The Best of Dave Mason (1974 album)

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For the other Dave Mason album of the same title, see The Best of Dave Mason (1981 album).
The Best of Dave Mason
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Greatest hits album by
Dave Mason
Released1974
GenreRock
LabelBlue Thumb
ProducerTommy LiPuma and Dave Mason
Dave Mason chronology
Dave Mason
(1974) 		The Best of Dave Mason
(1974) 		Split Coconut
(1975)

The Best Of Dave Mason is a 1974 album by Dave Mason and was released on the Blue Thumb Records label.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars [1]
Christgau's Record GuideC–[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 stars[3]

Allmusic's retrospective review criticised the selection of songs as downright poor for a "best of" compilation, and accused Blue Thumb Records of releasing the album "apparently with no goal other than to confuse record buyers and distract attention from Mason's new releases on Columbia."[1]

Track listing[]

  1. "A Heartache, A Shadow, A Lifetime"
  2. "Only You And I Know"
  3. "Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving"
  4. "Look At You Look At Me"
  5. "Walk To The Point"
  6. "In My Mind"
  7. "To Be Free"
  8. "Here We Go Again"
  9. "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave"

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b The Best of Dave Mason at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

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