Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998

Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998
Box set by
Phyllis Hyman
ReleasedAugust 6, 2021[1]
Recorded1976–1995
Genre
LabelSoulMusic Records
Producer
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[2]

Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998 is a posthumous compilation album by singer Phyllis Hyman, released in 2021. The box set contains 9 CDs, featuring all of her studio albums as well as bonus material recorded over the course of her career.

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Andy Kellman described the box set as a "proper testament to Hyman's excellence" and noted the "obvious love and care" that went into its assembly.[2] The box set was given 4+1⁄2 stars out of 5.[2]

AllMusic also named the box set as one of its favourite archival releases of 2021.[3]

Track listing

Asterisks (*) denote bonus tracks. Tracklist taken from SoulMusic press release [1].

Disc 1 – Phyllis Hyman (1977) with 6 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Loving You – Losing You"
7:27
2."No One Can Love You More"
4:23
3."One Thing on My Mind"
5:30
4."I Don't Want to Lose You"
5:31
5."Deliver the Love"
3:59
6."Was Yesterday Such a Long Time Ago"
  • M. Goode
  • Buddy Scott
4:36
7."Night Bird Gets the Love"
  • Muhyi Shakoor
  • Clifford Carter
5:21
8."Beautiful Man of Mine"
  • Larry Alexander
6:58
9."Children of the World"
3:01
10."Baby (I'm Gonna Love You)"Larry Alexander3:51
11."Do Me" (7" version)
  • Hiram Bullock
  • Larry Alexander
3:01
12."You're the One"
  • John E. Davis
5:24
13."We Need Each Other" (Norman Connors featuring Phyllis Hyman and Michael Henderson)
  • Michael Henderson
4:01
14."Betcha By Golly Wow" (Norman Connors featuring Phyllis Hyman)
  • Thom Bell
  • Linda Creed
6:19
15."Just Imagine" (Norman Connors featuring Phyllis Hyman)
  • Onaje Allan Gumbs
3:58
Total length:1:13:28
  • Tracks 1–9 from the album Phyllis Hyman (1977).
  • Track 10 was a standalone single from 1976.
  • Track 11 was the b-side of "Baby (I'm Gonna Love You)" (1976).
  • Track 12 was previously released on the 2002 CD re-issue of You Know How to Love Me (1978) and the 2008 CD re-issue of Can't We Fall in Love Again? (1981).
  • Tracks 13–15 from the Norman Connors album You Are My Starship (1976).
Disc 2 – Somewhere in My Lifetime (1979) with 6 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kiss You All Over"
5:07
2."Somewhere in My Lifetime"
  • Jesus Alvarez
3:29
3."Lookin' for a Lovin'"
  • Phyllis Brown
  • Barry Goldberg
2:56
4."The Answer Is You"
  • Mark Radice
5:09
5."So Strange"
  • Theodore Life
  • Billy Green
4:41
6."Gonna Make Changes"
  • Phyllis Hyman
3:58
7."Living Inside Your Love"
6:13
8."Be Careful (How You Treat My Love)"
  • Garry Glenn
4:13
9."Soon Come Again"
  • Larry Alexander
  • Sandy Torano
3:34
10."Here's That Rainy Day"
3:10
11."So Strange" (12" version)
  • Theodore Life
  • Billy Green
9:01
12."Kiss You All Over" (12" version)
  • Mike Chapman
  • Nicky Chinn
6:16
13."Sweet Music"
  • Al Martinez
3:48
14."Love is Free"
  • Mark Radice
3:45
15."Sing a Song"
3:37
16."As You Are" (Pharoah Sanders featuring Phyllis Hyman)
  • Norman Connors
  • Paul Smith
5:09
Total length:1:14:09
  • Tracks 4, 6–10 were originally released on the 1978 album Sing a Song.
  • Track 11 was the a-side of the U.S. 12" promo Arista SP-42.
  • Track 12 was the b-side of the U.S. 12" promo Arista SP-42 and the U.K. "Under Your Spell" 12" single (ARIST 12343).
  • Tracks 13–15 released on Sing a Song (1978) but did not appear on Somewhere in My Lifetime.
  • Track 16 from the Pharoah Sanders album Love Will Find a Way (1978).
