The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, released in Australia in August 1992 through A&M Records.
This album was released less than two months after Allen's death on 18 June 1992.
Allen wrote or co-wrote all but two of the tracks on the album.
Reviews Adrian Zupp of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5, stating; “His songwriting range [from] tender ballads through to poppier fare and even campy fun numbers, has rarely been rivaled…[and this album] captures the cream of Allen's career on one highly engaging disc.” Zupp concluded that “this album spans the moods and melodies that made Peter Allen such a special artist.”
Track listing "Honest Queen" (Peter Allen, Estelle Levitt) 3:16 "Tenterfield Saddler" (Album Version) (Peter Allen) 3:37 "Just Ask Me I've Been There" (Peter Allen) 4:23 "Everything Old Is New Again" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 2:35 "I Honestly Love You" (Jeff Barry, Peter Allen) 3:30 "She Loves to Hear Music" (Album Version) (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:22 "I Go to Rio" (Album Version) (Adrienne Anderson, Peter Allen) 3:23 "Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 5:14 "The More I See You" (Album Version) (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) 3:35 "I Could Have Been a Sailor" (Peter Allen) 3:53 "Don't Wish Too Hard" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) – 5:14 "Don't Cry Out Loud" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 4:09 "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:40 "One Step Over the Borderline" (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 3:54 "Fly Away" (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Peter Allen) 4:01 "Bi-Coastal" (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 4:23 "I Don’t Go Shopping" (Peter Allen, David Lasley) 4:35 "I Still Call Australia Home" (Single Version) (Peter Allen) 3:56 "You Haven’t Heard the Last of Me" (Eric Kaz, Tom Snow) 4:14 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 1985) (Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager) 4:45
Charts The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under debuted on the Australian ARIA Charts at number 24, before peaking at number 16 the following week.
Chart (1992) Peakposition scope="row"
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