Tracks:
You're the First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White
Three Times a Lady - Commodores
It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
How Sweet It It (To Be Loved by You) - Junior Walker & the All-Stars
Baby, Now That I've Found You - The Foundations
Got to Be There - Michael Jackson
Do You Know Where You're Going To [Theme from ''Mahogany''] - Diana Ross
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Show Me Heaven - Maria McKee
On the Wings Of Love - Jeffrey Osborne
Hang on in There Baby - Johnny Bristol
You to Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
Teardrops - Womack & Womack
I've Never Been to Me - Charlene
All by Myself - Jamie O'Neal
Save the Best for Last - Vanessa Williams
Make It Easy on Yourself - The Walker Brothers
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & the Papas
Don't Worry - Appleton
Sunshine - Gabrielle
You're the Best Thing - The Style Council
Running in the Family - Level 42
Labelled with Love - Squeeze
Crazy for You - Let Loose
Thousand Miles, A - Vanessa Carlton
What I Am - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Love and Affection - Joan Armatrading
Lifted - Lighthouse Family
Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Incognito
There's Nothing Like This - Omar
Get Here - Oleta Adams
More Than Words - Extreme
Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mama Cass
Me & Mrs. You - Michael Bubl?
Lean on Me - Reel & Soul Association
Have I Told You Lately - Rachel Morrison
Lovefool - The Cardigans
Dance the Night Away - The Mavericks
I Love Your Smile - Shanice
I Can Make You Feel Good - Shalamar
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Ladies Night - Kool & the Gang
She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer
Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills
Knock on Wood - Amii Stewart
Treat Her Like a Lady - The Temptations
Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
She's a Lady - Tom Jones
Shoop Shoop Song, The (It's in His Kiss) - Cher
Move Over Darling - Tracey Ullman
They Don't Know - Kirsty MacColl
Memory - Barbara Dickson
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend - Marilyn Monroe

Performer Notes:

• Anyone fretting over what to buy for a last-minute generic Mother's Day present could do worse than this generous three-disc Greatest Ever! Mum: The Definitive Collection, which thankfully realizes that not every mother worships easy listening crooners like Daniel O'Donnell and Cliff Richard, and instead focuses on 55 of the best soul, pop, disco, and MOR classics of the last 50 years. There may still be the occasional favorites such as Michael Bubl? ("Me & Mrs.You"), Tom Jones ("She's a Lady"), and the Lighthouse Family ("Lifted"), but they are also joined by acts as diverse as Swedish indie poppers the Cardigans ("Lovefool"), heavy metal outfit Extreme ("More Than Words"), and country-rockers the Mavericks ("Dance the Night Away"). Although there isn't anything post-2003 (Appleton's "Don't Worry" is the most recent tune included), there should be something for everyone, whether it's the '60s lounge-pop of the Walker Brothers' "Make It Easy on Yourself," the '70s disco of Amii Stewart's "Knock On Wood," the '80s soul-funk of Level 42' "Running in the Family," the '90s boy band pop of Let Loose's "Crazy for You," or the 2000s melodic AOR of Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles." Highlights from the '70s soul-based Disc One include Michael Jackson's "Got to Be There," the Commodores' "Three Times a Lady," and Diana Ross' "Do You Know Where You're Going To?"; Incognito's "Don't You Worry About a Thing," Gabrielle's "Sunshine," and Mama Cass' "Dream a Little Dream of Me" provide the standouts for the '90s-centric second disc; while Shanice's "I Love Your Smile," Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way" and Cher's "The Shoop Shoop Song" are the choice cuts from the more random third disc. Any mothers into thrash metal, happy hardcore, or gangster rap won't find much to suit their tastes, but for a middle of the road, hit-laden, and decade-spanning compilation, Greatest Ever! Mum: The Definitive Collection is one of the best on the market. ~ Jon O'Brien

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Release Date: 16 February, 2009

Label: Greatest Ever