Disc 3 – You Know How to Love Me (1979) with 7 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Know How to Love Me"
7:35
2."Some Way"
  • Reggie Lucas
  • James Mtume
5:11
3."Under Your Spell"
  • Reggie Lucas
  • James Mtume
4:37
4."This Feeling Must Be Love"
  • William Beard
3:45
5."But I Love You"
  • Misha Segal
  • Morgan Ames
3:05
6."Heavenly"
  • Reggie Lucas
  • James Mtume
4:31
7."Hold On"
4:14
8."Give a Little More"
  • Howard Schneider
  • Larry Alexander
  • Phyllis Hyman
4:05
9."Complete Me"
  • Brad Catron
5:26
10."You Know How to Love Me" (Single Edit)
  • Reggie Lucas
  • James Mtume
3:47
11."Under Your Spell" (Single Edit)
  • Reggie Lucas
  • James Mtume
3:37
12."Magic Mona"
  • Thom Bell
  • Leroy Bell
  • Casey James
  • Jack Robinson
3:24
13."I'll Be Around" (McCoy Tyner featuring Phyllis Hyman)
6:12
14."Love Surrounds Us Everywhere" (McCoy Tyner featuring Phyllis Hyman)
  • McCoy Tyner
5:14
15."In Search of My Heart" (McCoy Tyner featuring Phyllis Hyman)
  • McCoy Tyner
7:06
16."In a Sentimental Mood"
  • Irving Mills
  • Manny Kurtz
3:25
Total length:1:15:22
Disc 4 – Can't We Fall in Love Again? (1981) with 6 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Sure Look Good to Me"
  • Brian Potter
  • Rick Conedera
4:19
2."Don't Tell Me, Tell Her"
  • Doug James
  • Sandy Linzer
4:19
3."I Ain't Asking"
4:02
4."Can't We Fall in Love Again?" (Duet with Michael Henderson)
5:16
5."The Love Too Good To Last"
4:05
6."Tonight You and Me"
  • Bruce Hawes
  • Peyton Scott
3:46
7."Sunshine in My Life"
  • Larry Alexander
  • Phyllis Hyman
4:26
8."Just Another Face in the Crowd"
  • Dennis Caldirola
  • Joe Ericksen
5:51
9."Can't We Fall in Love Again?" (Single version)
  • John Lewis Parker
  • Peter Ivers
4:39
10."You Sure Look Good to Me" (Single version)
  • Brian Potter
  • Rick Conedera
3:28
11."Tonight You and Me" (Disco version)
  • Bruce Hawes
  • Peyton Scott
5:25
12."Sleep on It"
  • Andrew Kastner
  • Larry McNally
3:21
13."If You Ever Change Your Mind"
  • David Batteau
  • Richard Calhoun
  • Scott Shelley
2:58
14."In Between the Heartaches"
  • Burt Bacharach
  • Hal David
3:44
Total length:59:46
  • Tracks 1–8 from the album Can't We Fall in Love Again? (1981).
  • Track 11 from the U.S. 12-inch promo Arista SP 114 and U.K. 12-inch single Arista ARIST 12 444.
  • Tracks 12–14 previously released on the compilation album In Between the Heartaches (2003) and the 2008 CD re-issue of Can't We Fall in Love Again?.
Disc 5 – Goddess of Love with 3 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Riding the Tiger"
6:22
2."Goddess of Love"
5:50
3."Why Did You Turn Me On"
4:11
4."Your Move, My Heart"
4:43
5."Let Somebody Love You"
4:44
6."Falling Star"
  • Bill Neale
  • George Merrill
  • Shannon Rubicam
3:46
7."We Should Be Lovers"
  • Joseph Jefferson
  • Charles Simmons
  • Sherman Marshall
3:53
8."Just Me and You"
4:36
9."Just 25 Miles to Anywhere"
  • Thom Bell
  • Joseph Jefferson
2:46
10."I'm Not Asking You to Stay"
  • Joseph Jefferson
  • Richard Roebuck
4:20
11."Riding the Tiger" (Dance version)
  • Narada Michael Walden
  • Jeffrey Cohen
  • Dwayne Simmons
8:46
12."Riding the Tiger" (Single edit)
  • Narada Michael Walden
  • Jeffrey Cohen
  • Dwayne Simmons
4:08
Total length:58:10
  • Tracks 1–9 from the album Goddess of Love (1983).
  • Track 10 previously released on the 2008 CD re-issue of Can't We Fall in Love Again? (1981).
  • Track 11 originally released on 12-inch single Arista AD 1-9041 (1983).
Disc 6 – Living All Alone with 2 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Living All Alone"
  • Cynthia Biggs
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Dexter Wansel
5:08
2."First Time Together"
4:03
3."If You Want Me"
