The Best of Eric Carmen [BMG Japan 2004] in Bloomington, MN

This is the second
Best of Eric Carmen
from
BMG Japan
. It differs from the 1999 version, most noticeably in crappier cover art (step one: crop out '80s-vintage publicity photo; step two: affix to low-rent red background) but more notably in its exclusion of
"Hungry Eyes,"
Carmen
's monster hit comeback from the
Dirty Dancing
soundtrack
. Though licensing issues undoubtedly hinder it from being released in Japan,
Arista
's
Definitive Collection
remains just that in the
department. ~ Johnny Loftus