Faves

Faves
Greatest hits album by Renée Geyer
Released	16th Jan 1984
Recorded	1974-1983
Genre	Soul/R & B/rock
Length	53.58
Label	Mushroom
Producer	Various
Renée Geyer chronology
Renée Live (1982) Renée Geyer At Her Very Best (1984) Sing To Me (1985)

Faves is Renée Geyer's eleventh solo album and second greatest hits collection, covering her entire ten years with Mushroom Records. This rounded out her contract and for the next ten years Geyer pursued her career in Los Angeles, California, the home of the soul/R&B that she loved. Apart from including all of the hits up to that time, this includes three singles not released on any previous album nor any since then. They are her lone excursion into new wave/hard rock on "Hot Minutes", and Geyer's last two Mushroom singles "Love So Sweet" and "Trouble in Paradise". Initially issued on vinyl, this album was divided into a 'Dance' side and a 'Romance' side.

Track listing

1. "Say I Love You" (Eddy Grant) - 3:12
2. "Shakey Ground" (Jeffrey Bowen, Edward Hazel, Al Boyd) - 4:30
3. "Hot Minutes" (Renée Geyer, John Capek, Michael Jaye) - 3:04
4. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford) - 5:18
5. "Tender Hooks" (Ruth Copeland, Eric Thorngren) - 4:33
6. "Love So Sweet" (Tony Backhouse) - 3:30
7. "Trouble in Paradise" (Renée Geyer, Ricky Fataar) - 4:01
8. "Stares And Whispers" (John Footman, Frank Wilson, Terri McFadden) - 3:22
9. "Ready To Deal" (Renée Geyer Band) - 3:30
10. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (James Brown) - 3:24
11. "Heading In the Right Direction" (Mark Punch, Garry Paige) - 3:56
12. "Sweet Love" (Renée Geyer Band) - 3:16
13. "Goin' Back" (with Glenn Shorrock) (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 3:59
14. "If Loving You is Wrong" (Homer Banks, Ray Jackson, Carl Jackson) - 4:17

Personnel

Renée Geyer Band (tracks 2,9,11,14)

• Renée Geyer - vocals, backing vocals
• Mark Punch - guitars (Except 2)
• John Pugh - guitar (track 2 only)
• Mal Logan - keyboards
• Barry "Big Goose" Sullivan - bass guitar
• Greg Tell - drums

Producers

• Track 10: Tweed Harris (from the 1974 album It's a Man's Man's World)
• Track 2: Renée Geyer Band & Ern Rose (from The 1976 album Really Really Love You: Live At The Dallas Brooks Hall)
• Tracks 9,11,14: Renée Geyer Band & Ern Rose (from the 1975 album Ready To Deal)
• Track 4: Frank Wilson (from The 1978 album Winner)
• Tracks 5,8: Frank Wilson (from the 1977 album Moving Along)
• Track 1: Rob Fraboni & Ricky Fataar (from the 1981 album So Lucky)
• Track 3: Rob Fraboni & Ricky Fataar (the 1980 single from first album release))
• Track 13: Renée Geyer, Mal Logan, Jim Barton (from the 1982 album Renée Live)
• Tracks 6 & 7: Ricky Fataar & Mark Moffatt (1983 singles from first album release)

References

• Original album
• Chris Spencer's Who's Who Of Australian Rock

External links

• http://www.reneegeyer.com.au/content/discography/disc_faves.html
• http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en/geyerrenee/geyerrenee.htm