Don Fardon's 2006 best of album "Coventry Boy" came on the back of George Best's death when he re-released the song "Belfast Boy", the record company clearly saw it as a good time to get out a compilation.

I wasn't familiar with Don Fardon until recently, in fact it was the cover of John D. Loudermilk's "Indian Reservation" that brought me into contact with the artist. Don has a solid voice and before he was a solo artist sang as the lead singer of The Sorrows. This album contains work from both eras but few of the songs seem to be originals and there's some pretty well known cover songs thrown in which despite being done well - give me a sort of pub singer sensation.

Due to the lack of original material, I get a feeling that he preceeded the type of singer that might appear today on a talent contest show, he's definitely a pretty talented singer though and is well suited to a souly sort of pop that is best backed up with a simple disco track. This album isn't going to set the world alight but with 50 songs over 2 discs, if you do happen to be a fan of Don Fardon - you are certainly getting your money's worth.

With the songs being pop and my tastes being a bit more varied, I'm not sure if I'd be able to listen to it all at once, so far I've not been able to get through a whole disc at once and prefer to listen to the odd song thrown in on shuffle.

1 Teenage Letter - Sorrows (1)
2 Come With Me - Sorrows (1)
3 Baby - Sorrows (1)
4 Take A Heart - Sorrows (1)
5 We Should Get Along Fine - Sorrows (1)
6 She's Got The Action - Sorrows (1)
7 Don't Sing No Sad Songs To Me - Sorrows (1)
8 Cara-Lin - Sorrows (1)
9 Let Me In - Sorrows (1)
10 How Love Used To Be - Sorrows (1)
11 Let The Live Live - Sorrows (1)
12 Gonna Find A Cave - Sorrows (1)
13 I Take What I Want - Sorrows (1)
14 Baby All The Time - Sorrows (1)
15 Baby Let Me Take You Home
16 Do You Know What I Mean
17 On The Beach
18 Letter
19 Indian Reservation
20 Dreaming Room
21 I Get So Excited
22 Back In The USSR
23 Keep On Loving Me
24 Coming On Strong
25 Ruby's Picture On My Wall

Disc #2 Tracklisting
1 Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
2 Take A Heart
3 Treat Her Right
4 How Do You Break A Broken Heart
5 Captain Man
6 Sally Goes Round The Moon
7 We Can Make It Together
8 Goodbye
9 Mr Stationmaster
10 I'm Alive
11 It's Been Nice Loving You
12 Let The Live Live
13 Belfast Boy
14 Hudson Bay
15 New York City
16 6 10 Phoenix Gone
17 Cheyenne
18 Mississippi Woman
19 Girl
20 Follow Your Drum
21 Get Away John
22 Night And Day
23 Louisiana
24 St Matthew St Mark St Luke St John
25 Belfast Boy 2006