The Best of Tanita Tikaram sums up the singer/songwriter's first five albums, with a little too much emphasis on material from Lovers in the City and Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, and not enough from Everybody's Angel and Sweet Keeper (only one song from each album made it onto this set). 
Still, this is a lovely collection from start to finish, and showcases Tanita Tikaram as a singer who deserves much more attention than she has received. The album contains all of her U.K. hit singles, including four from her stellar debut, Ancient Heart, among those the sublime "Twist in My Sobriety," easily one of the greatest songs to have come out of the 1980s (an additional dance remix of that song closes out the album). Other highlights include the astounding, heartbreaking "Only the Ones We Love" (quite possibly the best song on this collection), the Phil Spector-ish "You Make the Whole World Cry," and the haunting "I Might Be Crying." Another definite standout is this album's only new recording (and the only cover), which is her version of "And I Think of You" (originally titled "E Penso a Te"). One only wishes other tracks, such as "We Almost Got It Together" and "Valentine Heart," were accounted for as opposed to so much material from her otherwise fine album Lovers in the City. Tikaram, with her heartbroken, world-weary, smoky voice, is in a league all her own and, because of her early start in the recording business, will hopefully have enough material to some day warrant a best-of volume two. (AMG)



01. Twist In My Sobriety                                         
02. Cathedral Song                                               
03. World Outside Your Window                                    
04. Good Tradition                                               
05. Love Don't Need No Tyranny                                   
06. Little Sister Leaving Town                                   
07. Only The Ones We Love                                        
08. You Make The Whole World Cry                                 
09. Trouble                                                      
10. Wonderful Shadow                                             
11. Men And Women                                                
12. I Might Be Crying                                            
13. Happy Taxi                                                   
14. My Love Tonight                                              
15. Lovers In The City                                           
16. And I Think Of You (E Penso A Te )                            
17. Twist In My Sobriety (Tikaramp Radio)


P.S. 1. Track 16 Originally by Lucio Battisti
        2. Track 17 remixed by Ramp. 
Ramp are Shem McCauley and Simon Rogers, best known as Slacker. Kinda well-known in the progressive house scene. They produce mostly progressive house with their own trademark sound


Label: Warner (UK)
Released: 1996



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