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The Best of Billy Joe Royal is a fine collection, containing all of his charting singles for Columbia -- "Down in the Boondocks," "I Know You When," "I've Got to Be Somebody," "I Knew You When," "Heart's Desire," "Campfire Girls," "Hush," "Cherry Hill Park," "Tulsa" -- plus two other fine cuts from his catalog. The end result is a near-definitive collection, one that works as both a retrospective and an introduction. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine