Track Listing

1. Words and Music
2. American Pie
3. Since I Don't Have You
4. Maybe Baby
5. Crying
6. Castles in the Air
7. If I Only Had a Match
8. Your Cheatin' Heart
9. And I Love You So
10. Vincent
11. Winterwood
12. If We Try
13. Everyday
14. Wonderful Baby
15. Crossroads
16. Jerusalem
17. Dreidel
18. Headroom
19. Have You Seen Me
20. Just to Hold My Hand [#]
21. Empty Chairs

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27576 in Music
• Released on: 2003-03-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Limited two disc (CD + PAL/Region 2 DVD) pressing of this excellent new compilation from the American singer/songwriter best known for his hits 'American Pie' and 'Vincent' as well as penning Perry Como's worldwide hit 'And I Love You So'. Also included is a brand new unreleased song: 'In A Museum'. Features a bonus DVD that includes Don performing 12 of his songs at the Dominion Theatre in 1982 and being interviewed by Paul Gambaccini. The CD features 20 tracks including the aforementioned hits and more. EMI.

Customer Reviews

Killing me softly with his song
Don McLean was a singer-songwriter in the folk-pop tradition who first achieved fame in the early seventies, scoring an American number one hit with American pie (a song later covered superbly by Madonna, for whom it became a British number one), a British number one with Vincent (the song about the painter Van Gogh that begins Starry starry night) and an Irish number one with Mountains of Mourne, though that song is not included here. Perry Como had a huge hit with a cover of And I love you so, another classic song that Don wrote. Among the other notable but less well-known songs written by Don and included here are Winterwood and If we try, both covered by Olivia Newton-John in her early recording career.

Don was also a fine interpreter of other people's songs. His second and last British number one hit was with a revival of Roy Orbison's Crying, a song that was only a minor British hit for Roy in the sixties but which, helped by Don's cover, has become one of Roy's most popular songs.

The song Killing me softly was inspired by one of Don's concerts. It became a huge international hit for Roberta Flack. So Don has done it all - his own songs, covers and live shows - but he never been very prolific. The quality of his music makes up for any lack of quantity. Anybody who is seriously interested in folk-pop music needs at least one collection of Don's music. This is as good as any.

ExploringThe Many Facets Of A Great Songwriter
While he is mostly known for the mega-hits "American Pie" and "Vincent" (both included here) Don McLean has proven, over the course of the past 30 years, to be a remarkably versitile songwriter. Although he is often still viewed as a folksinger, he is adept at writing and preforming many styles of popular music. In recent years, his albums have been as likely to include a 40s-style torch song or a country-western ballad as a traditional "folk protest" song. Long time fans will find many old favorites here; newcomers will discover a well-balanced overview of his amazingly varied career. This collection also offers a generous selection of McLean's interpretations of material by other writers, showcasing his talents as a singer as well as his undeniable gifts as a songwriter. Buy this NOW!

The best cd and singer ever!!!!
This review may not be as elaborate or informative as some of the others here but i would like to say that this is one of the best Cd's ever, in addition to having the ever popular "Vincent" and "American Pie" it also has some lesser known songs. There are some other popular songs of Don Mclean such as "Crying", "Castles in the Air" and so on. I recommend this CD fo any true Don Mclean fan, not just fans of "American Pie" and nothing else or its magnificence would be wasted upon them.