The Best of Tanita Tikaram

• Artist: Tanita Tikaram
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1996
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

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. ~ Jose F. Promis, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Twist in My Sobriety	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(4:51)
Cathedral Song	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(2:52)
World Outside Your Window	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(4:52)
Good Tradition	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(2:51)
Love Don't Need No Tyranny	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(5:00)
Little Sister Leaving Town	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(3:57)
Only the Ones We Love (Lyrics)	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(2:52)
You Make the Whole World Cry	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(3:38)
Trouble	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(3:56)
Wonderful Shadow	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(6:12)
Men and Women	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(3:09)
I Might Be Crying (Lyrics)	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(3:55)
Happy Taxi (Lyrics)	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(5:42)
My Love Tonight (Lyrics)	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(4:37)
Lovers in the City	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(6:23)
And I Think of You (E Penso a Te)	Mogol Audio 2	Tanita Tikaram	(4:19)
Twist in My Sobriety (Tikaramp Radio)	Tanita Tikaram	Tanita Tikaram	(4:24)

Credits

John Hudson (Engineer), Steve Price (Mixing), Rod Argent (Mixing), Steve Krause (Mixing), Thomas Newman (Producer), Deborah Feingold (Photography), Steve Price (Engineer), Tanita Tikaram (Translation), Simon Hurrell (Mixing), Rod Argent (Producer), Simon Hurrell (Engineer), Tanita Tikaram (Producer), Tanita Tikaram (Vocals), Alan Jackson (Liner Notes), Rapino Brothers (Producer), Peter Van Hooke (Producer), Peter Van Hooke (Mixing), John Hudson (Mixing), Simon Hurrell (Producer), Jean Baptiste Mondino (Photography), Peter Moss (Photography), Steve Krause (Engineer)

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