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Tony Christie is one of those weird, only-in-the-U.K. pop sensations that happens every couple years or so -- something as silly and massive as Chas & Dave or Mr. Blobby, something that seems absolutely bewildering to pop fans who don't live on the isles. Of course, unlike Blobby, Christie is an actual living, breathing musician, one who toiled at the margins of obscurity for decades before Peter Kay suddenly, inexplicably picked Christie's irresistible Neil Sedaka-written bubblegum 1971 novelty "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo" for the theme song for his 2004 BBC comedy Phoenix Nights. That was all it took to send "Amarillo" to number one in the U.K., well over 30 years after its initial release, making Christie a fleeting pop culture sensation in the process. This was something that had never happened to Christie in the past, despite his appearance on the first recorded version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, despite enduring popularity in Europe, despite Pulp's Jarvis Cocker writing him a song in 1999, despite his "Avenues and Alleyways" being used as a theme in the post-Guy Ritchie British crime comedy Love, Honour and Obey. Christie survived all this to become a left-field star in 2005 and he wasn't the only one to seize the spotlight -- his former record labels followed suit, flooding the market with reissues and hits collections, of which Definitive Collection is the best. It runs an overly generous 21 songs, hitting all of the big moments in his career, which are not many: basically, "Amarillo," "Avenues and Alleyways," some cuts from Evita, Cocker's "Walk Like a Panther." There are a few Euro hits from the '80s and '90s that are missing, since the compilers wisely focus on '70s material that sounds a bit like "Amarillo" and a whole lot like a tamer Tom Jones. As dated kitsch goes, it's not bad, but a little goes a long way, and apart from the aforementioned trio of hits -- plus a handful of others, like "I Did What I Did for Maria," "Las Vegas," and "Don't Go Down to Reno" -- there just aren't that many memorable songs here; instead of great, forgotten schmaltzy soft rock, it often plays as generic Europop. Still, if "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo" makes you yearn for more Tony Christie, this is undoubtedly the collection that will satiate your curiosity, since it tells you everything you need to know and a whole lot more.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Mitch Murray, Producer - Peter Callander, Producer - Howard Greenfield, ComposerLyricist - Neil Sedaka, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Universal Music Operations Limited
Mitch Murray, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Callander, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Universal Music Operations Limited
Mitch Murray, Composer, Producer - Peter Callander, Author, Producer - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 Universal Music Operations Limited
Mitch Murray, Producer - Peter Callander, Producer - Neil Sedaka, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Cody, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Universal Music Operations Limited
Roger Greenaway, ComposerLyricist - Barry Mason, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, MainArtist - Peter Sullivan, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Music Operations Limited
Mitch Murray, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Callander, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 Universal Music Operations Limited
Geoffrey Stephens, Producer - Geoff Stephens, ComposerLyricist - Barry Mason, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 Universal Music Operations Limited
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer - Tim Rice, Author, Producer - Tony Christie, MainArtist
℗ 1976 Universal Music Operations Limited
Mitch Murray, Producer - Peter Callander, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Geoff Stephens, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Universal Music Operations Limited
Norro Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Rory Michael Bourke, ComposerLyricist - Stikkan Anderson, Author - Tony Christie, MainArtist - Billy N. Sherrill, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Music Operations Limited
Mitch Murray, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Callander, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 Universal Music Operations Limited
Geoffrey Stephens, Producer - Marilyn Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Alan Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Hamlisch, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 Universal Music Operations Limited
Mitch Murray, Producer - Peter Callander, Producer - Frederic Chopin, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 Universal Music Operations Limited
Mitch Murray, Producer - Peter Callander, Producer - Jimmy Webb, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 Universal Music Operations Limited
Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - PHIL SPECTOR, ComposerLyricist - Tony Christie, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Universal Music Operations Limited
Roger Cook, ComposerLyricist - Roger Greenaway, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Murray, Producer - Peter Callander, Producer - Tony Christie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - T. McCauly, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Universal Music Operations Limited
The All Seeing I, MainArtist - Tony Christie, FeaturedArtist - Jarvis Cocker, ComposerLyricist - Dean Honer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Peter Buckle, ComposerLyricist - Richard Barratt, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 London Records Ltd.
