Rating:
Genre:
R&B
Release Date: 02/26/2008
Rhino's 2001 release
The Very Best of Patti Austin: The Singles (1969-1986) lives up to the first part of its title, offering 17 songs, including all her big hits on both the
pop and
R&B charts. This means there's a heavy dose of her duets -- most notably two cuts with
James Ingram (
"Baby, Come to Me," "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"), but also a pair of cuts with
Quincy Jones and one with
Narada Michael Walden, along with all of her solo signatures. This, combined with fine remastering and song-by-song annotation from
Austin herself, makes this the definitive
Austin collection.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide