Simply the Best (1991) (compilation album)

Simply the Best is a 1991 compilation album by American singer - songwriter Crystal Lewis. Released by Frontline Records, it stands as her final release with the label before she transitioned to launch Metro One Music. This 12-track collection synthesizes her early career successes, pulling popular tracks from her debut solo era (Beyond the Charade, Joy and Let Love In) alongside select collaborations, like "Lost Inside of You" with Jon Gibson and an alternate version of "Only One" taken from her former band Wild Blue Yonder's one-off album, Wild Blue Yonder. Simply the Best is out of print and is not available on streaming platforms.

Track listing

1. Breakdown (Jon Gibson) (from Beyond the Charade) -3:59

2. You Didn't Have to Do It (Jackie Gouche) (from Joy) -4:52

3. Lost Inside of You (duet with Jon Gibson) (Stephen Crumbächer, Bill Baumgart)

(taken from the Jon Gibson recording Change of Heart) -4:40

4. Jump (Scott V. Smith) (from Let Love In) -4:18

5. Precious Lord (public domain; arranged by Bill Baumgart and Tim Heintz)

(from Beyond the Charade) -3:32

6. Only One (featuring Wild Blue Yonder) (alternate version) (Terry Scott Taylor)

(originally from Wild Blue Yonder) -3:40

7. Rock Solid (featuring Dynamic Twins and S.F.C) (Chris Cooper, Noel Authurton,

   Scott V. Smith) (from Let Love In) -3:47

8. Bloodstained Pages (Hal Spencer, Lauren Stalnecker) (from Joy) -3:50

9. This Love's For Real (featuring Wild Blue Yonder) (Chris Brigandi) (from Wild

Blue Yonder) -4:05

10. One More Heart (music by Bill Baumgart, words by Stephen Crumbächer)

(from Beyond the Charade) -3:51

11. God is Somebody (Alfred McCrary, Donna Russell, Scott V. Smith) (from Joy)

-4:21

12. Something That Christ Did (Brian Ray) (from Let Love In) -3:52

Production credits

Scott V. Smith -producer (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 11 and 12)

Bill Baumgart -producer (tracks 1, 3, 5 and 10)

Terry Scott Taylor -producer (tracks 6 and 9)

Previous release: Let Love In (1990) 

Next release: Remember/Recuerda (1992)

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