Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday Billie Holiday

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  • Release Date: 10/02/2001
  • 2 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 8,897
  • Label: SONY
  • UPC: 696998597921

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Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday

Disc 1
1LISTENWhat a Little Moonlight Can Do 2:58
2LISTENThese Foolish Things 3:19
3LISTENI Cried for You 3:12
4LISTENSummertime 2:55
5LISTENBillie's Blues 2:40
6LISTENIf You Were Mine 3:11
7LISTENA Fine Romance 2:53
8LISTENEasy to Love 3:12
9LISTENI've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 2:57
10LISTENI Must Have That Man! 2:56
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Disc 2
1LISTENI Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me 2:50
2LISTENThe Very Thought of You 2:46
3LISTENI Can't Get Started 2:48
4LISTENLong Gone Blues 3:06
5LISTENSugar 2:46
6LISTENSome Other Spring 3:02
7LISTENThem There Eyes 2:50
8LISTENThe Man I Love 3:06
9LISTENBody and Soul 2:58
10LISTENSwing, Brother, Swing 2:56
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Editorial Reviews

Forget for a moment that The Best of Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday was tied into the release of the superb box set, Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, thereby offering a bit of advertisement to the full-fledged set. That doesn't matter -- even if there was never a box set, this would have been a welcome addition to Billie Holiday's catalog, since it's the first concise, yet comprehensive, introduction to her groundbreaking, perhaps greatest, recordings. Over the course of two discs, nearly all of her finest moments for Columbia are chronicled (along with a handful of rarities to entice the curious to the big box), providing a welcome summary for serious listeners on a budget. Prior to this release, the Columbia recordings were available either individually, as part of the Quintessential series, or on haphazard single-disc collections. This provides a logical, thorough overview of her acknowledged peak at Columbia (meaning that there's nothing from Lady in Satin) and that may be enough for serious listeners who don't have the money or inclination to delve into the full box. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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