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The Best of Sam Cooke
Greatest hits album by
Sam Cooke
Released1962
Genre Rhythm and blues, dance, soul
Length31:50
Label RCA Victor
Producer Hugo & Luigi
Sam Cooke chronology
Twistin' the Night Away
(1962) 		The Best of Sam Cooke
(1962) 		Mr. Soul
(1963)
Singles from The Best of Sam Cooke
  1. " Bring It On Home to Me"
    Released: May 8, 1962
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Blender [2]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide [3]

The Best of Sam Cooke is the second greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in 1962 in the United States by RCA Victor. The compilation contains most of Sam Cooke's most well-known hits from 1957 to 1962.

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Ron Wynn gave The Best of Sam Cooke three-and-a-half out of five stars and called it "an above-average greatest hits collection, although no sampler could fully convey Sam Cooke's genius." [4] In Blender, Robert Christgau was more critical, giving it one star and recommending listeners overlook the album in favor of the 30-song compilation Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964. [5]

Track listing

Side one

  1. " You Send Me" – 2:45
  2. " Only Sixteen" – 2:02
  3. " Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" – 2:42
  4. " (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" – 2:38
  5. " Wonderful World" – 2:06
  6. " Summertime" – 2:21

Side two

  1. " Chain Gang" – 2:35
  2. " Cupid" – 2:37
  3. " Twistin' the Night Away" – 2:43
  4. " Sad Mood" – 2:38
  5. " Having a Party" – 2:36
  6. " Bring It On Home to Me" – 2:44

Personnel

Vinyl Re-Issue

In 2018, Sony Music reissued the album in its original vinyl format as part of the RCA Legacy Recordings series.

Notes

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r33874
  2. ^ Blender, Oct. 2005
  3. ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 84, 598.
  4. ^ Wynn, Ron. "The Best of Sam Cooke [RCA] – Sam Cooke". AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 2005). "Two key Sam Cooke albums, and one redundant one, remember a puzzling soul singer". Blender. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
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