Customer Reviews
OCEANS' MOTIONS - By: Gerald Reek, 24 Jul 2007 
An excellent purchase.
All the Billy Ocean tracks you reallly need (some other "best of" or "collections" don't feature ALL the essential hits, but this one does).
Great to realise how many hits & brill tunes Billy Ocean released. As he is soon to tour again, I fully expect this CD to be re-released at a more expensive price, so get in there soon!
Classic pop - By: Richteabiscuit, 01 May 2006 
During his 1970s/80s prime Billy Ocean released a hatful of classic pop tunes. In fact this album has a embarrassment of riches when it comes to quality pop music. All the great party hits are here, such as "When the going gets tough" & "Get outta my dreams". They're sure to fill up the dance floor when they come on (in the good clubs anyway!). There are also more soulful songs with the likes of American #1 "There'll be sad songs..". It also provides a good overview of his career including a live performance & some of his largely overlooked early 1990s work.
On the negative side there are some good songs missing- "Stop me", "License to Chill", "Rose" & "Calypso crazy". I also think its strange for the cover of "Long & winding road" to yet again make a appearance on a collection of Billy Ocean's work.
Despite the negative points what is left is great fun to listen to. If you like your 1980s pop you can't go far wrong.
Brilliant British R+B singer - By: Peter Durward Harris, 18 Mar 2005 Born in Trinidad as Leslie Charles, he was raised in Britain from an early age, eventuallly coming to public attention as Billy Ocean via two UK number two hits & two other UK top twenty hits in the seventies.
Billy's first UK hit, Love reallly hurts without you, was a catchy, up-tempo soul song that made number two in the UK. The follow-up, LOD Love on delivery, just made the top twenty. Next came Stop me if you've heard it alll before, which just missed the top ten but isn't included here. After that came his second number two hit, Red light spells danger.
Billy's career seemed to be blossoming but it was at this point that things went wrong. His record label, GTO, was taken over by a major & although he remained for a few years, he only had two minor UK hits (not included here) to show for his efforts. He eventuallly signed with another label, Jive, a move that revived his recording career.
On his new label, Billy had three American number one hits (Caribbean queen, There'll be sad songs to make you cry, Get outta my dreams), alll of which did well in Britain (two made the top ten & another just missed), a British number one hit (When the going gets tough the tough get going) & another British top ten hit, Suddenly, together with a few minor hits.
I generallly like his seventies music best (and there is another compilation focusing exclusively on that period) but most people remember him for his eighties music, which I also enjoy. This compilation includes three of Billy's seventies hits together with alll his big hits of the eighties. As such, it comes very close to justifying its title Ultimate collection & that will do for most people.
I must have! - By: , 07 Jun 2004 This is a must for alll Billy Ocean fans! For those that don't know these songs there is a song for every mood, starting with the Classic that was in the film The Jewel Of The Nile [1985] staring Michael Douglas & Kathleen Turner. It has most of his best work. This collection is excellent for playing in the car when on a long drive or around the house. It reallly gets you going & has songs to just to chill to. This is one of my personal favourites of alll time.