4:20
4."Slow Dancin'"
4:35
5."Old Friend"
4:52
6."You Just Don't Know"
  • Cynthia Biggs
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Thom Bell
4:15
7."Ain't You Had Enough Love?"
4:13
8."Screaming at the Moon"
  • Wayne Wallace
  • Ronald Hollins
4:09
9."What You Won't Do For Love"
4:05
10."Black and Blue" (Barry Manilow and Phyllis Hyman featuring Tom Scott)
4:02
11."Sacred Kind of Love" (Grover Washington, Jr. featuring Phyllis Hyman)
5:37
Total length:49:25
Disc 7 – Prime of My Life (1991) with 2 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When You Get Right Down To It"
  • Nick Martinelli
  • Reginald Hines
4:22
2."I Found Love"
  • Jonathan Rosen
  • Karen Manno
4:26
3."Don’t Wanna Change The World"
  • Jonathan Rosen
  • Karen Manno
  • David Darlington
5:23
4."Prime of My Life"
  • Preston Glass
  • Alan Glass
5:12
5."When I Give My Love (This Time)"
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Roland Chambers
7:02
6."I Can't Take It Anymore"
  • Nick Martinelli
  • Reginald Hines
4:22
7."Walk Away"
  • Marti Sharron
  • Kenny Hirsch
4:24
8."Living in Confusion"
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Terry Burrus
  • Phyllis Hyman
7:07
9."Meet Me on the Moon"
6:45
10."Whatever Happened To Our Love"
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Terry Burrus
4:09
11."(The) Hottest Love Around"
  • Doug James
  • Sue Shifrin
4:29
12."Don't Wanna Change the World" (No Rap version)
  • Jonathan Rosen
  • Karen Manno
  • David Darlington
4:09
Total length:1:01:56
  • Tracks 1–10 from the album Prime of My Life (1991).
  • Track 11 was a bonus track for Prime of My Life in Japan and also appeared on the promo CD for "I Found Love" (Zoo Entertainment ZP17068-2).
  • Track 12 was the b-side of the cassette single Zoo Entertainment 14005-4.
Disc 8 – I Refuse to Be Lonely (1995)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Refuse To Be Lonely"
4:00
2."Waiting for the Last Tear To Fall"
  • Jon Rosen
  • Karen Manno
  • Jeff Franzel
4:11
3."This Too Shall Pass"
  • Lorrain Feather
  • Joe Curiale
5:28
4."I'm Truly Yours"
5:41
5."I'm Calling You"
  • Phyllis Hyman
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Dexter Wansel
6:01
6."Back to Paradise"
  • Jon Rosen
  • Karen Manno
  • Jim Jacobsen
4:50
7."It's Not About You (It's About Me)"
5:16
8."It Takes Two"
  • Noel Cohen
  • Daryl Hair
  • Phyllis Hyman
4:13
9."Why Not Me"
  • Barry J. Eastmond
  • Gordon Chambers
  • Diane Quander
  • Phyllis Hyman
4:41
10."Give Me One Good Reason To Stay"
5:13
Total length:1:01:56
Disc 9 – Forever with You (1998)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Forever With You"
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Terry Burruss
4:21
2."Funny How Love Goes" (Introducing Damon)
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Walter Sigler
4:49
3."Come Right Or Not at All"
  • Jane Eugene
  • Nick Martinelli
  • Ian Prince
  • Phyllis Hyman
  • Angelo Morris
5:21
4."The Strength of a Woman"
4:25
5."Hurry Up This Way Again"
  • Dexter Wansel
  • Cynthia Biggs
4:23
6."How Long"
  • Michael O'Hara
  • Phyllis Hyman
4:19
7."Someone To Love"
4:04
8."Tell Me What You're Gonna Do"
  • Barry Eastmond
  • Phyllis Hyman
  • Herb Middleton
4:39
9."The Kids"
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Bruce A. Hawes
4:41
10."Set A Little Trap"
  • James Sigler
4:21
11."No One But You"
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Leon A. Huff
4:34
12."Souvenirs"
4:28
Total length:54:35

Charts

Chart (2021) Peak
position
UK Independent Album Breakers Chart (OCC)[4] 15

References

allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Friend:_The_Deluxe_Collection_1976%E2%80%931998