The Very Best of Peter Allen
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| Released | July 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1971–1982 | |||
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The Very Best of Peter Allen is the first compilation album released by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen. It was released in July 1982 through A&M Records, completing his deal with the label. The album peaked at number nine on the Australian Kent Music Report.[1] The album was re-titled, The Best in the United States, with an altered track listing.
The Very Best of Peter Allen is a compilation album by Australian-born singer-songwriter Peter Allen, which was issued in 1982.[2] According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, Allen's most famous songs during his career were "I Go to Rio", "I Honestly Love You", "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "I Still Call Australia Home".[2]
Reception
Track listing
The Very Best of Peter Allen Festival Records (C52012), A & M Records (393 207-4)[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "I Go to Rio" | Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson | Taught by Experts (1976) | 3:17 |
| 2. | "Don't Wish too Hard" | Allen, Carole Bayer Sager | I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979) | 5:14 |
| 3. | "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" | Allen, Sager | Taught by Experts (1976) | 5:13 |
| 4. | "I Honestly Love You" | Allen, Jeff Barry | Continental American (1974) | 3:32 |
| 5. | "Fly Away" | Allen, David Foster, Sager | Bi-Coastal (1980) | 4:01 |
| 6. | "One Step Over the Borderline" | Allen | Bi-Costal (1980) | 3:54 |
| 7. | "Don't Cry Out Loud" | Allen, Sager | I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979) | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Everything Old Is New Again" | Allen, Sager | Continental American (1974) | 2:35 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Tenterfield Saddler" | Allen | Tenterfield Saddler (1972) | 4:08 |
| 2. | "I Could Have Been a Sailor" | Allen | I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979) | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Bi-coastal" | Allen, Tom Kean, Foster | Bi-coastal (1980) | 5:13 |
| 4. | "The More I See You" | Harry Warren | Taught by Experts (1976) | 3:30 |
| 5. | "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" | Allen, Sager | I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979) | 3:38 |
| 6. | "She Loves to Hear the Music" | Allen | Taught by Experts (1976) | 3:26 |
| 7. | "Just Ask Me I've Been There" | Allen | Continental American (1974) | 4:07 |
| 8. | "I Still Call Australia Home" | Allen | Bi-Costal (1980) | 2:35 |
