The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under

The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under
Greatest hits album by Peter Allen
Released	August 1992
Genre	Funk / Soul, Pop, Disco
Length	79:39
Label	A&M Records
Producer	Richard Landis
Peter Allen chronology
Making Every Moment Count (1990) "The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under" (1992) At His Best (1993)

The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, released in Australia in August 1992 through A&M Records.

It was released less than two months after Allen’s passing, on 18 June 1992.^[1]

Allen wrote or co-wrote all but two of the tracks on the album.

Reviews

Adrian Zupp of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5, saying; “His songwriting range [from] tender ballads through to poppier fare and even campy fun numbers has rarely been rivaled …[and this album] captures the cream of Allen's career on one highly engaging disc.” Zupp concluded with “this album spans the moods and melodies that made Peter Allen such a special artist.”^[2]

Track listing

1. Honest Queen (Peter Allen / Estelle Levitt) 3:16
2. Tenterfield Saddler (Album Version) (Peter Allen) 3:37
3. Just Ask Me I've Been There (Peter Allen) 4:23
4. Everything Old Is New Again (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 2:35
5. I Honestly Love You (Jeff Barry, Peter Allen) 3:30
6. She Loves To Hear Music (Album Version) (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:22
7. I Go to Rio (Album Version) (Adrienne Anderson, Peter Allen) 3:23
8. Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 5:14
9. The More I See You (Album Version) (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) 3:35
10. I Could Have Been A Sailor (Peter Allen) 3:53
11. Don't Wish Too Hard (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) – 5:14
12. Don't Cry Out Loud (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 4:09
13. I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:40
14. One Step Over The Borderline (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 3:54
15. Fly Away (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Peter Allen) 4:01
16. Bi-Coastal (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 4:23
17. I Don’t Go Shopping (Peter Allen, David Lasley) 4:35
18. I Still Call Australia Home (Single Version) (Peter Allen) 3:56
19. You Haven’t Heard the Last of Me (Eric Kaz, Tom Snow) 4:14
20. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 1985) (Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager) 4:45

Charts

“The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under” debuted on the Australian ARIA Charts at number 24, before peaking at number 16 the following week.

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
scope="row"	Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]	16

References

1. Lambert, Bruce (19 June 1992). "Peter Allen, Concert Entertainer And Songwriter, Is Dead at 48". The New York Times.
2. "The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
3. "Australiancharts.com – Peter Allen – THE VERY BEST OF PETER ALLEN". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 September 2015.