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The Best of Don Mclean
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Track Listing
- American Pie
- Vincent
- And I Love You So
- Castles in the Air
- Love Hurts
- Crossroads
- The Birthday Song
- It Doesn't Matter Anymore
- Crying
- It's a Beautiful Life
- Prime Time
- Winterwood
- Crying In The Chapel
- Wonderful Baby
- Everyday
- Fool's Paradise
- Tapestry
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1130 in Music
- Released on: 2001-10-15
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Who ate all the pies?
American Pie is a well known and loved clasic. What we do not have here is a collection of similar tracks. Indeed, from the evidence here, you'd have to assume that American Pie was some sort of aberation.
This is not to say that the other tracks are not good, they are just more soulful and spiritual than you might expect.
My very favourite is Castles in the Air, which for me is a more satisfying song than American Pie.
So, why not buy it for what it is - a collection of soulful light rock with american pie too. But don't buy it for what it isn't.
Great introduction to Don's music
Don McLean was a singer-songwriter in the folk-pop tradition who first achieved fame in the early seventies, scoring an American number one hit with American pie (a song later covered superbly by Madonna, for whom it became a British number one), a British number one with Vincent (the song about the painter Van Gogh that begins Starry starry night) and an Irish number one with Mountains of Mourne, though that song is not included here. Perry Como had a huge hit with a cover of And I love you so, another classic song that Don wrote. Among the other notable but less well-known songs written by Don and included here are Winterwood and If we try, both covered by Olivia Newton-John in her early recording career.
Don was also a fine interpreter of other people's songs. His second and last British number one hit was with a revival of Roy Orbison's Crying, a song that was only a minor British hit for Roy in the sixties but which, helped by Don's cover, is now regarded as one of Roy's classic hits. This collection also includes Don's cover of One in a row, an obscure Willie Nelson Song that Trisha Yearwood has also recorded.
There are several compilations of Don's music on the market but this is as good as any.
American Pie Tastes Better Than Ever
Even if you only buy it for "that song" it is a great choice. Accidently skip past it one day and you'll find a wealth of great tunes!!
