Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998

Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998
Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998
Box set by Phyllis Hyman
Released	August 6, 2021
Recorded	1976–1995
Genre	Soul; R&B; adult contemporary; disco; quiet storm; jazz;
Label	SoulMusic Records
Producer	Larry Alexander; John Davis; Jerry Peters; Sandy Torano; Skip Scarborough; Barry Manilow; Ron Dante; Theodore Life; James Mtume; Reggie Lucas; Norman Connors; Chuck Jackson; Maxine Brown; Thom Bell; Narada Michael Walden; Kenny Gamble; Reggie Griffin; Leon Huff; Nick Martinelli; Dexter Wansel; Terry Burruss; Roland Chambers; Marti Sharron; Gene McDanields;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998 is a posthumous compilation album by singer Phyllis Hyman, released in 2021. The box set contains 9 CDs, featuring all of her studio albums as well as bonus material recorded over the course of her career.

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Andy Kellman described the box set as a "proper testament to Hyman's excellence" and noted the "obvious love and care" that went into its assembly.^[2] The box set was given 4 and a half stars out of 5.^[2]

AllMusic also named the box set as one of its favourite archival releases of 2021.^[3]

Track listing

Asterisks (*) denote bonus tracks. Tracklist taken from SoulMusic press release [1].

Disc 1 – *Phyllis Hyman* (1977) with 6 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Loving You – Losing You"	Thom Bell	7:27
2.	"No One Can Love You More"	Skip Scarborough	4:23
3.	"One Thing on My Mind"	Evie Sands Richard Germinaro	5:30
4.	"I Don't Want to Lose You"	Thom Bell Linda Creed	5:31
5.	"Deliver the Love"	Onaje Allan Gumbs Ausar Sahw Rachim	3:59
6.	"Was Yesterday Such a Long Time Ago"	M. Goode Buddy Scott	4:36
7.	"Night Bird Gets the Love"	Muhyi Shakoor Clifford Carter	5:21
8.	"Beautiful Man of Mine"	Larry Alexander	6:58
9.	"Children of the World"	Hubert Eaves III	3:01
10.	"Baby (I'm Gonna Love You)"	Larry Alexander	3:51
11.	"Do Me" (7" version)	Hiram Bullock Larry Alexander	3:01
12.	"You're the One"	John E. Davis	5:24
13.	"We Need Each Other" (Norman Connors featuring Phyllis Hyman and Michael Henderson)	Michael Henderson	4:01
14.	"Betcha By Golly Wow" (Norman Connors featuring Phyllis Hyman)	Thom Bell Linda Creed	6:19
15.	"Just Imagine" (Norman Connors featuring Phyllis Hyman)	Onaje Allan Gumbs	3:58
Total length:			1:13:28

Tracks 1–9 from the album Phyllis Hyman (1977).
Track 10 was a standalone single from 1976.
Track 11 was the b-side of "Baby (I'm Gonna Love You)" (1976).
Track 12 was previously released on the 2002 CD re-issue of You Know How to Love Me (1978) and the 2008 CD re-issue of Can't We Fall in Love Again? (1981).
Tracks 13–15 from the Norman Connors album You Are My Starship (1976).

Disc 2 – *Somewhere in My Lifetime* (1979) with 6 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Kiss You All Over"	Mike Chapman Nicky Chinn	5:07
2.	"Somewhere in My Lifetime"	Jesus Alvarez	3:29
3.	"Lookin' for a Lovin'"	Phyllis Brown Barry Goldberg	2:56
4.	"The Answer Is You"	Mark Radice	5:09
5.	"So Strange"	Theodore Life Billy Green	4:41
6.	"Gonna Make Changes"	Phyllis Hyman	3:58
7.	"Living Inside Your Love"	Skip Scarborough Renee Taylor	6:13
8.	"Be Careful (How You Treat My Love)"	Garry Glenn	4:13
9.	"Soon Come Again"	Larry Alexander Sandy Torano	3:34
10.	"Here's That Rainy Day"	Jimmy Van Heusen Johnny Burke	3:10
11.	"So Strange" (12" version)	Theodore Life Billy Green	9:01
12.	"Kiss You All Over" (12" version)	Mike Chapman Nicky Chinn	6:16
13.	"Sweet Music"	Al Martinez	3:48
14.	"Love is Free"	Mark Radice	3:45
15.	"Sing a Song"	Philip Bailey Ernest Straughter	3:37
16.	"As You Are" (Pharoah Sanders featuring Phyllis Hyman)	Norman Connors Paul Smith	5:09
Total length:			1:14:09

