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Very Best of Nicolette Larson

Nicolette Larson Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

1	Lotta Love
2	Rhumba Girl
3	Give A Little
4	Angels Rejoiced
5	French Waltz
6	Baby, Don't You Do It
7	Let Me Go, Love
8	Radioland
9	Ooo-eee
10	Fool Me Again
11	I Only Want To Be WIth You
12	Two Trains
13	Only Love Will Make It Right
14	Let Me Be The First
15	That's How You Know When Love's Right
16	Irish Lullaby

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Montana-born, honey-voiced singer Nicolette Larson headed west in 1974 and quickly became a member of the '70s California rock scene. She sang backup with Hoyt Axton and Commander Cody, did sessions with Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Neil Young, and landed a solo deal with Warner Bros., which, in late 1978, released her first single, "Lotta Love" (penned by her mentor Young). It went Top 10, spurred her debut album Nicolette to gold, and launched a promising career. She cut four albums for Warner Bros. and guested on records by others ranging from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band to Van Halen. In Nashville, Larson starred in the musical Pump Boys And Dinettes and cut the album Say When, proving she was adept at country too. Sadly, Nicolette passed away in December 1997 of complications arising from cerebral edema; she was just 45. Now Rhino is proud to bring you the only collection devoted to this underappreciated artist's best solo recordings, The Very Best Of Nicolette Larson. Featuring the hit singles and key tracks from her nine albums released on Warner Bros., MCA, and Sony Wonder, it also includes previously unreleased live versions of "French Waltz" and "Baby, Don't You Do It."

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 0.8 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Rhino
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Rhino
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00000JNJ4
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #182,879 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #433 in Cowboy Country
- #2,788 in Country Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #3,035 in Soft Rock (CDs & Vinyl)

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Revered by other singers

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2005

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Nicolette never captured the public imagination as a solo singer despite having a superb voice and an outgoing personality. She was very popular with other singers, many of whom employed her as a backing singer on their records. You'll find her name in the credits of albums by Guy Clark, Commander Cody, Neil Young, Christopher Cross, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Rita Coolidge, Linda Ronstadt, John Stewart and many others.

Eventually, a record company gave her a recording contract and her first single (Lotta love - a Neil Young song) made the American top ten. It seemed that Nicolette was set for a long and glittering career but nothing else she ever did came close to matching the success of Lotta love.

Nicolette's second single (Rhumba girl - a Jesse Winchester song) became a minor American hit. One later single (Let me go love - a duet with Michael McDonald) made the American top forty. Among the failed singles was a cover of I only want to be with you, originally a hit for Dusty Springfield in the sixties. Nicolette's version is almost as good as Dusty's and far superior to many other versions I've heard. Nicolette never charted in Britain, but although some of her albums were released in the UK, I'm not sure that any effort was made to promote them.

Changing musical trends caused Nicolette to change directions. She recorded a couple of country albums (Say when, Rose of my heart). I never heard the first but I bought the second on vinyl and it's outstanding. It yielded a top ten country hit (That's how you know when love's right, a duet with Steve Wariner) but any hopes that Nicolette would establish herself as a country star faded. Nicolette eventually married and settled for motherhood, only rarely returning to the recording studio. A lullaby album marked the end of her career.

Nicolette died in her mid-forties following liver failure. She was not a prolific solo recording artist but this compilation is a fitting tribute to a brilliant singer.

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Darryl K. Clark

gotta lotta love for her

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2007

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i always buy a 'best of' cd for one or two songs. 'lotta love' is a pop-disco classic that momentarily eclipsed linda ronstadt as the pop female vocalist of the late 70 and early 80s. and it made a pop diva out of its vocalist nicolette larson, a former backgrounder for ronstadt. but there couldn't have been much love lost--ronstadt is in the background for this record.

and this one song garners three of these four stars from me. and french waltz and let me go love are the other star.

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Raul Arriagada

great voice

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2010

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Nicolette Larson have a great voice, beautiful and romantic songs for those who like to hear soft rock. She have hits like "Lotta love" but in this CD you can find another songs who show she was an artist with a great talent. It's a great CD!

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Frederick E Reynolds

Nice to be ale to hear Nicolette Larson again

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2015

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Nice to be ale to hear Nicolette Larson again. It is always Quite sad to have great talent leave so very young.

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Jordon M Beasom

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2016

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what I wanted CD was in good condition the CD case came apart

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Alan

Very Best of Nicolette Larson ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2015

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Probably one of the worst album covers ever but she still sings some of the best songs of that era. RIP Nicky. It still takes a lot of love and even more so without you.

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Thanks

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2015

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Great, it contains an unlisted dance version at the end of "Lotta Love."

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bruce b

lots of pretty music

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2015

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Got beautiful and sweet voice very good songs just like linda ronstadt

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Mark Norton

A distillation of her best music

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2014

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Not every song the late great Nicolette sang was a winner but here is a collection of her best. Well worth having, also worth checking out the Neil Young Unplugged video (may only be on VHS) which has her peforming background vocals alongside his kid sister, Astrid Young. Lotta Love by Nicolette takes me right back to the early 80's cruising down the freeways in North Carolina.

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