16 Biggest Hits (Liza Minnelli album)

16 Biggest Hits compilation Liza Minnelli Liza Minnelli - 16 Biggest Hits (album cover).jpg July 18, 2000 1972–1992 Traditional Legacy Minnelli on Minnelli 2000 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Liza Minnelli 2001 16 Biggest Hits is a compilation album by American singer and actress Liza Minnelli,Parish James Robert Pitts Michael R. Hollywood Songsters: Garland to O'Connor 2003 Taylor & Francis 978-0-415-94333-8 602 https://books.google.com/books?id=p3HWDtBhLykC September 18, 2023 en released by Legacy Recordings,Legacy Records is an archival label under Sony Music, which releases songs from the catalog of artists previously signed to the company.Legacy Recordings Taps Potential of Spotify Platform With Groundbreaking "The Legacy Of" App Launching With Focus On Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Hall & Oates https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2012/legacy-recordings-taps-potential-of-spotify-platform-with-groundbreaking-the-legacy-of-app-launching-with-focus-on-bob-dylan-miles-davis-stevie-ray-vaughan-and-hall-oates.html Sony Music September 18, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230514204831/https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2012/legacy-recordings-taps-potential-of-spotify-platform-with-groundbreaking-the-legacy-of-app-launching-with-focus-on-bob-dylan-miles-davis-stevie-ray-vaughan-and-hall-oates.html May 14, 2023 March 22, 2012 live in July 2000.This Week The Gazette, Montreal, Que. July 20, 2000 D 13 https://www.proquest.com/docview/433622983 September 17, 2023 433622983 en The album focuses on songs from her tenure with Columbia Records. Due to the fact that her recordings are spread across multiple labels, the compilation utilizes live versions from her Columbia albums to represent career-defining songs whose original studio recordings are owned by other companies. The tracklist includes material from her Broadway shows, such as "Cabaret" and "Theme from New York, New York" from film, and "Losing My Mind" from her 1989 album Results. In some Latin American countries, the album was expanded and released under different titles, such as Vinteum: 21 Grandes Sucessos and Los Exitos Del Siglo featuring five additional tracks. Music critics gave 16 Biggest Hits favorable reviews. Album details Liza Minnelli’s career spans decades of success across multiple fields, including music, theater, and film. As a result, compiling a comprehensive collection of her hits is commercially and bureaucratically challenging, as her recordings are spread across different labels. Prior compilations to 16 Biggest Hits were organized based on the labels under which the songs were originally released. Her early recordings under Capitol Records were featured in A Touch of Class (1997)Ruhlmann William Liza Minnelli - Touch of Class Album Reviews, Songs & More AllMusic https://www.allmusic.com/album/touch-of-class-mw0000049545 AllMusic September 17, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20160821174649/http://www.allmusic.com/album/touch-of-class-mw0000049545 August 21, 2016 en live and The Capitol Years (2001).https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-capitol-years-mw0000464990 Liza Minnelli - The Capitol Years Album Reviews, Songs & More April 8, 2023 AllMusic en https://web.archive.org/web/20140112081201/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-capitol-years-mw0000464990 January 12, 2014 live Ruhlmann William Her work with A&M Records was compiled in The Liza Minnelli Foursider (1973)https://www.allmusic.com/album/foursider-mw0000196447 Liza Minnelli - Foursider Album Reviews, Songs & More August 24, 2023 AllMusic en https://web.archive.org/web/20140423224224/http://www.allmusic.com/album/foursider-mw0000196447 April 23, 2014 live Ruhlmann William and The Collection (1998).Ruhlmann William Liza Minnelli - The Collection Album Reviews, Songs & More https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-collection-mw0000454310 AllMusic September 18, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230905170132/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-collection-mw0000454310 September 5, 2023 en live Her Columbia Records era is represented in Simply The Best (1982),Ruhlmann William Simply the Best - Liza Minnelli https://www.allmusic.com/album/simply-the-best-mw0000544269 AllMusic September 12, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817082650/http://www.allmusic.com/album/simply-the-best-mw0000544269 August 17, 2016 live Liza (1993), and All That Jazz (1999).Ruhlmann William Liza Minnelli - All That Jazz Album Reviews, Songs & More https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-that-jazz-mw0000065719 AllMusic September 17, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20170828091636/http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-that-jazz-mw0000065719 August 28, 2017 en live For 16 Biggest Hits, producer Didier C. Deutsch selected songs that were not necessarily hits but represented Minnelli’s most celebrated career moments and the standards she became associated with. Since many original recordings were under other labels, live versions from her Columbia albums were used instead. From her Broadway career, the album includes "Quiet Thing" from Flora the Red Menace, as well as "My Own Best Friend" and "All That Jazz" from Chicago. Her film work is represented by "Cabaret" and "Theme from New York, New York." The song "Liza with a Z" comes from her