Description: Tracks:Hold Me CloseRock OnGonna Make You a StarIf I CouldLamplightComing HomeCool Out TonightBring in the SunFor Emily, Whenever I May Find HerRolling StoneCity LightsOn and OnAmericaTurn Me LooseGood Ol' Rock & RollStardust Performer Notes: This 16-track release by '70s British glam rocker David Essex includes his hits "Hold Me Close," "Gonna Make You A Star," and "Rock On."Personnel: David Essex (vocals).Liner Note Author: Johnny Black.Documenting the five years David Essex spent at CBS during the mid-'70s, The Best of David Essex is the best ever document of the halcyon days when just about anything with his name on it was guaranteed a roost near the top of the U.K. chart. Opening with the biggest one of the lot, 1975's U.K. chart-topping "Hold Me Close," it then marches resolutely (if not chronologically) through a hit parade that is almost unparalleled, for quality if nothing else. From 1973's immortal "Rock On" to 1977's "Cool Out Tonight" (a song that is, thankfully, a lot more memorable than its title), 11 singles are then neatly complemented with five more key album cuts, all but one spun off his debut. That the end result is most heavily weighted toward Essex's most influential (not to mention successful) period is another point in its favor, although the greatest benefit is probably derived from the stark realization of just how all-powerful the young Essex was. He scored no more than two number ones ("Gonna Make You a Star" was the other) and just four more Top Tenners ("Rock On," "Lamplight," "Stardust," and "Rolling Stone"). But he dominated the teen mags of the age, and he starred in two of the greatest rock & roll movies ever made, That'll Be the Day and Stardust. In other words, a little went a long way, in the nicest possible meaning of the phrase -- and that economy renders this a one-stop that you'll never want to leave. ~ Dave Thompson Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 16 December, 1997 Label: Unbranded
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Location: Gloucester
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EAN: 5099748103628
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Language: Eng
Track #1: Hold Me Close
Track #2: Rock On
Track #3: Gonna Make You a Star
Track #4: If I Could
Track #5: Lamplight
Track #6: Coming Home
Track #7: Cool Out Tonight
Track #8: Bring in the Sun
Track #9: For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
Track #10: Rolling Stone
Track #11: City Lights
Track #12: On and On
Track #13: America
Track #14: Turn Me Loose
Track #15: Good Ol' Rock & Roll
Track #16: Stardust
Format: CD
Release Year: 2000
Genre: Rock
Record Label: Colb, Columbia Europe
Artist: Essex, David
Release Title: Best of
