1 	Leave It Alone (85 BPM) 	4:48
2 	Give Me Love 	4:41
3 	Black Velvet (Original Rerecord) 	4:48
4 	Prime Of My Life 	4:05
5 	Can't Stand The Rain 	4:02
6 	Anywhere But Home	3:02
7 	Only Wings 	4:29
8 	Comment Ca Va 	5:22
9 	Faces In The Crowd 	3:20
10 	What Is Love 	3:26
11 	I Love You 	4:37
12 	Trouble 	3:40

Michael Borkosky: Acoustic & electric guitars, (Solo: Give Me Love), bass, backing vocals & arrangements,
 percussion, mandolin, English horn on Only Wings, initial string arrangements, keyboards,
  sampling, patience & programming.
Kurt Schefter: electric guitars. 
Randy Cooke: drums & percussion.
Creighton Doane: drums & percussion on Comment Ca Va, Give Me Love & Faces In The Crowd.
Ray Coburn: Rhodes, Wurlitzer, organ. 
Dragoslav (Drag) Tanaskovic: Rhodes, Organ on Anywhere But Home  & additional string arrangements on Faces In The Crowd.
Jerome Godboo: harmonicas.
Mike Smith: Washboard, Andrew Queen: gut bucket , jaw harp & jug on Trouble.
Jeff Healey: Slide guitar solos on Anywhere But Home & Can’t Stand The Rain. 
Gary Nicholson: National Resophonic guitar on ‘Trouble’.
Additional Acoustic Guitars on Acoustic Black Velvet Dakini Mix: Syril d’Ys.
Saidah & Tuku Mathews: backing vocals on Comment Ca Va, Anywhere But Home, What Is Love, & Trouble…
Sass Jordan: backing vocals on Comment Ca Va & Anywhere but Home.
Alannah Myles: backing vocals, Chinese Ball, dial tone, plastic peanut crickets, cow moo & various percussion.
Liny Wood: lead & backing vocals on Lover of Mine.
Horns: Chris Mitchell, Gord Meyers & Ray Podhornik.
Oshito Yamano: Sitar
Valerie Kuinka: Viola 
James Wallenberg: 1ST Violin
Paul Zevenhuizen: 2ND Violin
Peter Rapson: Cello
Maureen Gallighan: Irish Step Dancer on Trouble 
Ra Violi: Shawm on Comment Ca Va

Almost thirty years after the release of her major label debut, Myles continues to pursue her music with the same fire. Working hard as a singer, songwriter, and producer, she released a spectacular album in 2014, entitled 85 BPM, which shows that her voice is as powerful, real, and chilling as ever. Believing in her integrity as a performer, Myles is not living off the past, but plotting for the future with even more music in the works. Recently we caught up with the singer-songwriter to talk about the success she has earned, the work put into 85 RPM, her plans for new music, plus more. ---crypticrock.com

Real soul and emotion in this record. Alannah's best. Alannah Myles just doesn't make bad albums.

I have been consistently listening to 85 bpm for months, now. I love this album. Why? In short, the songwriting is just so strong and the performances (Alannah's vocal performances) are absolutely beautiful. Raw and soulful in just the right places with such dynamic power and restraint, this album is a masterpiece and I personally can't stop listening to it. I won't presume to know Alannah's heart, but this music is obviously pretty close to hers as each syllable appears to be sung with such unquestionable conviction. The music is equal parts strength and vulnerability. Dripping with passion, catchy as hell, if you like Alannah Myles get ready to love her. ---Andy from Langley, amazon.com

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1. Still Got This Thing
2. Love Is
3. Black Velvet
4. Rock This Joint
5. Lover Of Mine
6. Kick Start My Heart
7. If You Want To
8. Just One Kiss
9. Who Loves You
10. Hurry Make Love

Alannah Myles – lead and backing vocals
Kurt Schefter – guitars
David Tyson – keyboards, bass, backing vocals on "Still Got This Thing", producer
Steve Webster – bass on all songs except for "Black Velvet"
Jørn Andersen – drums
David Wipper – acoustic guitar, mandolin
John Johnson – saxophone
Rick Waychesko – trumpet
Michael Sloski – percussion
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Gary Craig – drums (9)
Lisa Dalbello – backing vocals (8)
Peter Fredette – backing vocals (4,6,7)
Dean McTaggart – backing vocals (4,6)
Jackie Richardson – backing vocals (1)
Christopher Ward – backing vocals (2)

Toronto rock singer Alannah Myles spent several years struggling unsuccessfully to secure a Canadian record deal, so she and songwriting partner Christopher Ward set their sights south of the border. Myles recorded a demo and video for the song "Just One Kiss," which got the attention of several companies and ended up on her self-titled 1989 debut album. "Love Is" established her in her home country and made Alannah Myles the biggest-selling debut in Canadian history, but it was the smoky, sensual "Black Velvet" that became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in the U.S. An American release of "Love Is" fizzled as a follow-up, and Myles thus far remains something of a one-hit wonder to U.S. audiences. She released a follow-up album, Rockinghorse, in 1992. --- Steve Huey, AMG

