The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under

The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, released in Australia in August 1992 through A&M Records.

The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under
Greatest hits album by
Peter Allen
Released14 August 1992
GenreFunk / Soul, Pop, Disco
Length79:39
LabelA&M Records
ProducerRichard Landis
Peter Allen chronology
Making Every Moment Count
(1990)		 The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under
(1992)		 At His Best
(1993)

It was released less than two months after Allen’s passing, on 18 June 1992.[1]

Allen wrote or co-wrote all but two of the tracks on the album.

Reviews

Adrian Zupp of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5, saying; “His songwriting range [from] tender ballads through to poppier fare and even campy fun numbers has rarely been rivaled …[and this album] captures the cream of Allen's career on one highly engaging disc.” Zupp concluded with “this album spans the moods and melodies that made Peter Allen such a special artist.”[2]

Track listing
  1. Honest Queen (Peter Allen / Estelle Levitt) 3:16
  2. Tenterfield Saddler (Album Version) (Peter Allen) 3:37
  3. Just Ask Me I've Been There (Peter Allen) 4:23
  4. Everything Old Is New Again (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 2:35
  5. I Honestly Love You (Jeff Barry, Peter Allen) 3:30
  6. She Loves To Hear Music (Album Version) (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:22
  7. I Go to Rio (Album Version) (Adrienne Anderson, Peter Allen) 3:23
  8. Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 5:14
  9. The More I See You (Album Version) (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) 3:35
  10. I Could Have Been A Sailor (Peter Allen) 3:53
  11. Don't Wish Too Hard (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) – 5:14
  12. Don't Cry Out Loud (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 4:09
  13. I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:40
  14. One Step Over The Borderline (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 3:54
  15. Fly Away (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Peter Allen) 4:01
  16. Bi-Coastal (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 4:23
  17. I Don’t Go Shopping (Peter Allen, David Lasley) 4:35
  18. I Still Call Australia Home (Single Version) (Peter Allen) 3:56
  19. You Haven’t Heard the Last of Me (Eric Kaz, Tom Snow) 4:14
  20. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 1985) (Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager) 4:45

Charts

“The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under” debuted on the Australian ARIA Charts at number 24, before peaking at number 16 the following week.

Weekly charts
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 16

References
  1. Lambert, Bruce (19 June 1992). "Peter Allen, Concert Entertainer And Songwriter, Is Dead at 48". The New York Times.
  2. "The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. "Australiancharts.com – Peter Allen – THE VERY BEST OF PETER ALLEN". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 September 2015.


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