Search - Paul Davis :: Sweet Life: His Greatest Hit Singles

An underrated legend of soft rock

03/31/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Most people I have ever talked to have never heard of Paul Davis. From what I hear he never performed and avoids publicity, but his raw talent still took him into the top 10 of pop twice with the classic "I Go Crazy" at #7 in 1978 (with an astonishing 25 weeks in the Top 40) and "65 Love Affair" at #6 in 1982. I grew up on Paul Davis and my very first favorite song was his Top 20 Classic "Cool Night" which peaked at #11 in 1982. For years, I only owned this song on 45 and finally forked out for a Japanese import of this album back in the mid 1990's. Though the sound quality was great, it certainly did not complete my collection. I was pleased to see the release of this collection as it features all of his most famous hits. Paul Davis was truly a free spirit in terms of music-not tied to trends and fads and proved that he could make it work when he took the Gospel flavored "Do Right" to #23 Pop. However, when regarding his music, I am disappointed to see that no album features all of his charted hits as was shown in the few English liner notes on the import CD I bought. What would best celebrate the work of this underappreciated performer is an anthology that features all 22 of his singles-including those that didn't chart in the Hot 100. Even though this CD has all the songs he made famous, it omits some of his most enjoyed sleeper hits such as "Cry Just A Little" (#78 Pop; also charted country for Marie Osmond). Hopefully, this would also include his other two songs featured in the Karate Kid "It Takes Two To Tango" and About Last Night "If We Can Get Through The Night" and his excellent version of "[I Don't Want To Be] Just Another Love" made famous by Tanya Tucker (whom he wrote several major hits for as well as for Marie Osmond and Dan Seals). As an artist and a producer, this CD is an excellent collection that is definitely worth it while it is still available, but a more complete collection is still needed."

If you Love Pop/country--it's a must have!!

Jesse R | San Jose, CA | 04/06/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Since I was 10 years old (back in 1977), I've purchased his records and enjoyed his many tunes like "I go Crazy", "Cool Night", 65 Love Affair, "Sweet Life", and his country/gospel songs are excellent too!! Now that I'm older, I really appreciate his music even more-- Timeless classics. The tracks on this Greatest hits are awesome, and it's by far the most complete that I've seen. It's definitely his best greatest hits collection to date.

Paul has another older greatest hits album with more obscure tracks on it, with lots of great songs left out! This album "Sweet Life - His greatest Hit Singles" is a much better value and definitely captures his best work and is worthy of the greatest hits title.

It's too bad that he stopped creating music back in the mid 80's, however, he's produced/written for other artists since.

In looking at the lyrics/melodies, they are simple songs that move you and make you feel good.

His pop music is good, clean fun!

Too bad the Music Industry is fickle, maybe great Artists like Paul Davis might've still been around, just a little longer to create more great music.

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Much better than the first compilation

Paul D. Rasmussen Jr. | Pittsburgh PA, United States | 04/05/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Why? "Ride 'em Cowboy", "Superstar" and "A Little Bit of Soap" are three good reasons. How about '65 Love Affair? None of them are on the other Davis greatest CD."