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''The Best of The Jets'' is the first greatest hits album by Tongan-American family band The Jets, released on July 13, 1990, by
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. It featured four new songs, including "Special Kinda Love", "Sendin' Out a Message", "Forever In My Life" and "Another You", as well as a compilation of their greatest hits (" Crush on You", "Sendin' All My Love", "You Got It All", "Rocket 2 U", "Cross My Broken Heart" and "Make It Real"). Curiously, this first greatest hits package did not include any tracks from the previous year's ''
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'' album (which featured the hits "You Better Dance", "The Same Love", and "Somebody to Love Me"), while additional hits from other albums, such as "I Do You" and "Private Number" (among others), were included on import versions.


Track listing

# " Special Kinda Love" (Vassal Benford, Ron Spearman) – 4:32 # " Forever in My Life" (Benford, Spearman) – 5:15 # " Crush on You" (
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) – 4:31 # "Curiosity" (Knight, Zigman) – 4:58 # "
Sendin' All My Love "Sendin' All My Love" is a song by the American sibling group The Jets. It was written by Stephen Bray (who is perhaps best known for his frequent collaborations with Madonna during the 1980s) and Linda Mallah. Released as a single from The Jet ...
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Rocket 2 U "Rocket 2 U" is a song by the American sibling group, The Jets. It was written and produced by Bobby Nunn. The single, featuring lead vocals by Haini Wolfgramm, received a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the ...
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) – 4:18 # "Sendin' Out a Message" (Antonina Armato, Rick Neigher) – 4:00 # "
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) – 3:50 # " Cross My Broken Heart" (Bray, Tony Pierce) – 4:07 # "Another You" (Armato, Ian Prince) – 4:25 # "
Make It Real "Make It Real" is a song by the American sibling group the Jets, released as a single from their album, ''Magic'' in April 1988. Background Moana Wolfgramm of the Jets recalled: "'Make It Real' was given to us at the eleventh hour .e. last minu ...
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Personnel

The Jets * Elizabeth Wolfgramm – vocals, percussion * Moana Wolfgramm – vocals, percussion * Kathi Wolfgramm – keyboards, vocals * Leroy Wolfgramm – keyboards, guitars, percussion, vocals * Eddie Wolfgramm – keyboards, drums, percussion, tenor saxophone, vocals * Haini Wolfgramm – bass, vocals * Rudy Wolfgramm – drums, vocals, choreography * Eugene Wolfgramm – percussion, vocals Additional musicians * Vassal Benford – all instruments (1, 2), programming (1, 2), arrangements (1, 2), vocal arrangements (1, 2) *
Randy Waldman Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor. He has frequently collaborated with Barbra Streisand, serving as her pianist and conductor since 1984. Waldman has ...
– programming (8), arrangements (8) * Ian Prince – programming (11), arrangements (11) * Neal Pogue – drum programming (1) * Ron Spearman – drum programming (1), vocal arrangements (1, 2)


Singles released

*" Special Kinda Love" – #83 US R&B {{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of The Jets The Jets (band) albums 1990 greatest hits albums Albums produced by David Z (music producer)