Best of Me (Maxi Priest album) explained

Best of Me
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Maxi Priest
Cover:	Maxi_Priest_Best_of_Me_album_cover.jpg
Caption:	European album cover
Released:	1991
Prev Title:	Bonafide
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Fe Real
Next Year:	1992

Best of Me is a compilation album by English reggae vocalist Maxi Priest, released in 1991. The album mostly contains Priest's biggest hit singles up to 1991, including the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single, "Close to You". The majority of the tracks are from his first four studio albums: You're Safe (1985), Intentions (1986), Maxi (1987) and Bonafide (1990).

Critical reception

In a review for AllMusic, Jose F. Promis gave Best of Me four and a half out of five stars, describing the album as "timeless, breezy, and thoroughly engaging". Promis also described the album package as featuring "great pictures, song lyrics, and detailed liner notes".

Personnel

Producers

• Mikey Bennett (track 7)
• Geoffrey Chung (tracks 4, 13)
• Augustus "Gussie" Clarke (tracks 8, 11)
• Clifton Dillon (track 7)
• Sly Dunbar (tracks 1, 4, 5, 10, 13)
• Nellee Hooper (track 16)
• Jazzie B (track 16)
• Willie Lindo (tracks 1, 5, 10)
• J.P. "Bluey" Maunick (track 15)
• Paul Robinson (tracks 2, 3, 9, 12)
• Robbie Shakespeare (tracks 1, 5, 10)
• Handel Tucker (tracks 4, 13)
• Drummie Zeb (tracks 6, 14)

Other production

• Executive producer: Erskine Thompson
• Project co-ordination by Erskine Thompson and Sue Thompson
• Compiled and edited by Crispin Murray
• Mastered by Gordon Vicary at The Townhouse, London

External links

• Best of Me at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 14 October 1991. Bubbling Down Under. 14 October 2022.