Best of Don McLean [CD-single] [Import]

Best of Don McLean [CD-single] [Import]

Best of Don McLean [CD-single] [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. American Pie [Original Version]
2. Vincent
3. And I Love You So
4. Crying
5. Since I Don't Have You
6. Castles in the Air
7. It's Just the Sun
8. Jerusalem
9. It's a Beautiful Life
10. Headroom
11. 1967
12. Infinity
13. One in a Row
14. Lady in Waiting
15. Have You Seen Me
16. Siamese Twins
17. Brand New World
18. American Pie [New Version]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
UK collection from EMI gold, featuring 17 tracks including 'American Pie', 'Vincent', 'And I Love You So' & 'Castles In The Air'.

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The Best of Don McLean
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • An especially fine singer
  • Although the songs are great, this album comes up short.
  • Don McLean Songs
  • The Same Tired Old 35 Year Songs From A "One Hit Wonder!!!"
  • Musical Poetry
 The Best of Don McLean
Don McLean
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002UUF
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. American Pie
  2. Vincent
  3. And I Love You So
  4. Crying
  5. Castles In The Air
  6. Driedel
  7. Winterwood
  8. Every Day
  9. Mountains O'Mourne
  10. Prime Time

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An especially fine singer .......2007-01-07

There are three tracks here that I think especially good. One is 'American Pie' another is the beautiful ballad 'And I love you so'. The third and my favorite McLean song is 'Vincent' in which he shows a special sympathy and understanding for 'Van Gogh'.
McLean is an especially fine and intelligent singer.

3 out of 5 stars Although the songs are great, this album comes up short........2006-06-08

"The Best of Don McLean" follows true to the tradition of the many ten-track compilations in McLean's catalogue by taking his five most well-known songs--American Pie, Vincent, And I Love You So, Crying, and Castles in the Air--and then picking five more songs out of a hat to fill the space. These five aforementioned tracks are generally considered his best, and I have to agree, but there are some gems to be found among the lesser known fillers. The underrated Driedel is an insight into the consequences of your life's choices. Winterwood is a fine guitar-picking love song that doesn't get too mushy on you (like And I Love You So.) Every Day is a rather entertaining cover if a bit of a throwaway. His cover of Mountains O'Mourne is an excellently done ballad, and that leaves Prime Time as the only real throwaway of the bunch.

The real problem with just about every compilation album of McLean's is that they blatantly ignore what really is his best work. To me, the best possible Don McLean song (aside, of course, from American Pie) is a simplistic acoustic tune with McLean's endearing tenor singing deep lyrics (such as Vincent.) McLean's live performance album "Solo" makes for a far better "Best of" album than most of his compilations, in my mind. The compilation producers and myself are just clearly not seeing eye-to-eye, it seems.

"The Best of Don McLean" has a handful of great songs, but it is not a good enough retrospective of McLean's abilities. If you must get some compilation, and my are there many, then "The Legendary songs of Don McLean" would probably be a better choice, since it has twice as many tracks. But even that album ignores McLean's lesser known brilliance.

5 out of 5 stars Don McLean Songs.......2006-04-18

I find Don McLean as one of the greatest artist ever. When I first listened to his songs in 1998, I immideately fell in love with them. Songs like Castles in the air and Driedel have the ability to dig out the love in you. I would reccommend his songs for those in love, contemplating to fall in love and for the broken hearted. I think the softness with which McLean transfers his messages is a good for all remedy. Though old, his songs definately enkindle insipiration. I am traditionally a reggea fan, but I have never gotten tired on listening to Don McLean.

5 out of 5 stars The Same Tired Old 35 Year Songs From A "One Hit Wonder!!!".......2005-08-21

I do find it very sad when a so called 'artist" lives off the same tired old songs that you hear endlessly on your "Easy Listening" radio station. I mean just how many times can you listen to the 34 year old song "American Pie?". I saw this guy in concert 30 years ago and I saw him again last year and he was STILL singing the same tired old songs but he had put on some weight.I guess when you haven't got anything original and new to offer the muisc buying public then you just keep on churning out albums with the same songs on it. I give this album 5 stars because thankfully Mr.Mclean has now faded into music obscurity.

5 out of 5 stars Musical Poetry.......2004-02-04

Don McLean is the subject of Roberta Flack's heartfelt tribute in the 1973 hit 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'.
McLean is certainly one of the greatest balladeers, coming out with some really superior music, soothing, thoughtful and with poetic lyrics.

This album begins with McLean's most famous hit 'American Pie' (1971) which was inspired by the tragic death of one of McLean's earliest role models and musical influences, Buddy Holly, in 1959.
Later commentators have tried to put other significance to the song, such as claiming it was an anti- Vietnam War protest song, but there is no evidence for such claims, as McLean refuses to comment on such spurious analysis.

At any rate , American Pie is one of my less favourite McLean songs so I don't know why it is his most famous.

It is followed by the sad tribute to Vincent Van Gogh, Vincent (1971).

But these two well known songs where certainly far from the sum total of Don Mc Lean's talent. 'And I Love You So (1970) is McLean's beautiful version of this poignant love song, also done by various other artists.
He also does a great version of Crying (1978), originally the hit of Roy Orbison in 1961.

Castles In The Air (1970) is in my opinion, perhaps McLean's greatest piece, an exquisite song of longing for the beauty and simplicity of the country life away from the shallow 'cocktail generation': "Words cannot express the feel of sunlight in the morning , in the hills away from city strife.I need a country woman for my wife , I'm city born but I love the country life" . The words are poetic and set to fantastic music. I can relate to the song perfectly.

Dreidel (1972), another superb piece, refers to the spinning top played with by Jewish children at the festival of Chanukah, and he compares it's spinning to the spinning of life.

Then there is the musical poetry of Winter Wood (1971) and the feel good love song Everyday (1973).

Mountains o'Mourne (1973) is an Irish ballad of longing and love , and as always McLean does it perfectly

While all the songs on this album are exquisite there are other wonderful songs, which McLean sung, which are unfortunately left off this album such as The Birthday Song (1972) , Wonderful Baby (1974) , Fools Paradise ( 1973) and Respectable ( 1970) .
With only ten songs on this album, there should have been space for some more McLean gems.
The Best of Don McLean: American Pie & Other Hits
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • This is the least comprehensive Don McLean hits collection
 The Best of Don McLean: American Pie & Other Hits
Don McLean
Manufacturer: Collectables Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008VA1J
Release Date: 2003-04-04

Tracks:

  1. American Pie
  2. And I Love You
  3. Babylon
  4. Vincent
  5. La La Love You
  6. Everyday
  7. Dreidel
  8. You Have Lived
  9. If We Try
  10. Castles in the Air

Album Description

Subtitled - American Pie & Other Hits. Nice price 10 track collection from Collectables featuring top selling hits like 'American Pie' & 'Vincent'. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars This is the least comprehensive Don McLean hits collection.......2003-11-28

There are legions of one hit wonders who had their one big hit and disappeared from the music scene. When Don McLean burst upon the charts with "American Pie" there was a good chance that he might quickly disappear as well since it was fairly obvious that the odds were against him ever having a bigger hit. But while McLean never had another hit as popular he certainly proved he had more than one great song in him when he wrote "Vincent" (a.k.a. "Starry Starry Night") and a couple of very good songs in "And I Love You So" and "Castles in the Air." I even like his "Driedel" song. Unfortunately, this import collection of McLean's hits misses out on his cover of Roy Orbison's "Crying," which makes this a lesser collection that the original 10-track hits album from EMI and is not even worth comparing to "The Very Best of Don McLean," which has 16-tracks, including all of the above and a new version of "American Pie." So, while there are songs on this album that are not worth listening to more than once, but the ones that are good are simply great. McLean is clearly one of those artists where you just need his "Best of" album, but you still want to be selective on that score, as indicated above. Final Note: I always thought that the name of the character of Vincent on television's "Beauty and the Beast" was taken from McLean's song given the line: "But I could have told you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you."
Very Best of Don Mclean
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    		Very Best of Don Mclean

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    ASIN: B00097HDUE
    Release Date: 2007-04-24
    The Best of Don McLean
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great introduction to Don's music
    		 The Best of Don McLean
    Don McLean
    Manufacturer: EMI Gold Imports
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00005OMC2
    Release Date: 2001-10-22

    Album Description

    UK collection from EMI gold, featuring 17 tracks including 'American Pie', 'Vincent', 'And I Love You So' & 'Castles In The Air'.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Great introduction to Don's music.......2005-01-17

    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.
    The Very Best of Don McLean, Favorites & Rarities
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • A Piece of America
    		 The Very Best of Don McLean, Favorites & Rarities
    Don McLean
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00004SW4S
    Release Date: 2000-03-27

    Tracks:

    1. American Pie (Original)
    2. Vincent
    3. And I Love You So
    4. Crying
    5. Since I Don't Have You
    6. Castles In The Air
    7. It's Just The Sun
    8. Jerusalem
    9. It's A Beautiful Life
    10. Headroom
    11. Infinity
    12. One In A Row
    13. Lady In Waiting
    14. Have You Seen Me
    15. Siamese Twins
    16. A Brand New World
    17. American Pie (new Version)

    Album Description

    16 track compilation for the singer songwriter currently raking it in thanks to Madonna's cover of his perennial 'American Pie' of which two versions (Original & New Version) by McLean are included here. Also includes his follow-up hit 'Vincent', 'And I Love Her So' (which was a hit for Perry Como), his hit cover of Roy Orbison's 'Crying' & 'Castles In The Air'. A timely retrospective for the artist who inspired Roberta Flack to write 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'. 1994release. Standard jewel case.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars A Piece of America.......2000-06-24

