Band of Gold: The Best of Freda Payne

Compilation album by Freda Payne

Released

November 7, 2000

Genre

Pop, R&B

Label

Castle Music

Freda Payne chronology

Lost in Love
(2000)

Band of Gold: The Best of Freda Payne
(2000)

Come See About Me
(2001)

Band of Gold: The Best of Freda Payne is a 24-track collection of songs that were recorded by Freda Payne for Invictus Records (which was owned by the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, who happened to be friends of hers). Originally from the United Kingdom, it was released in the United States as an import. This collection features ten songs from her album Band of Gold, seven from Contact, all four from The Best of Freda Payne, and only three from Reaching Out. Many of the songs were written by Holland, Dozier and Holland themselves, often using the pseudonym Edithe Wayne for copyright reasons. Inside the album cover is a biographical essay about Payne's life and career which concentrates mostly on her career with the Invictus label (she was an actress and a jazz singer as well) and was written in August 2000 by Geoff Brown of Mojo.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Band of Gold"	Edythe Wayne, Ron Dunbar	2:53
2.	"Unhooked Generation"	Craighead, Ron Dunbar	2:30
3.	"The Easiest Way to Fall"	Sheerie Lavette, Ron Dunbar, Edythe Wayne	2:34
4.	"Deeper and Deeper"	Ron Dunbar, Edythe Wayne, Norma Toney	3:02
5.	"I Left Some Dreams Back There"	Ron Dunbar, Norma Toney	3:16
6.	"Rock Me in the Cradle"	Greg Perry, General Johnson, Ron Dunbar	3:00
7.	"Love on Borrowed Time"	William Weatherspoon, James Dean	2:55
8.	"Through the Memory of My Mind"	William Weatherspoon	2:39
9.	"Now Is the Time to Say Goodbye"	Scherrie Payne	3:07
10.	"The World Don't Owe You a Thing"	Dees, Knight	2:56
11.	"Cherish What Is Dear to You (While It's Near to You)"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Angelo Bond	3:56
12.	"I Shall Not Be Moved"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier	2:43
13.	"Bring the Boys Home"	Greg Perry, Angelo Bond, General Johnson	3:29
14.	"You Brought the Joy"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier	2:55
15.	"You've Got to Love Somebody (Let It Be Me)"	William Weatherspoon, Raynard Minor	3:00
16.	"The Road We Didn't Take"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, B. Dumas	4:18
17.	"He's in My Life"	Ron Dunbar, Edythe Wayne	3:44
18.	"Come Back"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier	2:48
19.	"Just a Woman"	William Weatherspoon, Raynard Miner, Dean	2:30
20.	"How Can I Live Without My Life"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier	2:50
21.	"You're the Only Bargain I've Got"	Edythe Wayne, Ron Dunbar, General Johnson	3:39
22.	"Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr., Richard "Popcorn" Wylie	3:21
23.	"For No Reason"	M. Smith, Ron Dunbar	2:38
24.	"We've Gotta Find a Way Back to Love"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.	3:08

Freda Payne

Studio albums	After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!! (1964) How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore (1966) Band of Gold (1970) Contact (1971) Reaching Out (1973) Payne & Pleasure (1974) Out of Payne Comes Love (1975) Stares and Whispers (1977) Supernatural High (1978) Hot (1979) Freda Payne Sings the (Unauthorized) I Hate Barney Songbook: A Parody (1995) Christmas With Freda and Friends (1996) Come See About Me (2001) On the Inside (2007)

Live albums	An Evening with Freda Payne: Live in Concert (1996) Live in Concert (1999)

Compilation albums	The Best of Freda Payne (1972) Greatest Hits (1991) Lost in Love (2000) Band of Gold: The Best of Freda Payne (2000) Unhooked Generation: The Complete Invictus Recordings (2001) The Best of Freda Payne: Ten Best Series (2002)

Singles	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1966) "Band of Gold" (1970) "Happy Days Are Here Again/Happy Music (Dance the Night Away)" (1978)

Related topics	Scherrie Payne Gregory Abbott

Book:Freda Payne

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