Seal - Best: 1991-2004
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Free Music Notes for Best: 1991-2004
Free Music Review: "song after song is a lyrical gem ~ Seal"
Hit: 5 Stars
Warner Music presents "Best 1991-2004", featuring classic Seal as he performs song after song...excellent arrangements by Trevor Horn makes this a first class release...lyrically Seal still sings plaintive, pleas for love, peace and understanding hopeful of saving the planet from destruction...experimentation blends a transformation of renewed spiritually relaxing sounds searching for an ultimate escape from reality...depending on the mood, Seal can find the listeners comfort zone...you can unwind and just let his music take over and enjoy the triumph.
Seal has one of the most distinctive voices in music today...just about everything he sings becomes his own..."FLY LIKE AN EAGLE", recorded in 1996 from "Space Jam Motion Picture"..."WALK ON BY", the classic standard composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David..."CRAZY", recorded in 1990, the one that started it all..."KISS FROM A ROSE", recorded in 1994, played by every radio station Disc Jockey on the airwaves...he is a master of vocals, lyrical, moving and perfect to the musical palette.
Total Time: 66:32 on 14 Tracks ~ Warner Bros. 48776 ~ (11/09/2004)
Free Music Review: Wonderful collection but leaves a lot to be desired.
Hit: 5 Stars
This first hits CD from Seal is a very good collection with 12 singles from his first four albums of his career plus a newly recorded track called "Walk On By".
In 1990, then-unknown artist Seal released a singled called "Killer" redone by Adamski and the song made a big dent on the charts and would plant the seeds of a majorly successful career. 1991 brought one of the greatest dance pop albums of all time with his first self-titled debut album which yielded the powerful chart-topping single "Crazy" which to this day remains his best song of all time, at least my favorite song of his. The album overall is outright unique with it's mix of energetic blend of dance pop, soul, rock and having a grey atmospheric mood.
His 1994 second self-titled album is probably one of the best sophomore efferts of all time and one of the greatest albums of the 1990s. Amidst the grunge that was all over the place at the time, "Seal 1994" stood out with the spiritually touching song "Prayer Fro The Dying" which is without a doubt a near heart-breaking yet uplifting song at the same time with a somber mood yet high energetic beat and deep atmospherics. It was also on here that he yielded his biggest chart topping hit "Kiss From A Rose" based on the success of the 1995 film "Batman Forever". Other standouts include "If I Could" and "Bring It On".
A four year break would occur afterwards but not without at least one more single called "Fly Like An Eagle" from the Space Jam soundtrack which is an incredible cover version of the Steve Miller classic. I love the original version but the cover version does it a lot of justice! Fabulous job Seal!
In the fall of 1998 came his third outing "Human Being", and his first album to not be self-titled. The album had a far darker, more introspective tone to it. The music overall is much more subtle, moodier and a far cry from the energy of the two preceeding albums before then. The only song from here on this "Best 1991-2004" collection is "Human Being" which was the only single from what I'm aware of that got airplay on VH-1. The album sadly fared poorly and sold poorly which is a shame because it is a great album even though it took a long time to get into.
A five-year gap would occur in which he lay low for a while in which he scrapped an entire album's worth of material, but would really bounce back with his fourth album and his third self-titled album 2003's "Seal IV" and it is a great album overall even though that also took some time to get into. It is kind of a return to the styles of his first two albums but having a different sound altogether with less atmospherics and more funk in it's style. Three tracks are lifted off from here. "Love's Divine", "Waiting For You", and "My Vision". This is a wonderful album and was worth the long wait.
Overall, this "Best 1991-2004" collection is a very good CD but with just 13 tracks, it leaves so much to be desired. The deluxe edition of this collection is a much better buy. Musically "Best" is wonderful but it leaves a lot to be desired. Not to say leave it alone necessarily but his regular studio albums are a far better buy even if it means spending thousands of more pennies.
Free Music Review: Acoustic disc is worth the whole price
Hit: 5 Stars
Finally, a chance to really hear the quality of Seal's voice.Free Music Review: Should of been more songs on cd
Hit: 4 Stars
I was excited that Seal came out with a greatest hits cd.I was suprised for a talented singer that there should of been more of his songs on there. Free Music Review: Great performer.
Hit: 4 Stars
This three time Grammy Award winner finally edits a Greatest hits album. The strange thing is that it happened only a couple of months after the release of his latest studio album "Seal IV".
In this cd you can find his biggest hits (there are some modest hits that are missing but that happends in every greatest hits album) but other than that I think that they made a good selection. Besides his biggest hit, the #1 "KISS FROM A ROSE" you can find the Top 10 singles "CRAZY" and "FLY LIKE AN EAGLE". Then comes the Top 50 like "PRAYER FOR THE DYING" and "DON'T CRY".
There's also a new song. "WALK ON BY" which is very good. This album debuted at #47 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums and there are also two versions. This one and the one with the golden cover. The difference is that the golden one is a special edition with some other versions of the songs.
If you like Seal you will definitely not be sorry with this album, is very good but the only thing that I don't like is that it doesn't contain lyrics in the credits book.