The Best of Bette (1978 album)

The Best of Bette (1978 album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Best of Bette
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Bette Midler


Released = 1978
Recorded = 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977
Genre = Vocal
Length = 51:13
Label = Atlantic Records K-50530
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Broken Blossom"
(1977)
This album = "The Best of Bette"
(1978)
Next album = "Thighs and Whispers"
(1979)

The Best of Bette was the first compilation album by American female vocalist Bette Midler, released in 1978. This greatest hits album was issued in the UK, Continental Europe, Scandinavia and Australia to coincide with Midler's first world tour. Later editions released in 1979 also came with a free poster promoting her then upcoming movie "The Rose". "The Best of Bette", confusingly released with near identical cover art to 1973's "Bette Midler", featured songs from Midler's first four studio albums with the addition of one track from 1977's "Live at Last", the studio recording "You're Moving Out Today". The version included on "The Best of Bette" is the rare single mix which features an extra verse that is not found on the "Live at Last" album or on many of the single releases worldwide. The single mix, just like the "Best of Bette" compilation itself, remains unreleased on CD.

While other hits compilations followed in both Australia and New Zealand in the 1980s, such as the 1981 version of "The Best of Bette" on the K-tel label and 1987's "Just Hits", Midler's first "best of" collection issued in the US was 1993's "Experience the Divine".

Track listing

Side A
# "Friends" (Mark Klingman, Buzzy Linhart) - 2:49
#* From 1972 album "The Divine Miss M"
#"In the Mood" (Garland, Razaf) - 2:37
#* From 1973 album "Bette Midler"
# "Superstar" (Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell) - 5:00
#* From 1972 album "The Divine Miss M"
#"Say Goodbye To Hollywood" (Billy Joel) - 3:02
#* From 1977 album "Broken Blossom"
# "Do You Want to Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) - 2:56
#* From 1972 album "The Divine Miss M"
#"Buckets of Rain" (Bob Dylan) - 4:00
#* From 1976 album "Songs for the New Depression"
# "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (Don Raye, Hughie Prince) - 2:26
#* From 1972 album "The Divine Miss M"
#"You're Moving Out Today" (Single Mix) (Bette Midler, Carole Bayer Sager, Bruce Roberts) - 3:18
#* Original version appears on 1977 album "Live at Last"

Side B
# "Delta Dawn" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) - 5:16
#* From 1972 album "The Divine Miss M"
#"Uptown"/"Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)"/"Da Doo Ron Ron" (Jeff Barry, Gerry Goffin, Ellie Greenwich, Carole King, Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil) - 3:22
#* From 1973 album "Bette Midler"
# "Hello In There" (John Prine) - 4:15
#* From 1972 album "The Divine Miss M"
#"Higher & Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)" (Chevis, Jackson, Miner, Smith) - 4:08
#* From 1973 album "Bette Midler"
#"La Vie En Rose" (Mack David, Louiguy, Edith Piaf) - 2:59
#* From 1977 album "Broken Blossom"
#"I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan) - 4:55
#* From 1973 album "Bette Midler"

Personnel & production

* Aaron Russo - compilation producer
* Roger Holt - compilation producer


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