A budget-priced 10-track collection of favorites from Paul Davis. All original recordings.
Tracks:
1.I Go Crazy
2.Sweet Life
3.All The Way
4.He Sang Our Love Songs
5.Too Slow To Disco
6.Let Me Know It's Over
7.Do You Believe In Love
8.So True
9.When Everything Else Is Gone
10.Darlin'
Product Description:
Collectables' 2003 disc The Very Best of Paul Davis: I Go Crazy is part of their "Priceless Collection" series, which is a budget-line reissue series that reissues previously released budget-line collections from other labels. It's a bit of an odd situation since these are not collections that anyone really wants reissued, but they do tend to be good budget-line samplers, so it's nice to have them around for the consumer on a budget. I Go Crazy is no exception to the rule. A repackaged and retitled reissue of a 1993 Sony compilation, this presents the basics of his Bang recordings, such as "I Go Crazy" and "Sweet Life." While some notable Bang-era cuts are missing -- first and foremost "Ride 'Em Cowboy" -- what keeps this from being unconditionally recommended is that it doesn't cover his early-'80s recordings for Arista, which contain three of his biggest and best hits: "Do Right," "Cool Night," and "'65 Love Affair." If you need those songs, turn to Razor & Tie's fine 1999 collection Sweet Life, the only disc to give both labels equal measure, but if a sampling of the Bang years is all you need, this will do. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine