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1982 greatest hits album by Peter Allen

The Very Best of Peter Allen
Greatest hits album by Peter Allen
Released July 1982
Recorded 1971–1982
Genre Pop, stage and screen
Label Festival, A&M
Producer Marvin Hamlisch, Mike Post
Peter Allen chronology
Bi-Coastal(1980) The Very Best of Peter Allen(1982) Not the Boy Next Door(1983)

The Very Best of Peter Allen is the first compilation album released by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen. It was released in July 1982 through A&M Records, completing his deal with the label. The album peaked at number nine on the Australian Kent Music Report.[1] The album was re-titled, The Best in the United States, with an altered track listing.

The Very Best of Peter Allen is a compilation album by Australian-born singer-songwriter Peter Allen, which was issued in 1982.[2] According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, Allen's most famous songs during his career were "I Go to Rio", "I Honestly Love You", "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "I Still Call Australia Home".[2]

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Allmusic [3]

The Very Best of Peter Allen Festival Records (C52012), A & M Records (393 207-4)[4]

Chart (1982) Peakposition
Australian (Kent Music Report)[5] 9
  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Peter Allen'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 6 August 2004.
  3. ^ The Very Best of Peter Allen at AllMusic
  4. ^ Allen, Peter (1900), The Very Best of Peter Allen, A & M Records; [Australia]: Polydor, retrieved 20 August 2022
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 15. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)". Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.com.