Here You Are: The Best of Billy Ocean is a two-disc compilation album by British R&B singer and songwriter Billy Ocean, released in 2016. The first disc includes cover versions of 1950s and 1960s pop and rock songs, and the second disc includes most of Ocean's hit recordings.
Reception
Ian Sime from York's The Press says Ocean's cover of "A Simple Game" is richly infused with Northern Soul angst, calling it "the perfect hit single". However, his interpretations of "A Change Is Gonna Come", "No Woman No Cry" and "Having a Party" have a "distinct air of Cabaret Classic, and the least said about his rendition of "Cry Me a River" the better."
Super Deluxe Edition's Justyn Barnes says that: "Here You Are: The Best of Billy Ocean has a rather cute cover photo of the young Leslie Charles who would grow up to become big Billy O, Grammy-award-winning artist, and the audio content of this double CD released by Sony Music CMG is designed to reflect his – as they say on X Factor – 'journey'."Billy Ocean / Here You Are + The Best Of at Super Deluxe Edition
Background To promote the album, Billy Ocean toured in 2016.Billy Ocean: Here You Are - The Best Of Tour comes to Plymouth at Devon 24/7
Track listing Disc one
Disc two
Charts Chart (2016)PeakpositionBelgium (Ultratop) Ultratop Charts - Billy Ocean - Here You Are: The Best Of Billy Ocean 142 UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company)Billy Ocean - Albums Charts at Official Charts Company 4
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog # UK 22 April 2013 Aqua Music 2-CD AQCD2 USA 2017 Legacy CD, Album, Reissue, Compilation 88985440232 Australia 29 April 2016 Sony Music 2 × CD 88985313022
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