STEVE FORBERT : THE BEST OF STEVE FORBERT - WHAT KINDA GUY ?

1. What Kinda Guy?
2. Romeo's Tune Ya Ya (Next to Me)
3. Cellophane City
4. Song for Katrina
5. Sweet Love That You Give (Sure Goes a Long, Long Way)
6. I'm in Love With You
7. Complications
8. You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play
9. Thinkin'
10. Goin' Down to Laurel
11. January 23-30, 1978
12. Get Well Soon
13. Schoolgirl
14. Samson and Delilah's
15. Beauty Shop
16. The Oil Song
17. Listen to Me
18. Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast
19. It Isn't Gonna Be That Way

Label : Legacy

Release Year : 1993

Length : 76:45

Review (AllMusic) : Being called the next Bob Dylan wasn't exactly a good thing for Steve Forbert when he hit the scene in the late '70s, first because who on earth would want that hung around his neck, and second because his approach and style were nothing much like Dylan in the first place. It was a recipe for perceived failure, and although Forbert released four very decent albums for CBS Records between 1978 and 1982 and hit the Top 20 with the infectious "Romeo's Tune" in 1979, he was dropped from his contract with the label. This set packages some of the key tracks from his CBS years and adds four live cuts and a previously unreleased one, the intriguing "Samson and Delilah's Beauty Shop," to make a good introduction to this underappreciated singer and songwriter's early years.