The Greatest Hits

by Lulu

Overview

Out of the myriad retrospectives that have appeared throughout the years, Mercury's 2004 The Greatest Hits collection is the first collection to span Scottish singer Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie's entire career. A playful, girl group goddess in the '60s, Lulu came to prominence with the international hit "To Sir with Love" in 1967 (she had regional success with a version of the frat anthem "Shout" in 1964). Similar to contemporaries like Brenda Lee and Dusty Springfield, Lulu's raspy and rowdy singles began to peter out at the end of the decade, but she returned in the '70s with the hit "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)," along with a string of marginally successful albums and collaborations before reinventing herself in the 1990s as a dance-pop diva. The Greatest Hits takes all of Lulu's phases into consideration, so fans who only followed the singer through her '60s heydays would be better off with To Sir with Love! The Complete Mickie Most Recordings, but listeners looking for a more comprehensive picture would do well to tune in to this fine collection of material from one of the U.K.'s most enduring and endearing talents. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2004
Label:	Universal Distribution / Decca / Universal International
UPC:	0602498658246
Rank:	79405

Tracks

1. Shout
2. Independence
3. Relight My Fire
4. Teardrops
5. I Don't Wanna Fight
6. We've Got Tonight
7. The Man Who Sold the World
8. Where the Poor Boys Dance
9. Hurt Me So Bad
10. To Sir with Love
11. Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
12. I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)
13. Sail on Sailor
14. I'm Back for More
15. The Man with the Golden Gun
16. The Boat That I Row
17. Boom Bang-A-Bang
18. The First of May

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lulu   Primary Artist,Vocals
Maurice Gibb   Primary Artist
The Luvvers   Primary Artist
Bobby Womack   Primary Artist
Lulu & the Luvvers   Primary Artist
Ronan Keating   Primary Artist
Elton John   Primary Artist,Keyboards
Sting   Primary Artist
Take That   Primary Artist
Arif Mardin   String Conductor
Curt Bisquera   Drums
Dean Parks   Guitar
Nathan East   Bass
Phil Palmer   Guitar
Earl Guest   Conductor,Musical Director
Judd Lander   Harmonica

Technical Credits

Peter Warne   Composer
Chris Porter   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Vocal Engineer
Rudolph Isley   Composer
Mike Ross   Engineer
O'Kelly Isley   Composer
Mickie Most   Producer
David Bowie   Composer
Arif Mardin   String Arrangements
Alan Moorhouse   Composer
Brothers in Rhythm   Producer,Remixing
Brian Wilson   Composer
Barry Gibb   Composer
Cecil Womack   Composer
Dan Hartman   Composer
Chris Lord-Alge   Mixing
Maurice Gibb   Composer
Steve DuBerry   Composer,Producer
Errol Henry   Producer
Bob Seger   Composer
Billy Lawrie   Composer
Ken Stover   Composer
Tandyn Almer   Composer
Don Black   Composer
Donald Black   Composer
John Dixon   Producer,Remixing
Doris Day   Composer
Mark London   Composer,Producer
Leon Ware   Composer
Jon Ingoldsby   Mixing,Engineer
Linda Womack   Composer
Ronald Isley   Composer
Lulu   Composer
John Barry   Composer
Greg Penny   Producer
Joey Negro   Producer
David Tyson   Composer,Producer
Robin Gibb   Composer
Van Dyke Parks   Composer
Jim Doris   Composer
Neil Diamond   Composer
Eliot Kennedy   Producer
Bill Padley   Arranger,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Anne Moorhouse   Composer
Martyn Norris   Producer,Remixing
Winston Sela   Composer
Jem Godfrey   Arranger,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Neil Harrison   Composer
Andrew Livingstone   Producer
Jack Rieley   Composer
Kenneth Stover   Composer
Ray Kennedy   Composer