Essential Michael Bolton
The Essential Michael Bolton
At two discs and 32 songs, 2006's The Essential Michael Bolton is by far the most comprehensive Michael Bolton collection ever assembled; at 17 tracks, the previous Bolton comp, 1995's Greatest Hits 1985-1995 was nearly half the size of this set. Longer isn't necessarily better, at least as far as the average Bolton fan is concerned, since every one of Bolton s biggest hits is on the 1995 collection. In the decade that followed the release of Greatest Hits Michael Bolton was a fairly regular fixture on the Adult Contemporary charts but had only one hit that crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 -- "Go the Distance" in 1997 -- which means that there wasn't much from the late '90s and 2000s that crossed into the popular consciousness the way that "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," "How Can We Be Lovers," and "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" did. Anyone just wanting those hits, along with other '80s and early-'90s singles as "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" and "Soul Provider," would be better off with Greatest Hits but listeners who want to dig a little deeper into that classic era and the years that followed are well-served by The Essential Michael Bolton which covers both eras equally by serving up all the big hits (minus "Love Is a Wonderful Thing," which has been written out of Bolton s history) and selected album tracks. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Credits »
Michael Bolton - Arranger
Michael Bolton - Producer
Barry Beckett - Producer
Keith Diamond - Producer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange - Producer
Jan Mullaney - Producer
Michael Omartian - Producer
Phil Ramone - Producer
Patrick Humphries - Liner Notes
Walter Afanasieff - Producer
Jamie Houston - Arranger
Jamie Houston - Producer
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