Tracks 4, 6–10 were originally released on the 1978 album Sing a Song.
Track 11 was the a-side of the U.S. 12" promo Arista SP-42.
Track 12 was the b-side of the U.S. 12" promo Arista SP-42 and the U.K. "Under Your Spell" 12" single (ARIST 12343).
Tracks 13–15 released on Sing a Song (1978) but did not appear on Somewhere in My Lifetime.
Track 16 from the Pharoah Sanders album Love Will Find a Way (1978).

Disc 3 – *You Know How to Love Me* (1979) with 7 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Know How to Love Me"	Reggie Lucas James Mtume	7:35
2.	"Some Way"	Reggie Lucas James Mtume	5:11
3.	"Under Your Spell"	Reggie Lucas James Mtume	4:37
4.	"This Feeling Must Be Love"	William Beard	3:45
5.	"But I Love You"	Misha Segal Morgan Ames	3:05
6.	"Heavenly"	Reggie Lucas James Mtume	4:31
7.	"Hold On"	Hubert Eaves III Tawatha Agee	4:14
8.	"Give a Little More"	Howard Schneider Larry Alexander Phyllis Hyman	4:05
9.	"Complete Me"	Brad Catron	5:26
10.	"You Know How to Love Me" (Single Edit)	Reggie Lucas James Mtume	3:47
11.	"Under Your Spell" (Single Edit)	Reggie Lucas James Mtume	3:37
12.	"Magic Mona"	Thom Bell Leroy Bell Casey James Jack Robinson	3:24
13.	"I'll Be Around" (McCoy Tyner featuring Phyllis Hyman)	Stanley Clarke McCoy Tyner	6:12
14.	"Love Surrounds Us Everywhere" (McCoy Tyner featuring Phyllis Hyman)	McCoy Tyner	5:14
15.	"In Search of My Heart" (McCoy Tyner featuring Phyllis Hyman)	McCoy Tyner	7:06
16.	"In a Sentimental Mood"	Irving Mills Manny Kurtz	3:25
Total length:			1:15:22

Tracks 1–9 from the album You Know How to Love Me (1979).
Track 12 from the Motion Picture soundtrack The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979).
Tracks 13–15 from the McCoy Tyner album Looking Out (1982).
Track 16 from the 1981 soundtrack for Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies.

Disc 4 – *Can't We Fall in Love Again?* (1981) with 6 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Sure Look Good to Me"	Brian Potter Rick Conedera	4:19
2.	"Don't Tell Me, Tell Her"	Doug James Sandy Linzer	4:19
3.	"I Ain't Asking"	Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson	4:02
4.	"Can't We Fall in Love Again?" (Duet with Michael Henderson)	John Lewis Parker Peter Ivers	5:16
5.	"The Love Too Good To Last"	Burt Bacharach Carole Bayer Sager Peter Allen	4:05
6.	"Tonight You and Me"	Bruce Hawes Peyton Scott	3:46
7.	"Sunshine in My Life"	Larry Alexander Phyllis Hyman	4:26
8.	"Just Another Face in the Crowd"	Dennis Caldirola Joe Ericksen	5:51
9.	"Can't We Fall in Love Again?" (Single version)	John Lewis Parker Peter Ivers	4:39
10.	"You Sure Look Good to Me" (Single version)	Brian Potter Rick Conedera	3:28
11.	"Tonight You and Me" (Disco version)	Bruce Hawes Peyton Scott	5:25
12.	"Sleep on It"	Andrew Kastner Larry McNally	3:21
13.	"If You Ever Change Your Mind"	David Batteau Richard Calhoun Scott Shelley	2:58
14.	"In Between the Heartaches"	Burt Bacharach Hal David	3:44
Total length:			59:46

Tracks 1–8 from the album Can't We Fall in Love Again? (1981).
Track 11 from the U.S. 12-inch promo Arista SP 114 and U.K. 12-inch single Arista ARIST 12 444.
Tracks 12–14 previously released on the compilation album In Between the Heartaches (2003) and the 2008 CD re-issue of Can't We Fall in Love Again?.

