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Tony Christie - Definitive Collection (2005)

Posted By: Designol
Tony Christie - Definitive Collection (2005)

Tony Christie - Definitive Collection (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 497 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 214 Mb
Label: Universal Music TV | # 9827867 | Time: 01:13:02 | Scans included
Vocal Pop, Adult Contemporary, Early Pop/Rock

Tony is a British singer who, for a long time, struggled to make a significant impact in his own country. He was far more popular in mainland Europe, especially Spain, where he eventually set up home.

As far as his UK chart history goes, he began in 1971 with Las Vegas, which just missed the top twenty. He then made number two with I did what I did for Maria. However, his third hit of 1971, Is this the way to Amarillo (a song written by Neil Sedaka), only just made the UK top twenty although it was number one in several European countries. Some people have joked that Brits bought the record when they visited Spain rather than buying it at home, but Tony's subsequent career suggests this is not so. In any event, Tony never actually got to Amarillo back then.

After those three hits, Tony had two minor UK hits in the seventies - Avenues and alleyways (originally from the TV series The protectors, the song was also used in a movie, Love honor and obey) in 1973 and Drive safely darling in 1976. He then disappeared completely from the UK charts for many years.

Despite his modest UK chart success, he eventually returned to the UK charts via some influential British fans. First to the rescue came Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp) who wrote Walk like a panther, which gave Tony his second UK top ten hit - twenty-eight years after his first.

Tony only had to wait six years for his next big UK hit, when another fan, Peter Kay, used one of his old songs (Is this the way to Amarillo) in Phoenix nights. The song was given a further boost when released as a UK charity single in 2005. Suddenly, the song that the British public had given a lukewarm response to in 1971 was being played everywhere and gave Tony his first UK number one hit. Everybody wanted to know about Amarillo and the Texas city got plenty of enquiries from Brits. Tony finally made that trip to Amarillo. Whether the woman he originally sang about is still waiting for him, I doubt as thirty-four years have passed since he first asked the question.

This compilation contains all of Tony's UK hits up to April 2005, together with some new recordings (will one of these provide a follow-up hit?) and a selection of older recordings.

Apart from his own hits, you can hear Tony's covers of Solitaire (a Neil Sedaka song that became a UK hit for both the Carpenters and Andy Williams), Most beautiful girl (Charlie Rich), The way we were (Barbra Streisand), You've lost that loving feeling (Righteous brothers) and Home loving man (Andy Williams).

Tony sounds a bit like Tom Jones, whose career also revived in the late nineties. If you enjoy the music of Tom Jones, give Tony a chance.

Review by Peter Durward Harris

Tony Christie is one of those weird, only-in-the-U.K. pop sensations that happens every couple years or so – something as silly and massive as Chas & Dave or Mr. Blobby, something that seems absolutely bewildering to pop fans who don't live on the isles. Of course, unlike Blobby, Christie is an actual living, breathing musician, one who toiled at the margins of obscurity for decades before Peter Kay suddenly, inexplicably picked Christie's irresistible Neil Sedaka-written bubblegum 1971 novelty "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo" for the theme song for his 2004 BBC comedy Phoenix Nights. That was all it took to send "Amarillo" to number one in the U.K., well over 30 years after its initial release, making Christie a fleeting pop culture sensation in the process. This was something that had never happened to Christie in the past, despite his appearance on the first recorded version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, despite enduring popularity in Europe, despite Pulp's Jarvis Cocker writing him a song in 1999, despite his "Avenues and Alleyways" being used as a theme in the post-Guy Ritchie British crime comedy Love, Honour and Obey. Christie survived all this to become a left-field star in 2005 and he wasn't the only one to seize the spotlight – his former record labels followed suit, flooding the market with reissues and hits collections, of which Definitive Collection is the best. It runs an overly generous 21 songs, hitting all of the big moments in his career, which are not many: basically, "Amarillo," "Avenues and Alleyways," some cuts from Evita, Cocker's "Walk Like a Panther." There are a few Euro hits from the '80s and '90s that are missing, since the compilers wisely focus on '70s material that sounds a bit like "Amarillo" and a whole lot like a tamer Tom Jones. As dated kitsch goes, it's not bad, but a little goes a long way, and apart from the aforementioned trio of hits – plus a handful of others, like "I Did What I Did for Maria," "Las Vegas," and "Don't Go Down to Reno" – there just aren't that many memorable songs here; instead of great, forgotten schmaltzy soft rock, it often plays as generic Europop. Still, if "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo" makes you yearn for more Tony Christie, this is undoubtedly the collection that will satiate your curiosity, since it tells you everything you need to know and a whole lot more.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Tony Christie - Definitive Collection (2005)



Tracklist:

01. (Is This The Way To) Amarillo (03:11)
02. Avenues And Alleyways (03:18)
03. Las Vegas (03:21)
04. Solitaire (04:03)
05. Happy Birthday Baby (03:46)
06. I Did What I Did For Maria (03:28)
07. Drive Safely Darlin' (03:22)
08. On This Night Of A Thousand Stars (03:21)
09. Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast (03:03)
10. Most Beautiful Girl (02:42)
11. Don't Go Down To Reno (03:20)
12. The Way We Were (04:28)
13. So Deep Is The Night (03:35)
14. Didn't We (03:30)
15. You've Lost That Loving Feelin' (03:24)
16. Home Loving Man (02:52)
17. Walk Like A Panther '98 (All Seeing I Feat. Tony Christie) (04:18)
18. Vienna Sunday (03:41)
19. Loving You (03:28)
20. Almost In Love (02:52)
21. Street Of Broken Dreams (03:38)


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Tony Christie - Definitive Collection (2005)

Tony Christie - Definitive Collection (2005)

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