Best Of

Best Of

It might seem rather odd to issue a Best Of compilation when there had only been two albums issued at that point, but while it probably was motivated as a cash in on the back of Michael’s first album hitting number one and Always hitting number three, this compilation is not totally without merit. First of all, the ‘One Step Out Of Time’ single came packaged with two non-album B-sides which were ‘No More Steps To Climb’ and ‘We Break Our Own Hearts’, both of which are included here. On top of that, ‘Everyday Everynight’, ‘Call On Me’ and ‘Maria’ were all unreleased prior to this compilation, and to sweeten the deal even more there are renditions of ‘Empty Chairs, Empty Tables’ and ‘Sunset Boulevard’ for good measure. Not essential by any means, but handy for those unreleased tracks and a good overview of his earliest recorded work.