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- Date Released: April 24, 2007
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: Razor & Tie
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They Say...
From all appearances, Razor & Tie's 2007 compilation The Definitive Collection surely seems to live up to its title. It weighs in at 22 tracks and the back cover claims that it is a "celebration of Neil Sedaka's 50 years making music, from his first recordings in 1957 to his most recent work. The first career-spanning collection of its kind." Well, that's true to a certain extent -- it is the first to attempt to survey everything Sedaka's done from 1957 to 2007, so in that sense it is a first, and it's also a celebration since it has his biggest songs, from "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" through "Bad Blood." However, it doesn't have the original versions of these songs from the '50s and '60s: it has 1991 re-recordings that are a little stiff and overly polished, but Sedaka is thankfully in good voice. For those who realize this Definitive Collection is a combination of re-recordings and originals and don't care that his earliest and biggest songs are present in latter-day versions, this isn't a bad disc, since it does have all of his biggest songs as well as good notes by Gene Sculatti. And for hardcore fans, there are some additional enticements: demos of "Where the Boys Are" and "It Hurts to Be in Love," plus "What a Surprise" and "Junkie for Your Love" making their CD debut.
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| 01. |  |
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Fast) |
2:18 |
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| 02. | |
Oh! Carol |
2:16 |
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| 03. | |
Stairway To Heaven |
2:41 |
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| 04. | |
Calendar Girl |
2:39 |
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| 05. | |
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen |
2:39 |
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| 06. | |
Next Door To An Angel |
2:37 |
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| 07. | |
Rainy Day Bells |
2:59 |
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| 08. | |
Going Nowhere |
3:54 |
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| 09. | |
You |
5:33 |
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| 10. | |
Laughter In The Rain |
2:50 |
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| 11. | |
The Immigrant |
3:46 |
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| 12. | |
Solitaire (Live) |
4:49 |
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| 13. | |
Love Will Keep Us Together |
3:50 |
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| 14. | |
Bad Blood |
3:09 |
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| 15. | |
The Hungry Years |
4:06 |
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| 16. | |
Should've Never Let You Go (With Dara Sedaka) |
4:18 |
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| 17. | |
Been There Done That |
3:55 |
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| 18. | |
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Slow) |
3:17 |
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| 19. | |
Where The Boys Are (Demo) |
2:22 |
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| 20. | |
It Hurts To Be In Love (Demo) |
2:31 |
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| 21. | |
What a Surprise |
3:07 |
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| 22. | |
Junkie For Your Love |
4:31 |
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22 Total Tracks, 74:07 Total Length
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Credits
- Elliott Federman - Mastering // Doug Pomeroy - Digital Transfers // Gene Sculatti - Liner Notes // David Richman - Design // Craig Balsam - Executive Producer // Cliff Chenfeld - Executive Producer // Fadil Berisha - Photography // Scott Robbins - Project Director
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