Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

1	Mr. Melody Live 3:39
2	This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) 2:50
3	I've Got Love on My Mind 4:22
4	Song for You 4:17
5	I Can't Say No 3:31
6	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Live 4:53
7	Pink Cadillac 4:28
8	Miss You Like Crazy 3:53
9	Inseparable 2:26
10	Snowfall on the Sahara 4:20
11	Say You Love Me 4:53
12	La Costa 3:54
13	I Live for Your Love 4:26
14	I'm Catching Hell (Living Here Alone) 3:55
15	A Smile Like Yours 4:22
16	Unforgettable 3:29
17	Angel on My Shoulder 4:24
18	Our Love 5:19
19	Livin' for Love 3:33

Barnes & Noble

It can’t be easy being the singing progeny of one of America’s greatest popular vocalists, but Natalie Cole has acquitted herself quite well over the past three decades. Although probably best known for her electronic "duet" with father Nat on the Grammy-winning remake of Dad’s hit "Unforgettable," Natalie Cole started out as a funky songstress with such sassy R&B classics as "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)," "I've Got Love on My Mind," and "Our Love." A taste for offbeat material also served her well, as demonstrated by her successful versions of the Beatle’s "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and her mega-hit rendition of Bruce Springsteen’s "Pink Cadillac." But Cole shifted gears in the ‘90s, aiming for -- and successfully snaring -- an older audience with more sophisticated material. This best-of collection charts the split directions of a career solidified by Cole’s exceptional vocal artistry. William Pearl

All Music Guide

In 1988 Natalie Cole was enjoying great success with her recording career. Her comeback album, Everlasting, proved to be a smash, and had provided her with several big hits. Among those was her version of Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac." The third single from the album, it was revamped into a powerful dance song -- much improved from the original, lackluster album version. It was that dance mix which propelled the song into the Top Five, making it the biggest hit of her career. Imagine the disappointment when, upon hearing her 2000 collection Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, one realizes the version on this album is the original album mix, not the version which became a hit! This long-awaited greatest-hits album, released to coincide with a television movie and a biography, has 19 tracks. In the U.S., Natalie Cole scored 18 Hot 100 pop hits up to the time of the album's release, so an all-inclusive album of her chart hits would have been a realistic possibility. As it goes, many of her bigger hits -- "Jump Start," "Sophisticated Lady," "Someone That I Used to Love" -- are not on this album. Her earlier hits, among them "Mr. Melody" and "Our Love," are included as live recordings. Also, there is heavy emphasis on selections from her 1999 album Snowfall on the Sahara. All this leads one to hope that any complimentary volume to this one will include the studio versions of her hits. As an additional note, this collection boasts two new songs, "Angel on My Shoulder" and "Livin' for Love," plus the soundtrack-only single "A Smile Like Yours." True, the songs are good and the album is a pleasure to the ear. One only wishes that the extra step would have been taken to assemble the correct versions of her hits, and that a second volume will follow. Jose F. Promis