This two-disc, budget-priced anthology from Universal features 40 contemporary pop songs from the likes of Elton John, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Spandau Ballet, and Amy Winehouse. To quote the cover, this “collection of beautiful songs” is obviously to be taken as a love letter to the ladies, and cuts like Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield's “She’s Always a Woman” and Extreme's lovely but not very extreme “More Than Words” dutifully project that sentiment, but the inclusion of the 1972 Michael Jackson hamster ballad “Ben” just feels wrong.
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AllMusic Review by James Christopher Monger
Track Listing - Disc 1
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fyfe Dangerfield | 03:16 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 2 | Elton John | 04:00 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 3 | Michael Bublé | 03:45 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | Bill Withers | 02:03 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 5 | Sting | 03:38 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 6 | Cat Stevens | 03:19 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 7 | Van Morrison | 03:03 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | Elvis Costello | 03:06 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 9 | Dusty Springfield | 02:35 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 10 | Spandau Ballet | 05:44 | |||||
| 11 | Wet Wet Wet | 03:56 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 12 | Commodores | 04:14 | |||||
| 13 | Diana Ross | 03:26 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 | Michael Jackson | 02:45 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 15 | Gloria Estefan | 03:15 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 16 | Eva Cassidy | 04:59 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 17 | Nina Simone | 02:54 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 18 | Harry Nilsson | 03:18 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 19 | 10cc | 03:44 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 20 | Melody Gardot | 05:29 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronan Keating | 04:17 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 2 | Take That | 03:58 | |||||
| 3 | Joshua Radin | 02:42 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | James Morrison | 03:32 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 5 | Extreme | 03:59 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 6 | Cheryl | 03:30 | |||||
| 7 | Katie Melua | 04:12 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | Boyzone | 04:28 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 9 | Amy Winehouse | 03:05 | |||||
| 10 | Sugababes | 02:45 | |||||
| 11 | The Feeling | 03:28 | |||||
| 12 | Nelly Furtado | 05:11 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 | Pixie Lott | 03:18 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 | Texas | 03:50 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 15 | Girls Aloud | 03:43 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 16 | The Cardigans | 03:14 | |||||
| 17 | Daisy Wood-Davis | 02:09 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 18 | The Beautiful South | 02:59 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 19 | Colbie Caillat | 03:16 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 20 | Duffy | 03:42 | SpotifyAmazon |
