''The Best of Tanita Tikaram'' is the first compilation by pop singer

Tanita Tikaram Tanita Tikaram (born 12 August 1969) is a British pop/ folk singer-songwriter. She achieved chart success with the singles "Twist in My Sobriety" and " Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, ''Ancient Heart''. Background Tikaram was born i ...

, released in 1996 by East West Records. Containing fifteen songs from 1988 to 1995, it also included one new track " And I Think of You - E penso a te" which was released as a promotional single and a special remix of her biggest hit " Twist in My Sobriety" which was also released as a single in UK.

Track listing

#" Twist in My Sobriety" (1988) #" Cathedral Song" (1988) #"World Outside Your Window" (1988) #"Good Tradition" (1988) #"Love Don't Need No Tyranny" (1992) #"Little Sister Leaving Town" (1990) #"Only The Ones We Love" (1991) #" You Make the Whole World Cry" (1992) #"Trouble" (1992) #"Wonderful Shadow" (1995) #"Men & Women" (1992) #"I Might Be Crying" (1994) #"Happy Taxi" (1994) #"My Love Tonight" (1994) #"Lovers in the City" (1994) #" And I Think of You - E penso a te" (1996) #"Twist in My Sobriety" (Tikaramp radio) (1996)

Personnel

*Engineer – Simon Hurrell (tracks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 17) *Engineer – John Hudson (tracks: 14), Steve Krause (tracks: 11), Steve Price (tracks: 10 12 13 15) *Liner notes – Alan Jackson *Mixed by – Mark (tracks: 5 8 9), Nic (tracks: 5 8 9), Peter (tracks: 1 2 3 4 6 7), Rod (tracks: 1 2 3 4 6 7), Simon* (tracks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) *Producer –

Peter Van Hooke Peter Van Hooke (born 6 April 1950) is an English rock drummer and producer with over 350 credits to his name. He was the drummer for the English band Mike + The Mechanics (from 1984 to 1995) and also drummed for Van Morrison's band, Headstone ...

(tracks: 1 2 3 4 6 7 17), The Rapino Brothers (tracks: 16), Rod Argent (tracks: 1 2 3 4 6 7 17), Tanita Tikaram (tracks: 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 14), Thomas Newman (tracks: 13 15) *Written by – Battisti (tracks: 16), Mogol (tracks: 16), Tanita Tikaram (tracks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17)

Notes

*Short biography written by Alan Jackson, The Times, May 1996. *(P) Tracks 1-4 1988, track 6 1990, track 7 1991 WEA Records Ltd., tracks 5,8,9,11 1992, track 10 1995, tracks 12-15 1994 WMUK Ltd., tracks 16,17 1996 Warner Music UK Ltd. *Made in Germany by Warner Music Europe. *Tracks 1-16 are album versions, tracks 16 & 17 previously unreleased. *Durations do not appear on the release.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best of Tanita Tikaram, The 1996 compilation albums Tanita Tikaram albums Albums produced by Rod Argent Albums produced by Peter Van Hooke East West Records compilation albums