Eva Cassidy - The Best of Eva Cassidy [180G]

Released on the eve of what would have been her 50th birthday these twenty performances document Eva Cassidy's musical legacy for the ages. The collection gathers 19 performances from Cassidy's previous albums and adds a new unreleased version of "You Take My Breath Away." Included here are Cassidy's breathtaking versions of material by Paul Simon ("Kathy's Song"), Christine McVie ("Songbird"), Bill Withers ("Ain't No Sunshine"), Cyndi Lauper ("Time After Time"), Sting ("Fields of Gold"), John Lennon ("Imagine") and Curtis Mayfield ("People Get Ready") along with a few timeless standards ("Autumn Leaves," "Over the Rainbow").

"Any new track on an Eva Cassidy best-of album had the tall order of being competitive with the other 19 classic Eva tracks, which have together raised the bar for singers everywhere," explains Blix Street Records president Bill Straw. "Essentially, Eva had to top or at least equal her own best work. I believe she did it. Otherwise, we would not have put it on the album. Some of our people in England are saying this ‘new' version of ‘You Take My Breath Away' is the best ‘sounding' Eva Cassidy recording ever, high praise indeed at this point. It is enough to say that Eva's ‘newest' released performance is worthy for inclusion among her best. Eva fans will ultimately decide for themselves where it ranks for them among her many classics."

LP1
You Take My Breath Away
Kathy's Song
Songbird
What A Wonderful World
Ain't No Sunshine
Wade In The Water
Time After Time
Autumn Leaves
I Can Only Be Me
Fields Of Gold

LP2
True Colors
Imagine
Over The Rainbow
It Doesn't Matter Anymore
Danny Boy
People Get Ready
Anniversary Song
Early Morning Rain
I Know You By Heart
Tall Trees In Georgia