The Best of Eric Carmen

The Best of Eric Carmen
Compilation album by Eric Carmen
Released	June 3, 1988
Recorded	1975−1987
Genre	Soft rock pop rock
Length	41:10 (original), 45:55 (reissue)
Label	Arista
Eric Carmen chronology
Eric Carmen (1984) The Best of Eric Carmen (1988) The Definitive Collection (1997)

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The Best of Eric Carmen is a compilation album released by Arista Records in 1988, featuring solo recordings from Cleveland, Ohio singer-songwriter Eric Carmen. Unlike subsequent compilations such as The Definitive Collection, this record omits any hits Carmen had with his group the Raspberries. It also fails to include any songs from his 1984 self-titled album on Geffen Records. Instead, The Best Of Eric Carmen features a mix of successful singles and album tracks pulled from his four solo albums with Arista. Notable hits include "All by Myself" (No. 2, US), "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" (No. 11, US) and "She Did It" (No. 23, US). Carmen's original recordings of "That's Rock 'n' Roll" and "Hey Deanie" are included since the compositions became major hits as covers by teen idol Shawn Cassidy. Additionally, it features his then-recent comeback hit "Hungry Eyes" (1987, No. 4, US), taken from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.

After an initial release on LP (AL-8547) and cassette (AC-8547), the album was reissued with a new catalogue number (ending in 8548) later in the year to include "Make Me Lose Control", his follow-up single to "Hungry Eyes", after it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. This expanded version of the album was also released on CD (ARCD-8548).

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Eric Carmen except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"All by Myself"	Eric Carmen, Sergei Rachmaninoff (uncredited)	Jimmy Ienner	4:48
2.	"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"	Eric Carmen, Sergei Rachmaninoff (uncredited)	Jimmy Ienner	3:35
3.	"That's Rock 'n' Roll"		Jimmy Ienner	3:11
4.	"Hey Deanie"			4:31
5.	"Hungry Eyes"	John DeNicola, Franke Previte	Eric Carmen, Jimmy Ienner (executive)	4:06
Total length:				20:11

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Make Me Lose Control"	Eric Carmen, Dean Pitchford	Jimmy Ienner	4:45
2.	"Change of Heart"			3:30
3.	"She Did It"			3:48
4.	"It Hurts Too Much"		Harry Maslin	4:09
5.	"No Hard Feelings"		Jimmy Ienner	5:10
6.	"Boats Against the Current"			4:22
Total length:				25:44

Note: "Make Me Lose Control" only appears on reissue copies of the compilation (those ending with the catalogue number 8548).

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	26
US Billboard 200	59