There has been a bit of talk about Britney's new hits set and even a little about Shania's (much of the talk negative on both). What about Seal. He has a new CD "Best Of" out (even though most people could easily argue that these songs are big hits). Anyone else get it? I opted for the two disc edition, which includes an acoustic CD with a lot of the bigger hits (mostly his signature songs like "Kiss From A Rose", "Crazy", "Love's Divine", etc.) re-recorded along with some others. I listened to the CD with the regular verisons of hits. It's sort of dissapointed they didn't include a dance mix of "Get It Together" since the regular verison really wasn't the one that was a hit on the charts unlike "Love's Divine" and "Waiting For You", where the dance mixes were hits but the regular verisons got a good amount mainstream radio play for AC songs. Ohter than that, amazing songs from a man with a brilliant voice not to mention a heck of a songwriter when he isn't doing covers. Just want to remind people this disc is out there and worth getting if you're a fan. If you're looking for the double disc edition, Circuit City has it for the best price I've seen at $16.99.

yeah, i saw this and i'm tempted to get it, though really - everything by him that i really like is on his first album.

Anxiety said:

Really? I think you'd really dig it. The cover of "Lips Like Sugar" (which probably isn't new to the set, I think it was on a soundtrack to Adam Sanlder's last movie) was not what I expected but I still really dug it. It has a upbeat pop fell and toward the end, Seal starts getting into Reaggae. And I liked that they included "Human Beings" since the album was his biggest flop and most people probably only heard the single for a short time, which didn't do very well.

Anxiety said:

Anxiety, I couldn't agree with you more. Most of his stuff hasn't been up to par sense his first album. However, the best of CD still seems tempting since there a few cuts that I like on his follow up albums.

VinnyM27 said:

i might wind up checking it out...i've always had a soft spot for this guy's voice, even on the stuff that i don't care for all that much.

Hotlegs said:

Same here ...and a few cuts off of the second. Didn't really like kiss from a rose at all. I liked it when he worked with trevor horn and Wendy and Lisa.

and where is bring it on on the first disk??? I hate that...always one friggin song left off that throws it all off.
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It is kind of sad when an artist has a greatest hits album out after not that many hits. I love Kiss from a Rose though. One of my guilty pleasures.

Anxiety said:

Deep Water & Whirlpool are great songs.

Think I'll probably get this best of. Pretty good tracklisting.

pkidwell said:

Seal was great when he popped up on the mainstream U.K. music scene with Adamski's "Killer", and stayed a breath of fresh air for a while. It's a shame his career didn't aspire to greater heights.

I have all his albums, so there's no need to buy a "best of". I wish I could just pick up that acoustic disc by itself though. That sounds cool.