Emmy-winning concert special of the same name. "Losing My Mind" was Minnelli’s highest-charting single,http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Liza+Minnelli&titel=Losing+My+Mind&cat=s lescharts.com > Liza Minnelli – Losing My Mind (song) fr Hung Medien February 3, 2017 taken from her 1989 album Results.Brown, Joe (November 19, 1989). "Minnelli, Ronstadt and Zadora: Taking a Different Tack". The Washington Post. p. G06. In some Latin American countries, the album was released as a double album titled Vinteum: 21 Grandes Sucessos (in Brazil) or Los Exitos Del Siglo, featuring new cover art and five additional tracks: "Don't Drop Bombs", "Rent", and "So Sorry, I Said" from the album Results, as well as two live recordings—"Stepping Out" and "There's No Business Like Show Business".Vinteum: 21 Grandes Sucessos Liza Minnelli 2000 Sony Music 2-495880 BrazilVeintiuno: Los Exitos del Siglo Liza Minnelli 2001 Columbia Records 2-495880 Argentina Critical reception AllMusic 3 5 William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote that while Minnelli's selected recordings are familiar and enjoyable, some tracks lack a special connection to her and hardly qualify as 'biggest hits'. He criticized the omission of signature songs like "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret, despite multiple live versions being available.Ruhlmann William Liza Minnelli - 16 Biggest Hits Album Reviews, Songs & More AllMusic https://www.allmusic.com/album/16-biggest-hits-mw0000070563 AllMusic September 9, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20140422010600/http://www.allmusic.com/album/16-biggest-hits-mw0000070563 April 22, 2014 en live Max O. Preeo of Show Music magazine praised the album, particularly highlighting Minnelli's Broadway selections from Chicago, "My Own Best Friend" and "All That Jazz".Preeo Max O. Show Music 2000 Max O. Preeo 72 https://books.google.com/books?id=Eys5AQAAIAAJ September 18, 2023 enPreeo Max O. Winter 2000 Features https://www.showmusic.org/CURRIS.htm Show Music September 18, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20010302011658/http://www.showmusic.org/CURRIS.htm March 2, 2001 March 2, 2001 dead Track listing 16 Biggest Hits Album Liza With A "Z" Liza with a Z John Kander; Fred Ebb 2:25 Bye Bye Blackbird Liza with a Z Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson 3:58 The Singer The Singer Walter Marks 2:25 You're So Vain The Singer Carly Simon 3:18 Some People Live from Radio City Music Hall Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim 3:19 Shine On Harvest Moon Live at the Winter Garden Jack Norworth, Nora Bayes 4:15 Old Friends Live from Radio City Music Hall S. Sondheim 1:12 There Is A Time Live at the Winter Garden Charles Aznavour, Gene Lees, Jeff Davis 2:17 Where Is The Love The Singer Ralph MacDonald, William Salter 2:46 Losing My Mind Results S. Sondheim 4:08 My Own Best Friend Single only from the musical Chicago J. Kander, F. Ebb 3:10 Quiet Thing Live at the Winter Garden J. Kander, F. Ebb 2:50 Ring Them Bells Liza with a Z J. Kander, F. Ebb 5:16 All That Jazz Single only from the musical Chicago J. Kander, F. Ebb 3:04 Theme from New York, New York Live from Radio City Music Hall J. Kander, F. Ebb 5:09 Cabaret Liza with a Z J. Kander, F. Ebb 4:01 21 Greatest Hits (CD1) / Los Éxitos del Siglo (CD1) Album Liza With A "Z" Liza with a Z John Kander; Fred Ebb 2:25 Bye Bye Blackbird Liza with a Z Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson 3:58 The Singer The Singer Walter Marks 2:25 You're So Vain The Singer Carly Simon 3:18 Some People Live from Radio City Music Hall Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim 3:19 Shine On Harvest Moon Live at the Winter Garden Jack Norworth, Nora Bayes 4:15 Old Friends Live from Radio City Music Hall S. Sondheim 1:12 There Is A Time Live at the Winter Garden Charles Aznavour, Gene Lees, Jeff Davis 2:17 Where Is The Love The Singer Ralph MacDonald, William Salter 2:46 Losing My Mind Results S. Sondheim 4:08 My Own Best Friend Single only from the musical Chicago J. Kander, F. Ebb 3:10 21 Greatest Hits (CD2) / Los Éxitos del Siglo (CD2) Album Quiet Thing Live at the Winter Garden J. Kander, F. Ebb 2:50 Ring Them Bells Liza with a Z J. Kander, F. Ebb 5:16 All That Jazz Single only from the musical Chicago J. Kander, F. Ebb 3:04 Theme from New York, New York Live from Radio City Music Hall J. Kander, F. Ebb 5:09 Cabaret Liza with a Z J. Kander, F. Ebb 4:01 Don't Drop Bombs Results N. Tennant, C. Lowe 3:37 Rent Results N. Tennant, C. Lowe 3:48 So Sorry, I Said Results N. Tennant, C. Lowe 3:13 Stepping Out Live from Radio City Music Hall J. Kander, F. Ebb 1:59 There's No Business Like Show Business Live from Radio City Music Hall I. Berlin 0:49 Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of 16 Biggest Hits CD.16 Biggest Hits Liza Minnelli 2000 Columbia Records; Legacy CK 53778 United States Compilation produced by Didier C. Deutsch Mastered by Chris Herles at Sony Music Studios, NY Legacy A&R: Steve Berkowitz Project direction: Thomas Burleigh & Joy Gilbert A&R coordination: Pattimatheny & Darren Salmieri Tape research: Stacey Boyle Packaging manager: Dianne Spoto Shattuck Art direction: Fredette/Sparagano Credits adapted from the liner notes of Vinteum: 21 Grandes Sucessos CD. Design: Nu'des Assistant Art: Marcus Paulo Graphic coordinator: Carla Framback Notes References Category:Liza Minnelli compilation albums Minnelli, Liza Category:2000 greatest hits albums Category:Columbia Records compilation albums