DAVID CASSIDY : CLASSIC SONGS

1. I Think I Love You
2. Half Heaven, Half Heartache
3. Once a Fool
4. Strengthen My Love
5. You Are the First One
6. I Can See Everything
7. Crazy Love
8. Dirty Work
9. Hurt So Bad

Label : Curb Records

Length : 31:37

Released : 1998

Review (AllMusic) : Although it only features one hit - the ubiquitous "I Think I Love You" - Curb's Best of David Cassidy is a good budget-line nine-track collection that features highlights from throughout Cassidy's career. Many hits are missing, but anyone who enjoyed the sound and feel of AM pop and teen idol hits from the '70s will find something to enjoy here.

Review (Amazon) : David was going to release an album in 1979, but was never released and these songs are great! He felt like these songs didn't represent his music, probably because most of these tracks are cover songs. The track I thought that represented his music is "Half Heaven, Half Heartache", which he has great vocal harmonies in! Another one is "Once a Fool", of which he tries to attempt at doing disco. "Crazy Love" and "Dirty Work"(written by one of the Gibb brothers from the Bee Gees) are fairly good too. The songs that are wimpy though are "Hurt So Bad"(that was released as a single, but failed to reach the charts), "Stengthen My Love", and "I Can See Everything." Originally recorded in the '80's for Curb records, this incomplete (by 5 songs!) re-release of mediocre material is saved by the decent "Strengthen My Love," which was only heard in the States on a "Partridge Family" and "My Three Sons" reunion special. The sweet "Half Heaven, Half Heartache" is reminiscent of the Partridge Family sound but everything else is a disapointment. "I Think I Love You" was not a part of the original album, which did eventually see the light of day in Japan a few years back under the misleading title, "Best of David Cassidy."