Melanie, Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits Of Melanie - 1h 19m 4s

Tracks & Durations

1. Summer Of Love II	4:35
2. Lay Down (Candles In The Wind)	7:39
3. Ring The Living Bell	5:02
4. What Have They Done To My Song, Ma?	4:03
5. Brand New Key	2:24
6. Love To Lose Again	4:34
7. Lover's Cross	4:24
8. Ruby Tuesday	4:34
9. The Nickel Song	3:44
10. Bobo's Party	3:51
11. The Good Book	2:31
12. Christopher Robin	2:36
13. Animal Crackers	2:14
14. Psychotherapy	5:11
15. Beautiful People	3:35
16. Together Alone	4:45
17. Leftover Wine	6:14
18. Peace Will Come (According To Plan)	3:19
19. I Will Get Over	3:38

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Review

Melanie was the Jewel of the Woodstock Generation. Like her three-decades-down-the-road heir, the woman born Melanie Safka made a quick splash as a radio-friendly singer-songwriter. Something of a male Donovan (what is this, no-surname syndrome?), Melanie took hits (like Jewel, too) for delivering what critics considered hippie-dippy platitudes. (She came to resent her "bliss ninny" image and rebelled against it following her late-'60s, early-'70s heyday.) But, also like Donovan, Melanie's best songs have aged nicely, thanks in large part to her knack for integrating her distinctive rasp into ingratiating hooks and solid folk-rock arrangements. Alternating between melismatic sing-alongs ("Lay Down," here in unedited seven-minute-plus form, her splendid cover of "Ruby Tuesday," "What Have They Done to My Song, Ma?") and precious novelty numbers ("The Nickel Song," "Brand New Key," "Animal Crackers"), Melanie wrote her own little bit of pop history, which is celebrated in this worthy 19-song retrospective. All the hits are here, remastered by art-rock avatar Robert Fripp. --Steven Stolder

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