| The Best of Abbey Road | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Gary Williams |
| Cover: | Gary Williams - The Best of Abbey Road.jpeg |
| Released: | February 13, 2010 |
| Recorded: | Abbey Road Studios |
| Genre: | jazz, ballad, swing, musical |
| Label: | BOS Records |
| Prev Title: | Gary Williams Meets Frank Sinatra |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Let There Be Love |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
The Best of Abbey Road is jazz vocalist Gary Williams's fifth album, released in 2010. It is a compilation album of songs from three albums recorded at Abbey Road Studios: Alone Together, In the Lounge with Gary Williams and Swingin' on Broadway.
The album was received well by critics and reviewers.
Clive Fuller of In Tune commented: "Gary can have the lightest of touches with a song as well as a more robust approach when it is needed. The arrangements bring out the best from the song the musicians and the singer... Who could ever forget Vincent Youman's “More Than You Know” or Cole Porter’s “You’re Sensational”; Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Surrey with the Fringe on Top”; the Gershwin’s “Isn’t it a Pity” and these are only 4 reasons why you should buy this album."[1]
Albert Killman of Journey into Melody said: "How often have we remarked "they don't make records like that anymore." Well, they still do and here's the glowing proof. There are many so-called "tribute" singers who just seem to go through the motions. Gary, however, shows how it could be and should be done, but then it's Gary who has the talent, and boy, does it show."[2]