    Many people including the younger generations like myself have not heard much of Don Mclean. The hit American Pie is perhaps what draws many to his music. On this C.d. you'll find a number of terrific songs that give the same feel as Amreican Pie. This is a great album that anybody can enjoy whether they've been a long time fan or just fell in love with the hit single. I recomend that if you're wondering if you should buy it that you stop wondering and make the purchase. I think that you'll be glad that you did!
    Vincent - The Best Of
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      		Vincent - The Best Of
      Don Mclean
      Manufacturer: EMI
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000MDE20O

      Product Description

      RARE ASIAN IMPORT: TRACKS: 1. VINCENT 2. AND I LOVE YOU SO 3. EMPTY CHAIRS 4. SISTER FATIMA 5. CRYING 6. CASTLES IN THE AIR 7. AMERICAN PIE 8. IF WE TRY 9. FOOLS PARADISE 10. LA LA I LOVE YOU 11. EVERYDAY 12. WONDERFUL BABY 13. WINTERWOOD 14. BAD GIRL 15. TAPESTRY 16. CROSSROADS
      Music Maestro #6161 More Best Love Ballads Karaoke CDG-OOP
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        		Music Maestro #6161 More Best Love Ballads Karaoke CDG-OOP
        Maria Muldair, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Cher, Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Billy Vera, Rod Stewart, Don McLean, Judy Garland, Billy Paul
        Manufacturer: Music Maestro
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        KaraokeKaraoke | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000MHOON0

        Product Description

        This listing is for a brand new Music Maestro #6161 - More Best Loved Ballads Karaoke CD&G CD from the DISCONTINUED MUSIC MAESTRO 6000 collection. This great quality CD comes sealed in a heavy plastic jewel case, plays the music without the lead vocals and displays the lyrics on a Karaoke CD&G player. These songs are not preformed by the original artists but are very good re-creations.

        The songs included are as follows:

        More Best Loved Ballads MM-6161

        1.Me And Mrs. Jones - Paul, Billy

        2.Midnight At The Oasis - Maldaur, Maria

        3.Alone Again Naturally - O'Sullivan, Gilbert

        4.The Way Of Love - Cher

        5.That's Life - Sinatra, Frank

        6.Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home - Darin, Bobby

        7.At This Moment - Vera, Billy & Beaters

        8.Tonight's The Night - Stewart, Rod

        9.American Pie - McLean, Don

        10.Over The Rainbow - Garland, Judy

        11.Stand By Me - King, Ben E.

        12.Strangers In The Night - Sinatra, Frank

        13.Moondance - Morrison, Van

        14.How Do You Keep The Music Playing - Ingram & Austin

        15.Through The Fire - Khan, Chaka
        American Pie
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		American Pie
          Don McLean
          Manufacturer: Simply The Best
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B0000DET5I
          Release Date: 2002-07-09

          Tracks:

          1. American Pie [12"]
          2. Vincent
          3. And I Love You So
          4. Castles in the Air
          5. Love Hurts
          6. Crossroads
          7. Birthday Song
          8. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
          9. Crying
          10. Prime Time
          11. Winterwood
          12. Cryin' in the Chapel
          13. Wonderful Baby
          14. Everyday
          15. Fool's Paradise
          16. Tapestry
          17. Sitting on Top of the World
          Like a Mirror
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Like a Mirror
            Casey Abrams
            Manufacturer: Wampus Multimedia
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B00070QHRS
            Release Date: 2005-01-10

            Tracks:

            1. Twelve Bar Blues (open)
            2. The View from Here
            3. Nobodys Song
            4. So Long Away
            5. My Doppelganger
            6. We Don't Care How You Do It Up North
            7. Ghost Story
            8. The Times They Have a-Changed
            9. OIOU
            10. Twelve Bar Blues (closed)

            Album Description

            Plying a mix of folk, blues and Americana, Massachusetts singer-songwriter Casey Abrams makes his indie-label debut with Like a Mirror, part of the Wampus Multimedia Sessions series of live-in-studio recordings. Drawing on traditional song forms, Abrams evokes artists as diverse as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie and Don McLean with strikingly contemporary results.
            Absolute Best Singers & Songwriters, Volume 1 Cd!
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              		Absolute Best Singers & Songwriters, Volume 1 Cd!
              Don McLean , Janis Ian , Bread , Jim Croce , Carly Simon , Nilsson , and Todd Rundgren
              Manufacturer: Warner
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD
              ASIN: B000NWYMCW

              Product Description

              Absolute Best Singers & Songwriters, Volume 1 Cd! Song List: A Horse With No Name (America), American Pie (Don McLean), Cat's In the Cradle (Harry Chapin), Make It With You (Bread), Time In a Bottle (Jim Croce), Anticipation (Carly Simon), Get Closer (Seals & Crofts), Ooh Baby Baby (Linda Ronstadt), At Seventeen (Janis Ian), City of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie), Everybody's Talkin' (Nilsson), and Hello It's Me (Todd Rundgren)!

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