This album is by theManhattan Transfer, the American vocal group founded in 1969, performing acappella, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music. Therehave been several incarnations and formations of the group, with each editionhaving different styles, with original member Tim Hauser being the onlyperson to be part of each of them. The third, and most commercially perceived,formation of the group happened in 1979, with this edition of the ManhattanTransfer performing electronic-styled pop, soul, funk, and rhythmic music,having success in the 1980s.

The Best Of The Manhattan Transfer was released in 1981 onthe Atlantic Records label. It contained the "best of" theirhits from their early Atlantic years (1975–1981). All of the tracks had beenpreviously released on four of their five Atlantic studio albums. No songs fromtheir second studio album, Coming Out (1976), were included on US orinternational releases, except on early Australian and New Zealand vinylreleases where a slightly different track order omitted "Nightingale"in favour of "Chanson D'Amour" and "Where Did Our Love Go."The album cover art is an adaptation of A.M. Cassndre’s 1927 Nord Express poster.

TrackListing

A1.Tuxedo Junction

A2.Boy From New York City

A3.Twilight Zone

A4.Body & Soul

A5.Candy

A6.Four Brothers

B1.Birdland

B2.Gloria

B3.Trickle Trickle

B4.Java Jive

B5.Chanson D’Amour

B6.Where Did Our Love Go