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01. Black Velvet 2007 - 4:41 
02. Comment Ca Va - 5:23 
03. Prime Of My Life - 4:06 
04. Only Wings - 4:29 
05. Leave It Alone - 4:49 
06. Anywhere But Home - 3:05 
07. Faces In The Crowd - 3:21 
08. Give Me Love - 4:22 
09. What Is Love - 3:27 
10. I Love You - 4:38 
11. Trouble - 5:12

Alannah Myles (percussion, sound effects, background vocals)
Gary Nicholson (guitar, resonator guitar)
Andrew Queen (guitar, Jew's harp)
Michael Borkosky (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, strings, English horn, keyboards,
 bass instrument, percussion, programming, sampler, background vocals)
David Wipper (acoustic guitar)
Kurt Schefter (electric guitar)
Jeff Healey (slide guitar)
Yoshito Yamano (sitar)
Paul Zevenhuizen, Hugh Marsh, James Wallenberg (violin)
Valerie Kuinka (viola)
Peter Rapson (cello)
Dragoslav Tanaskovic (strings, Fender Rhodes piano, organ)
Jerome Godboo (harmonica)
Raimondo Violi (shawm)
Chris Mitchell, Ray Podhornik (horns)
Phil Parlapiano (piano)
Ray Coburn (Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond b-3 organ)
Daniel LeBlanc (keyboards, programming)
Randy Cooke, Creighton Doane (drums, drum, percussion)
Jorn Andersen (cymbals, percussion)
Dan LeBlanc (keyboard programming)
Saidah Mathews, Tuku Matthews, Sass Jordan (background vocals)

" BLACK VELVET " kicks off with an updated version of the original classic. Alannah wanted to re-record it because she saw no royalties from that #1 hit & all the albums she did for Atlantic Records. I'll indulge her on that decision because it's the 10 NEW songs that make this album so great. She co-wrote 9 of the 10 new songs. I prefer listening to this new CD starting with COMMENT CA VA, the first new song, and consider the new version of BLACK VELVET as a bonus track. After all, how can you top an absolute clasic?

The entire CD is filled with diverse sounds, singing, instruments, and arrangements . The main thing is her VOICE. She still sounds crystal clear. You can't tell it's been awhile since her last album. She sounds amazing, and all these new songs are a joy to hear after such a long wait. There are rock songs like COMMENT CA VA, PRIME OF MY LIFE, ANYWHERE BUT HOME featuring Jeff Healey on guitar and WHAT IS LOVE, one of my favorites on here. Ballads have always been one of her strengths, and I LOVE YOU is astounding - a really beautiful song exquisitely sung & arranged . It is easily one of the best songs that Alannah has ever done. FACES IN THE CROWD was written by the same team that gave us BLACK VELVET - David Tyson & Christopher Ward. The variety of genres is all over the place on here, and of course, blues is represented with the closing song TROUBLE. Fellow Canadian rock chick Sass Jordan sings back-up on 2 songs, and the CD was produced by Mike Borkosky , who worked with Alannah on her A RIVAL album. Everything on here was produced sumptuously, from layered sounds and intricate parts to a spare arrangement like on I LOVE YOU.

Alannah is in full reign here as one of today's premier female vocalists. She's a chanteuse, rocker, balladeer, rocker, artist and legend. Get this CD. It's been worth the wait. Not to be missed. --- gassy goon, amazon.com

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01. Black Velvet  4:47
02. Break the Silence  5:14
03. Everybody's Breaking Up  4:34
04. Love Is  3:38
05. Song Instead Of A Kiss  5:04
06. Sonny Say You Will  5:06
07. Our World Our Times  6:18
08. Long, Long Time  5:13
09. Great Divide  4:25
10. Family Secret  5:16
11. Lover Of Mine  4:35
12. Bad 4 You  3:52
13. What are We Waiting For  3:57
14. You Love Who You Love  3:29
15. Still Got This Thing  4:37

With its slinky, modernized rock & roll beat, the Elvis tribute "Black Velvet" seemed to mark the beginning of a big career for Alannah Myles, but it turned out to be her one big moment. That's too bad, because as the compilation The Very Best of Alannah Myles proves, she deserved a little bit better than that. In a different time -- say, the early '80s, when Pat Benatar was one of the top rockers in the land -- she could have had a string of hits, since her voice was perfect for big, mainstream rock. If she had stronger material and if her production was a little more organic, she could have had a fighting chance in the '90s, but then again, maybe not, since her 1998 effort, Arival, was arguably her best, but it made little impact. Either way, the overall impression of The Very Best of Alannah Myles is that she was a rocker out of time, one that couldn't quite find the key to success in the '90s, but who still left behind some good recordings. True, the compilation is a little inconsistent -- that was a hallmark of her records, actually -- but all the best stuff is here ("Black Velvet," "Bad 4 You," "Lover of Mine," "Still Got this Thing," among others), making it the choice for anyone who was curious if she had more to offer than "Black Velvet." --- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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