sceen in the sixites. Adam Faith had a unique voice and this is a good selection of his hits.