I am gonna get this album
Anthony | New York NY USA | 06/15/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"To the other reviewer ... yes he does deserve some respect ... because he WROTE all of the songs (apart from the couple of classic covers) ... including Still Call Australia Home"
"Free at last...what a blast!"
jon sieruga | Redlands, CA USA | 12/31/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Perhaps it was only an illusion--a theatrical trick to delight us momentarily--but Peter Allen's life looked like a carnival, a traveling, ramshackle show of glitz and carefree hoofing. That said, he's surprisingly serious (in the singer/songwriter mold of Billy Joel and Elton John) on the early tracks such as "Honest Queen" and the shiveringly bracing "Tenterfield Saddler" (an ode to his grandfather). When disco came in circa 1976, Allen's style changed dramatically, though he never stopped writing quality music in this idiom--and he never lost his nakedly romantic soul. This Best Of CD is addictive and wonderful to hear! One wants it to go on & on--like Allen's non-stop energy--but all good things have to end. It's a shame because Peter Allen was an entertainer of the highest magnitude...he had so much of his spirit left to give us. A-"