The Best of Helen Reddy

For the 1975 UK album, see Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits.

The Best of Helen Reddy is a compilation album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1991 by EMI^[2] and focuses exclusively on her first seven LPs. The 20 songs selected are evenly balanced between chart hits such as "I Am Woman", "Delta Dawn", and "Angie Baby", and lesser-known album tracks, including "Summer of '71" and "Tulsa Turnaround".

The Best of Helen Reddy
Compilation album by Helen Reddy
Released	1991
Recorded	1971–1975
Genre	Vocal Pop/Rock[1]
Length	1:03:11
Label	EMI
Producer	Tom Catalano Larry Marks Jay Senter Joe Wissert
Helen Reddy chronology
All-Time Greatest Hits (1991) The Best of Helen Reddy (1991) I Am Woman: The Essential Helen Reddy Collection (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Reception

Allmusic's Bruce Eder notes that this compilation, "has the virtue of a very low list price (especially as a 20-song disc) and good sound -- plus the presence of one song that Reddy isn't much known for doing, but which she did extremely well, 'How Can I Be Sure,' cut on her (largely ignored) very first LP."^[1]

Track listing

1. "I Am Woman" (Ray Burton, Helen Reddy) – 3:24
2. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber) – 3:15
3. "You and Me Against the World" (Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams) – 3:08
4. "Emotion" (Patti Dahlstrom, Véronique Sanson) – 4:10
5. "Summer of '71" (Jack Conrad, Helen Reddy) – 2:36
6. "And I Love You So" (Don McLean) – 4:00
7. "Somewhere in the Night" (Will Jennings, Richard Kerr) – 3:31
8. "Tulsa Turnaround" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) – 3:24
9. "I Believe in Music" (Mac Davis) – 3:14
10. "Free and Easy" (Tom Jans) – 2:46
11. "Delta Dawn" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) – 3:08
12. "Angie Baby" (Alan O'Day) – 3:29
13. "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" (Harriet Schock) – 3:26
14. "How Can I Be Sure" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 2:50
15. "The Old Fashioned Way" (Georges Garvarentz, Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha) – 2:56
16. "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:18
17. "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (Linda Laurie) – 3:26
18. "Keep On Singing" (Bobby Hart, Danny Janssen) – 3:03
19. "Peaceful" (Kenny Rankin) – 2:50
20. "Until It's Time for You to Go" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:17

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[3]	29

Personnel

• Helen Reddy – vocals
• Jeff Wald – management
• Tom Catalano – producer (except as noted)^[4][5][6]
• Larry Marks – producer ("How Can I Be Sure", "I Believe in Music", "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "Summer of '71", "Tulsa Turnaround")^[7][8]
• Jay Senter – producer ("I Am Woman")^[4]
• Joe Wissert – producer ("Angie Baby", "Emotion", "Free and Easy", "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady", "Somewhere in the Night")^[9][10]