Disc 5 – *Goddess of Love* with 3 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Riding the Tiger"	Narada Michael Walden Jeffrey Cohen Dwayne Simmons	6:22
2.	"Goddess of Love"	Narada Michael Walden Jeffrey Cohen David Sancious	5:50
3.	"Why Did You Turn Me On"	Narada Michael Walden Corrado Rustici Allee Willis	4:11
4.	"Your Move, My Heart"	George Merrill Shannon Rubicam	4:43
5.	"Let Somebody Love You"	Alan Glass Preston Glass	4:44
6.	"Falling Star"	Bill Neale George Merrill Shannon Rubicam	3:46
7.	"We Should Be Lovers"	Joseph Jefferson Charles Simmons Sherman Marshall	3:53
8.	"Just Me and You"	Thom Bell Joseph Jefferson	4:36
9.	"Just 25 Miles to Anywhere"	Thom Bell Joseph Jefferson	2:46
10.	"I'm Not Asking You to Stay"	Joseph Jefferson Richard Roebuck	4:20
11.	"Riding the Tiger" (Dance version)	Narada Michael Walden Jeffrey Cohen Dwayne Simmons	8:46
12.	"Riding the Tiger" (Single edit)	Narada Michael Walden Jeffrey Cohen Dwayne Simmons	4:08
Total length:			58:10

Tracks 1–9 from the album Goddess of Love (1983).
Track 10 previously released on the 2008 CD re-issue of Can't We Fall in Love Again? (1981).
Track 11 originally released on 12-inch single Arista AD 1-9041 (1983).

Disc 6 – *Living All Alone* with 2 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Living All Alone"	Cynthia Biggs Kenneth Gamble Dexter Wansel	5:08
2.	"First Time Together"	Cynthia Biggs Kenneth Gamble Thom Bell	4:03
3.	"If You Want Me"	Reggie Griffin Junior Giscombe	4:20
4.	"Slow Dancin'"	Thom Bell LeRoy Bell Casey James	4:35
5.	"Old Friend"	Linda Creed	4:52
6.	"You Just Don't Know"	Cynthia Biggs Kenneth Gamble Thom Bell	4:15
7.	"Ain't You Had Enough Love?"	Carl McIntosh Jane Eugene Steve Nichol	4:13
8.	"Screaming at the Moon"	Wayne Wallace Ronald Hollins	4:09
9.	"What You Won't Do For Love"	Bobby Caldwell Alfons Kettner	4:05
10.	"Black and Blue" (Barry Manilow and Phyllis Hyman featuring Tom Scott)	Barry Manilow Tom Kelly Adrienne Anderson	4:02
11.	"Sacred Kind of Love" (Grover Washington, Jr. featuring Phyllis Hyman)	Sami McKinney KC Porter Karin Rybar	5:37
Total length:			49:25

Tracks 1–9 from the album Living All Alone (1986).
Track 10 from the Barry Manilow album Swing Street (1987).
Track 11 from the Grover Washington, Jr. album Time Out of Mind (1989).

Disc 7 – *Prime of My Life* (1991) with 2 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When You Get Right Down To It"	Nick Martinelli Reginald Hines	4:22
2.	"I Found Love"	Jonathan Rosen Karen Manno	4:26
3.	"Don’t Wanna Change The World"	Jonathan Rosen Karen Manno David Darlington	5:23
4.	"Prime of My Life"	Preston Glass Alan Glass	5:12
5.	"When I Give My Love (This Time)"	Kenneth Gamble Roland Chambers	7:02
6.	"I Can't Take It Anymore"	Nick Martinelli Reginald Hines	4:22
7.	"Walk Away"	Marti Sharron Kenny Hirsch	4:24
8.	"Living in Confusion"	Kenneth Gamble Terry Burrus Phyllis Hyman	7:07
9.	"Meet Me on the Moon"	Gene McDaniels Carrie Thompson	6:45
10.	"Whatever Happened To Our Love"	Kenneth Gamble Terry Burrus	4:09
11.	"(The) Hottest Love Around"	Doug James Sue Shifrin	4:29
12.	"Don't Wanna Change the World" (No Rap version)	Jonathan Rosen Karen Manno David Darlington	4:09
Total length:			1:01:56

