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Remembered as one of the great musical families, The Osmonds: Ultimate Collection is a two-disc set of their finest moments as both a group and solo performers. CD1 opens with what is to many their most memorable moment, the absurd rock classic "Crazy Horses", which is in stark contrast to the following "Love Me For a Reason", the ballad brought to a new generation by Boyzone. The gentle crooning continues for a good few songs until "Hold Her Tight", another rocker with a guitar riff not unlike "Celebration Day" by Led Zeppelin. "One Bad Apple" is a pop soul ditty in a vein of that other pop dynasty, the Jackson 5, with little Donny taking a shot at the high, screechy vocals a la little Michael. Disc 2 features the solo highlights from Donny (swoon), Marie and Little Jimmy. Fans of S Club 8 might well recognise the evergreen "Puppy Love", Donny's signature song and on the subject of child pop stars who can forget Little Jimmy's "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool". However, unlike the Jackson 5, the solo Osmonds were not as great as the sum of their parts, CD2 is alright, but CD1 is unquestionably better. --Georgina Collins
Disc: 1 1. Crazy Horses 2. Love Me For A Reason 3. Let Me In Listen 4. Proud One 5. Going Home Listen 6. Hold Her Tight 7. Traffic In My Mind 8. One Way Ticket To Anywhere 9. Down By The Lazy River 10. One Bad Apple 11. Yo Yo 12. Double Lovin' 13. I Can't Stop 14. I'm Still Gonna Need You 15. I Can't Live A Dream 16. Darlin' 17. What Could It Be 18. Girl 19. Having A Party 20. Love Me For A Reason [live] 21. Crazy Horses [club mix]
Disc: 2 1. Puppy Love - Donny Osmond 2. Twelfth Of Never - Donny Osmond 3. Young Love - Donny Osmond 4. I'm Leaving It All Up To You - Donny & Marie Osmond 5. Paper Roses - Donny Osmond 6. Why - Donny Osmond 7. When I Fall In Love - Donny Osmond 8. Where Did All The Good Times Go - Donny Osmond 9. Soldier Of Love - Donny Osmond 10. All Out Of Love - Donny Osmond 11. Morning Side Of The Mountain - Donny & Marie Osmond 12. Make The World Go Away - Donny & Marie Osmond 13. Deep Purple - Donny & Marie Osmond 14. Long Haired Lover - Jimmy Osmond 15. 15 Tweedle Dee - Jimmy Osmond 16. Crazy Horses (August 1974) (Bonus Footage / Enhanced DVD) 17. Let Me In (October 1973) (Bonus Footage / Enhanced DVD) 18. Love Me For A Reason (December 1972) (Bonus Footage / Enhanced DVD)