Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight

Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight is the first greatest hits album by British singer Beverley Knight. It was released in the United Kingdom on 20 March 2006 by Parlophone. The collection includes twelve UK Top 40 singles, including the newly recorded track and single "Piece of My Heart". The album also includes a second new track co-written with and produced by Chris Braide entitled "Who's Gonna Save Your Soul" and two live tracks. It was supported by the Voice – The Best of Tour.

Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight
Greatest hits album by Beverley Knight
Released	20 March 2006
Recorded	1994–2005
Length	61:37
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Chris Braide Tony Briscoe Guy Chambers Dodge G.H.O.S.T. Rod Gammons Sarah Gaston Jimmy Hogarth Beverley Knight Mike Spencer TNT Neville Thomas Pule Pheto Ben Walker Hawk Wolinski
Beverley Knight chronology
Affirmation (2004) Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight (2006) Music City Soul (2007)
Singles from Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight
"Piece of My Heart" Released: 13 March 2006

Promotion

"Piece of My Heart", a cover of the Erma Franklin and Janis Joplin hit, which Knight performed on her 2005 Affirmation Tour, preceded the release of the album on 13 March 2006.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
musicOMH	[2]

BBC Music critic Lisa Haines called the album "a worthwhile and deeply impressive retrospective Fans of Knight's impeccable soul-gospel vocals will note the remarkable variety of styles here, from the exuberant and impossibly catchy pop of "Keep This Fire Burning," a standout track, to the smooth soul of "Gold" and rock-posturing of "Come As You Are."^[3] Ben Hogwood from musicOMH wrote that "regardless of quality, Knight’s voice carries every song here [...] which makes it all the more shameful about the shift towards the middle of the road and the reliance on covers [...] Still, for Knight is ahugely talented, driven lady with one of the best voices around, and while you may skip a song or two here it won’t be on her account. It’s just to be hoped this end of chapter one retrospective sees her taking stock and swinging out of reality TV, back towards the dancefloor."^[2] AllMusic editor Sharon Mawer found that Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight is "very representative of [Knight's] body of work." She rated the album three out of five stars.^[1]

Commercial performance

Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 31 March 2006, less than two weeks after its release.^[4] It was later certified gold at end of its fourth week of release by the BPI, on 21 April 2006. The album was certified as Knight's first platinum seller in 2007.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda"
2. "Keep This Fire Burning"
3. "Come as You Are"
4. "Piece of My Heart"
5. "Gold"
6. "Made It Back '99" (Good Times 7" Mix)
7. "Get Up!"
8. "Flavour of the Old School" (featuring Rapro)
9. "Sista Sista"
10. "Not Too Late for Love"
11. "Greatest Day" (Classic Mix)
12. "Made It Back" (featuring Redman)
13. "Sweet Thing" (Live on Radio 2)
14. "Angels" (with Guy Chambers) (Live on Radio 2)
15. "Who's Gonna Save Your Soul"

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight Chart (2006) Peak position Scottish Albums (OCC)[6] 13 UK Albums (OCC)[7] 9 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[8] 3

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight Chart (2006) Position UK Albums (OCC)[9] 82

Certifications

Certifications for Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[10]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Hogwood, Ben (20 March 2006). "Beverley Knight – Voice: The Best Of". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
3. Haines, Lisa (2004). "Beverley Knight Voice: The Best of Beverley Knight Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
4. Silver sales certificate for Voice - The Best of Beverley Knight
5. Platinum sales certificate for Voice - The Best of Beverley Knight
6. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
8. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
9. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
10. "British album certifications – Beverley Knight – Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 June 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.