Graeme Pleeth, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Duncan McKay, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Wilson, Producer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, French Horn, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Christie, Producer, Additional Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Darren Wiles, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Mires, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Davis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J Mainwaring, ComposerLyricist - A Crawford, ComposerLyricist - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Flush, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Buck, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Wood, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Dewsbury, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Fitzgerald, Producer, Percussion, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Dryden, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Peberdy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Simon Ferry, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tracey Leaning, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Graeme Pleeth, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Duncan McKay, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Wilson, Producer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, French Horn, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Christie, Producer, Additional Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Darren Wiles, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Mires, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Davis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - G Sacher, ComposerLyricist - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Flush, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Buck, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Wood, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Dewsbury, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Fitzgerald, Producer, Percussion, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Dryden, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Peberdy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Simon Ferry, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tracey Leaning, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
S. Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Graeme Pleeth, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Duncan McKay, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Wilson, Producer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, French Horn, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Christie, Producer, Additional Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Darren Wiles, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Mires, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Davis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J Mainwaring, ComposerLyricist - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Flush, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Buck, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Wood, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Dewsbury, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Fitzgerald, Producer, Percussion, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Dryden, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Peberdy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Simon Ferry, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tracey Leaning, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Graeme Pleeth, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Duncan McKay, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Wilson, Producer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, French Horn, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Christie, Producer, Additional Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Darren Wiles, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Mires, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Davis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J Mainwaring, ComposerLyricist - A Crawford, ComposerLyricist - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Flush, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Buck, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Wood, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Dewsbury, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Fitzgerald, Producer, Percussion, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Dryden, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Peberdy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Simon Ferry, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tracey Leaning, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Chronique
Tony Christie is one of those weird, only-in-the-U.K. pop sensations that happens every couple years or so -- something as silly and massive as Chas & Dave or Mr. Blobby, something that seems absolutely bewildering to pop fans who don't live on the isles. Of course, unlike Blobby, Christie is an actual living, breathing musician, one who toiled at the margins of obscurity for decades before Peter Kay suddenly, inexplicably picked Christie's irresistible Neil Sedaka-written bubblegum 1971 novelty "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo" for the theme song for his 2004 BBC comedy Phoenix Nights. That was all it took to send "Amarillo" to number one in the U.K., well over 30 years after its initial release, making Christie a fleeting pop culture sensation in the process. This was something that had never happened to Christie in the past, despite his appearance on the first recorded version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, despite enduring popularity in Europe, despite Pulp's Jarvis Cocker writing him a song in 1999, despite his "Avenues and Alleyways" being used as a theme in the post-Guy Ritchie British crime comedy Love, Honour and Obey. Christie survived all this to become a left-field star in 2005 and he wasn't the only one to seize the spotlight -- his former record labels followed suit, flooding the market with reissues and hits collections, of which Definitive Collection is the best. It runs an overly generous 21 songs, hitting all of the big moments in his career, which are not many: basically, "Amarillo," "Avenues and Alleyways," some cuts from Evita, Cocker's "Walk Like a Panther." There are a few Euro hits from the '80s and '90s that are missing, since the compilers wisely focus on '70s material that sounds a bit like "Amarillo" and a whole lot like a tamer Tom Jones. As dated kitsch goes, it's not bad, but a little goes a long way, and apart from the aforementioned trio of hits -- plus a handful of others, like "I Did What I Did for Maria," "Las Vegas," and "Don't Go Down to Reno" -- there just aren't that many memorable songs here; instead of great, forgotten schmaltzy soft rock, it often plays as generic Europop. Still, if "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo" makes you yearn for more Tony Christie, this is undoubtedly the collection that will satiate your curiosity, since it tells you everything you need to know and a whole lot more.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 21 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:12:41
- Artistes principaux : Tony Christie
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre : Pop/Rock Pop
© 2004 Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd. This Compilation ℗ 2004 Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
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