The Very Best of Peter Allen

The Very Best of Peter Allen
Greatest hits album by Peter Allen
Released	July 1982
Recorded	1971–1982
Genre	Pop, stage and screen
Label	Festival, A&M
Producer	Marvin Hamlisch, Mike Post
Peter Allen chronology
Bi-Coastal (1980) The Very Best of Peter Allen (1982) Not the Boy Next Door (1983)

The Very Best of Peter Allen is the first compilation album released by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen. It was released in July 1982 through A&M Records, completing his deal with the label. The album peaked at number nine on the Australian Kent Music Report.[1] The album was re-titled, The Best in the United States, with an altered track listing.

Background

The Very Best of Peter Allen is a compilation album by Australian-born singer-songwriter Peter Allen, which was issued in 1982.[2] According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, Allen's most famous songs during his career were "I Go to Rio", "I Honestly Love You", "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "I Still Call Australia Home".[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Track listing

The Very Best of Peter Allen Festival Records (C52012), A & M Records (393 207-4)[4]

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"I Go to Rio"	Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson	Taught by Experts (1976)	3:17
2.	"Don't Wish too Hard"	Allen, Carole Bayer Sager	I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979)	5:14
3.	"Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage"	Allen, Sager	Taught by Experts (1976)	5:13
4.	"I Honestly Love You"	Allen, Jeff Barry	Continental American (1974)	3:32
5.	"Fly Away"	Allen, David Foster, Sager	Bi-Coastal (1980)	4:01
6.	"One Step Over the Borderline"	Allen	Bi-Costal (1980)	3:54
7.	"Don't Cry Out Loud"	Allen, Sager	I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979)	4:07
8.	"Everything Old Is New Again"	Allen, Sager	Continental American (1974)	2:35

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Tenterfield Saddler"	Allen	Tenterfield Saddler (1972)	4:08
2.	"I Could Have Been a Sailor"	Allen	I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979)	3:55
3.	"Bi-coastal"	Allen, Tom Kean, Foster	Bi-coastal (1980)	5:13
4.	"The More I See You"	Harry Warren	Taught by Experts (1976)	3:30
5.	"I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love"	Allen, Sager	I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979)	3:38
6.	"She Loves to Hear the Music"	Allen	Taught by Experts (1976)	3:26
7.	"Just Ask Me I've Been There"	Allen	Continental American (1974)	4:07
8.	"I Still Call Australia Home"	Allen	Bi-Costal (1980)	2:35

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[5]	9

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6]	Gold	20,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
2. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Peter Allen'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 6 August 2004.
3. The Very Best of Peter Allen at AllMusic
4. Allen, Peter (1900), The Very Best of Peter Allen, A & M Records; [Australia]: Polydor, retrieved 20 August 2022
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 15. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
6. "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)". Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.com.