The Best of Crystal Waters


The Best of Crystal Waters is the first official compilation of Crystal Waters's music output. It was released on August 11, 1998, on Universal/Polygram. It includes most of the singles taken from her three full-length studio releases; Surprise, Storyteller and Crystal Waters. Also included are the non-LP tracks "The Boy from Ipanema" and "In De Ghetto".
Controversially, The Best of Crystal Waters release features all but one of the singles in original LP version form instead of the often dramatically different single remixes. Minor hits "Surprise" and "Relax" suffer most from this oversight, but this also affects all three of her Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hit singles which were radio and video hits with alternate edited and subtly remixed versions not included on this compilation.
In Brazil this compilation includes "Love I Found" and "Twisted", and "Gypsy Woman" is not a hidden track.

Track listing

International edition

  1. "Gypsy Woman" – 3:48
  2. "100% Pure Love" – 4:38
  3. "Say... If You Feel Alright" – 3:55
  4. "In de Ghetto" – 3:26
  5. "Makin' Happy" – 6:20
  6. "Ghetto Day" – 3:30
  7. "Just a Freak" – 4:11
  8. "Spin Me" – 4:33
  9. "Relax" – 3:26
  10. "Surprise" – 4:21
  11. "The Boy from Ipanema" – 4:20
  12. "Gypsy Woman" 7:29
  13. "Gypsy Woman"
  1. "Gypsy Woman"
  2. "100% Pure Love"
  3. "Say... If You Feel Alright"
  4. "In de Ghetto"
  5. "Makin' Happy" - mistakenly listed on CD as Hurley's Happy House 7"
  6. "Ghetto Day"
  7. "Just a Freak"
  8. "Spin Me"
  9. "Relax"
  10. "Surprise"
  11. "Love I Found"
  12. "Twisted"
  13. "The Boy from Ipanema"
  14. "Gypsy Woman "
  15. "Gypsy Woman "