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Goodbye Yesterday: The Very Best of Phil and John is a compilation album by the British folk-pop duo Phil & John (Phil Baggaley and John Hartley), released on Word Records in 1992, distributed by Word UK.
Culled from the three studio albums this showcases many of the duo’s finest moments. One of British CCM’s finest songs «Feels Like The Summer» just had to be here as did the bouncy «Young At Heart». There are also echoes of the early times too with P&J’s beautiful brand of 60’s influenced pop in «Goodbye Yesterday» and «All At Sea». It’s also not in the least surprising that tracks from their latest album, ‘Shine Like America‘ are somewhat of a rarity as this was their least inspiring effort so far – only three survive. A favourite occupation of reviewers is to mention the best ones which are conspicuously absent, and I am no exception. Where is «Saturday Night And Sunday Morning», the song that introduced many of us to the fab two? Why aren’t some of the non-Christian songs featured on the far-superior-than-‘Shine Like America’-album Phil and John ‘Live‘ included here? If it’s supposed to be the very best why doesn’t it encompass the excellent Aztec Camera cover «Oblivious» or their comedy routine of «Tommy The Tortoise», plus of course Bryn Haworth’s «What Kind Of Love Is This?». It’s a good selection on the whole but would have benefited from their selection aforementioned. [Chris Berry, Cross Rhythms, October 1992]
CD tracklist:
01. Goodbye Yesterday
02. All at Sea
03. Over the Moon
04. Feels Like The Summer
05. Gabriel’s Sitting In
06. Please Tell Me Why
07. Don’t Shoot Them Down (In Flames)
08. My Potential
09. Celebrate
10. Reunion of the Heart
11. Fools Wisdom
12. Young at Heart
13. Every Little Step I Take
14. Lonely Dancer
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Word Records.
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