Track Listing

1. Shoulda Woulda Coulda
2. Keep This Fire Burning
3. Come As You Are
4. Piece Of My Heart
5. Gold
6. Made It Back
7. Get Up
8. Flavour Of The Old School
9. Sista Sista
10. Not Too Late For Love
11. Greatest Day
12. Made It Back (1) - Knight, Beverley & Redman
13. Sweet Thing
14. Angels - Knight, Beverley & Guy Chambers
15. Who's Gonna Save Your Soul

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8203 in Music
• Released on: 2006-03-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

CD Description
Greatest hits collection from critically acclaimed UK soul diva heavily influenced by Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin. This album compiles tracks from her four studio albums and showcases the broad range of styles she has covered including classic soul, contemporary RnB and pop-rock. Includes a coverof Robbie Williams's 'Angels' and the new single, a versionof the Erma Franklin classic 'Piece Of My Heart'.

Customer Reviews

Underrated British RnB at it's best
An amazing collection of Beverley Knight's greatest hits, and the title "Voice" is certainly no lie.

When people think of Beverley Knight, many wouldn't know her, whilst others would credit her as an "uptempo Mary J Blige".
The hard truth is that Beverley Knight is a true gem of Britain, with enough soul to impress the sharpest of critics, and the right amount of sass to satisfy a public domain.

This long overdue complimation of Knight's best is a magnificent example of the capabilites of this young star -

The soulful "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" is a beautiful feel-good anthem, which is strickingly similar to Knight's older peer in British RnB - Gabrielle. The chorus is catchy enough to entice radio listeners, but is still a perfect song to lie down and listen to with ease.

"Gold" is a slow, easy listening number from Beverley, and the lyrics and vocals are achingly beautiful. A must listen for anyone, this track seems to have a certain "Mariah Carey/Destiny's Child" aura to it, without the overpowering voice or dance vibe to follow.

"Not To Late For Love" is very similar to "Shoulda Woulda Coulda", again showing public appeal but with chill-out sounds.
The catchy chorus is very pleasing to the ears, however, with most of her work at this stage in Beverley's Career (2004/2005), she seems to have taken a back seat in flaunting vocals, and prefering to focus on getting a strong fanbase, which is hardly a bad thing.

"Made It Back" is a gorgeous number, very urban, very "now" and very similar to what Knight's equals on the other side of the Atlantic seem to be aiming at - a certain je ne sais pas surrounds this track, with a Janet Jackson-esque vibe to compare with.

One of the obvious stand out tracks is Knight's most popular song to date - "Keep This Fire Burning" - an attitude packed summer anthem from 2005, in which she chants her way through one of the most addictive combination of lyrics known to man. This song isn't so much about the numbers of Octaves Knight can hit, instead about the number of people she can get backing her on that almighty chorus. An absolute must listen for Knight-Virgins... Fabulous

"Come As You Are" has comercially been Beverley's most notable single to date, from the same album as "Keep This Fire Going", there is obvious pre-listen thought of similarity, and these thoughts are well justified - "Come As You Are" is another 'A-Grade' track with an almighty chorus, and a summer feel-good vibe to it. A slight contrast is the vocal power, which is outstanding in this track, Ms Knight certainly knows how to hold a note, and this is evident throughout the entire album.

"Get Up" is another sassy track, filled with american influence and pure urban beats, with the syrup lyrics to follow... A certain Carribean vibe on the chorus, and this song can instantly be compared to some of Rhianna's work.

"Piece Of My Heart" is a classic Janis Joplin cover, and the new single from this album - this has to bee the absolute highlight of this Greatest Hits package - It has the power, range, sass and pure soul to be counted as a personal favourite of ALL my music. Heavenly sounds from Beverley Knight who really pushed herself on this one.

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Overall, a magnificent mix of multi-genre soul similar to the likes of Jamelia, Mary J Blige, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Beyonce Knowles, Rhianna, Amerie and Gabrielle, with Beverley's very unique twist...
This is a must have for every collection...

I present to you, Ms Beverley Knight, and that outstanding "Voice...."

A real star
If you are a fan of Beverley Knight, then you may have her 4 studio albums and therefore most of these tracks - so lets address this to those of you that have yet to discover the full wonder of her talent.

Beverley Knight has a voice that harks back to the golden age of Soul vocalists, and when combined with current production, she proves herself the best contemporary British R&B female - fond of Joss Stone, like a little Beyonce, or even Amy Winehouse, then you really should get this best of compilation.

Regretful on "Shoulda Woulda Coulda", that anthem to lost opportunity, Beverley rocks out on "Come as You Are" and then slows it down on "Gold". If there is a criticism, for me the compilers could have made more of the spine tingling ballads featured on her albums - this set focuses on the more uptempo stuff - but I am being picky.

Please buy this, Beverley Knight deserves the widest possible audience. Once you have heard it get the albums this was culled from, and her latest "Music City Soul" and marvel at the breadth and depth of the musical talent of the lady

Best female vocalist in Britain?
I first became aware of Beverley Knight when 'Shoulda Woulda Coulda' received alot of airplay in 2002 and became a top 10 hit. And quite right too. This track rightfully opens this 'Best of' collection and it is a very fine track indeed. Great opening guitar, great tempo, great lyrics. I didn't know any of her earlier work, but some of that is also included here, and is very worthy indeed of inclusion. Some of the songs on here should have been bigger hits - 'Keep This Fire Burning' was only top 20 in sales although in airplay it reached the top 5, and although a cover version, it is one of Knight's best recordings. There are some absolute gems on here which demonstrate what a talent Ms Knight is, as both a singer and a songwriter. I defy anyone not to be totally moved by the amazing vocals and piano on 'Gold'. There's some excellent rnb/funk, namely 'Get Up!', and 'Made It Back', which is just a great dance track, both the original and the Good Times remix. If you like soul/rnb with an edge - as displayed on the rocky 'Come As You Are', you will like this collection of brilliantly produced and performed songs which deserve to become classics of our time. As a bonus there are a few live tracks, including a showstopping, gospel-esque cover of Robbie William's 'Angels' - which shows Knights true versatility as a singer and performer. I would highly recommend this album to anyone who knows anything of Beverley Knight's work - and to anyone who doesn't.