• > Home
  • > Artists
  • > Kenny Loggins
  • > Albums
  • > The Essential Kenny Loggins

    • Kenny Loggins

    The Essential Kenny Loggins

    11/19/2002 | Sony 

    Submit Your Review

    Videos from The Essential Kenny Loggins

    All Music Guide Review

    Columbia/Legacy's 2001 release The Essential Kenny Loggins lives up to its billing, and not just because it has all of Loggins' solo hits. No, this collection earns its title because it contains no less than seven Kenny-fronted Loggins & Messina tracks, along with all his big solo hits, plus a sharp selection of album tracks and latter-day material, for a grand total of 35 tracks over two CDs. That's a lot of material, and many listeners may find that they are drawn to the first disc, which truly captures him in his prime by spanning from "Your Mama Don't Dance" to the era just before "Footloose." This is a compulsively listenable disc, from the sweet singer/songwriterisms of "Danny's Song" and "House at Pooh Corner" to the exquisitely crafted soft rock of "This Is It" and "Heart to Heart," two of the greatest singles of their kind. If the second disc isn't as good, it's largely because it's a mishmash of dated '80s productions and latter-career cultism; there's still good stuff here, but apart from the first six songs, it's for the serious fan. That, however, is not a criticism that can be lodged of The Essential Kenny Loggins as a whole, since it far exceeds any other compilation in its scope and its success, presenting all sides of this fine, mellow singer/songwriter. Plus, the first disc is a stellar listen in its own right. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

    Credits

    • Lester A. Garth
    • Violin, Drums (Steel), Vocals (Background), Recorder, Saxophone
    • Steve Wood
    • Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
    • Bill Summers
    • Percussion, Tambourine, Tom-Tom, Gunga-Degun, Udu, Shekere, Okonkolo, Bata, Djembe, ?, Pandeiro, Caxixi, Djun-Djun, Berimbau, Bells
    • Jon Clarke
    • Clarinet, Soloist, Woodwind, Recorder (Soprano), Group, Drums (Steel), Tambourine, Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Bass), Sax (Baritone), Saxophone, Recorder, Oboe, Horn (English), Clarinet (Bass), Flute (Alto), Flute (Bass), Horn, Flute
    • Al Garth
    • Fiddle, Horn, Woodwind, Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto), Recorder, Clarinet (Bass), Violin
    • Steve George
    • Piano, Vocals (Background), Keyboards, Vocals
    • Munyungo Jackson
    • Percussion, Tambourine, Tom-Tom, Gunga-Degun, Udu, Shekere, Okonkolo, Bata, Djembe, ?, Pandeiro, Caxixi, Djun-Djun, Berimbau, Bells
    • Brian Mann
    • Accordion, Keyboards, Horn Arrangements, Soloist, Electronic Accordion
    • Kenny Loggins
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Soloist, Producer, Vocals (Background), Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar (Electric), Arranger, Guitar
    • Bob James
    • Arranger, Producer, Musical Direction, String Arrangements, Keyboards

    Similar Albums



    ARTISTdirect plus

    What's Hot from ARTISTdirect