Tracks 1–10 from the album Prime of My Life (1991).
Track 11 was a bonus track for Prime of My Life in Japan and also appeared on the promo CD for "I Found Love" (Zoo Entertainment ZP17068-2).
Track 12 was the b-side of the cassette single Zoo Entertainment 14005-4.

Disc 8 – *I Refuse to Be Lonely* (1995)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Refuse To Be Lonely"	Jud Friedman Alan Rich Nick Martinelli Phyllis Hyman	4:00
2.	"Waiting for the Last Tear To Fall"	Jon Rosen Karen Manno Jeff Franzel	4:11
3.	"This Too Shall Pass"	Lorrain Feather Joe Curiale	5:28
4.	"I'm Truly Yours"	Kenneth Gamble James Sigler	5:41
5.	"I'm Calling You"	Phyllis Hyman Kenneth Gamble Dexter Wansel	6:01
6.	"Back to Paradise"	Jon Rosen Karen Manno Jim Jacobsen	4:50
7.	"It's Not About You (It's About Me)"	Dave Hall Gordon Chambers Phyllis Hyman	5:16
8.	"It Takes Two"	Noel Cohen Daryl Hair Phyllis Hyman	4:13
9.	"Why Not Me"	Barry J. Eastmond Gordon Chambers Diane Quander Phyllis Hyman	4:41
10.	"Give Me One Good Reason To Stay"	Kenneth Gamble Leon A. Huff	5:13
Total length:			1:01:56

Disc 9 – Forever with You (1998)

"Forever with You" (Kenneth Gamble/Terry Burruss) - 4:17
"Funny How Love Goes" (Kenneth Gamble/Walter Sigler) - 4:46
"Come Right or Not at All" (Jane Eugene/Nick Martinelli/Ian Prince/Phyllis Hyman/Angelo Morris) - 4:35
"The Strength of a Woman" (Phyllis Hyman/Denise Rich/Sunny Hilden) - 4:22
"Hurry Up This Way Again" (Dexter Wansel/Cynthia Biggs) - 4:20
"How Long" (Michael O'Hara/Phyllis Hyman) - 4:15
"Someone to Love" (Michael Masser) - 4:00
"Tell Me What You're Gonna Do" (Barry Eastmond/Phyllis Hyman/Herb Middleton) - 4:35
"The Kids" (Kenneth Gamble/Bruce A. Hawes) - 4:38
"Set a Little Trap" (James Sigler) - 4:17
"No One But You" (Kenneth Gamble/Leon A. Huff) - 4:31
"Souvenirs" (Preston Glass/Alan Glass/Narada Michael Walden/Walter Afanasieff) - 4:25

Charts

Chart (2021)	Peak position
UK Independent Album Breakers Chart (OCC)^[4]	15

References

^ "Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kellman, Andy. "Phyllis Hyman - Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
^ "AllMusic 2021 in Review: Favorite Archival Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
^ "The Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

External links

"Old Friend (The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998)". Discogs. Retrieved June 4, 2023.

[1] "Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved June 11, 2022.

[AllMusic-2] Kellman, Andy. "Phyllis Hyman - Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

[3] "AllMusic 2021 in Review: Favorite Archival Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved June 9, 2022.

[4] "The Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

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Phyllis Hyman
Studio albums	Phyllis Hyman (1977) Sing a Song (1978) Somewhere in My Lifetime (1979) You Know How to Love Me (1979) Can't We Fall in Love Again? (1981) Goddess of Love (1983) Living All Alone (1986) Prime of My Life (1991) I Refuse to Be Lonely (1995) Forever with You (1998)
Compilations	(2021)
Singles	"Betcha by Golly Wow" "You Know How to Love Me" "Don't Wanna Change the World"
Related	Discography List of songs