Best: 1991-2004
It's fair to assume that if you're a Seal fan, you prefer your pop shot through with substance. Using that as a guiding principle, you'll want to glide right into Best: 1991-2004 where you will encounter, throughout two discs and 27 songs, scarcely a second of musical fluff. All the expected goosebump-raisers come on disc one--"Don't Cry" follows "Prayer for the Dying" follows "Kiss from a Rose" follows "Crazy"--and they're interspersed with deeper cuts from Seal IV such as "Get It Together" and "Loves Divine" as well as a couple of covers that, in a lesser vocalist's hands, might have been catastrophic. Seal plays it subtle and sweet and Burt Bacharach's "Walk on By," sidestepping any instinct to belt, and the help he gets from Mikey Dread on Echo & the Bunnymen's "Lips Like Sugar" settles the song into a snazzified reggae-pop celebration. (Also included is Seal's soaring cover of Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle," which proved his prowess as a cover artist with its chart success). Though "best" collections aren't normally upheld for their surprise elements--nobody likes a package that challenges with armloads of new stuff--disc two pulls off a neat stunt. It's a complete acoustic album, again encompassing the major radio hits but stretching to include tracks like the impossibly tender "Touch" and the meltingly gorgeous "Colour." Their unplugged presentation, with the artist on guitar, sets an up-close-and-personal tone that suits Seal. More to the point, it suits his fans, who'll take all the intimacy with the singer-slash-heartthrob they can get. --Tammy La Gorce
Multiplatinum selling, Grammy winning, critically acclaimed Seal unveils his first greatest hits collection with Seal Best 1991-2004. But there's even more-along with the single-CD edition, with original album versions of 12 of his hits and best-loved tracks plus a cover song newly recorded by Seal ("Walk on By"), a double-CD package adds a disc of newly recorded acoustic versions of nine of those cuts (and four others). For fans of the pop, dance, urban and adult contemporary, Seal Best 1991-2004 is the quintessential Seal experience.
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30 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 10, 2008 Type: User Review |
Not bad!
This CD is good. Although, I enjoy his original hits over the cover songs such as "Fly Like an Eagle".
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 10, 2007 Type: User Review |
Great singer... Excellent songs... Great production... A Must-Have!
I bought this CD by mistake... I thought it had the song "Raincloud" original from Lighthouse Family.
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 20, 2007 Type: User Review |
I love this music!
I'm usually buy only R&B, but I decided to try a different type of an artist. I love listening to Seal! His style is cool, unique and very sexy. Definately a Seal fan!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 16, 2007 Type: User Review |
I love love love this guy!
This album is one I can play over and over and not get tired of. His music is fun, inspirational, romantic and just beautiful. Highly recommended for those who just want to relax and comtemplate things with a nice sound in background, or turned...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 11, 2007 Type: User Review |
Seal it with a Kiss
Nobody does it better. All of Seal's greatest hits in ONE CD. Does it get any better than that?
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 08, 2007 Type: User Review |
"Greatest Hits" album could have been "greater"
I would consider myself among the top 31 (arbitrary number, of course) Seal fans in the known world, and this greatest hits album is dynamic because it's Seal, but could have been better with a few missing songs. "Newborn Friend" is a lesser...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 06, 2007 Type: User Review |
essential seal
if you like Seal, this is a great compilation to add to your collection. always relaxing yet refreshing, I listen to this CD along with music by Sting, Sarah McLachlan, Phil Collins & Peter Gabriel for a nice afternoon of relaxation with my MMOs...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 21, 2006 Type: User Review |
IT'S OKAY
My wife introduced me to seal a little while back. I liked the vocals so I decided to purchase this disc for the two of us to enjoy.
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 01, 2006 Type: User Review |
music lover
I love Seal. I have never ever been disappointed with any of his cds. This cd show cases some of his best songs. A must have for music lovers
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 19, 2006 Type: User Review |
the complete artist
i purchased the 3 disc set(1 disc containing both cds plus a dvd combo).i was surprised by some of the selections though.people asking why,wild,im alive,when a man is wrong and where theres gold didnt make the cut while colours,lips like sugar and...
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