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Genre: Rock
Release Date: 07/25/2000

Rupert Holmes' swinging '70s sound only occupied a small portion of his career, as Hip-O's 18-track 2000 collection Greatest Hits illustrates. He had a yen to be a little bit more than a soft rock craftsman -- he drew heavily from Brill Building and Tin Pan Alley, plus Hollywood musicals, wryly obvious social commentary, and soft pop to create a distinctive blend. It's often overly ambitious -- even his biggest hit, Partners in Crime, is a sociological portrait of Me-era dating -- and it can be a little fussy, particularly in the years after Partners in Crime, when his recordings gained the antiseptic cleanliness of '80s adult contemporary (even on his nostalgic theme song for "Remember WENN"). Greatest Hits contains all these aspects, perhaps downplaying the appealingly weird early '70s recordings a bit too much (those are collected on Varese's Epoch Collection), but giving a good idea of what Holmes' career was all about. And be forewarned -- it's not just about Pina Coladas, and not a lot of these songs sound like that.

~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Rupert Holmes - Arranger
Rupert Holmes - Conductor
Rupert Holmes - Producer
Rupert Holmes - Main Performer
Rupert Holmes - Liner Notes
Jim Boyer - Producer
Jeffrey Lesser - Producer
Mike Ragogna - Compilation Producer
Dana Smart - Project Coordinator
Jim Phillips - Mastering
Laura Graven - Art Direction
Laura Graven - Project Coordinator
Pat Lawrence - Executive Producer

You Are the Woman & Other Hits
    Firefall / CD / 1997
The Neil Diamond Collection
    Neil Diamond / CD / 1999
The Best of Bread [Rhino]
    Bread / CD / 2001
Magic: The Best of Olivia Newton-John
    Olivia Newton-John / CD / 2001

Release Date: 07/25/2000
Genre: rock