The Best of Friends is a compilation album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 (9th release) by singer/songwriter duo Loggins and Messina

Loggins and Messina

Loggins and Messina are an American rock-pop duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina who achieved their success in the early to mid 1970s...

, released in late 1976 (see 1977 in music

1977 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1977.-January–February:*January 1 – The Clash headline the gala opening of the London music club, The Roxy....

).

It consists of 10 of their most popular and best loved songs in what is essentially their ""Greatest Hits"" LP.

Songs are same as the original 1976 LP, meaning Angry Eyes is still the edited version and no additional tracks were added to fill the CD to the 80 minute limit.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Angry Eyes" (Kenny Loggins
   Kenny Loggins
   During the next decade, Loggins recorded so many successful songs for film soundtracks that he was referred to as, King of the Movie Soundtrack.He began with "I'm Alright" , "Mr. Night", and "Lead the Way" from Caddyshack...
   
   , Jim Messina) – 2:23
2. "Be Free" (Messina) – 6:57
3. "Vahevala" (Daniel Loggins, Dann Lottermoser) – 4:45
4. "Peace of Mind" (Messina) – 4:04
5. "My Music" (Loggins, Messina) – 3:03

Side Two

1. "Thinking of You" (Messina) – 2:18
2. "House at Pooh Corner" (Loggins) – 4:20
3. "Watching the River Run" (Loggins, Messina) – 3:25
4. "Danny's Song" (Loggins) – 4:14
5. "Your Mama Don't Dance" (Loggins, Messina) – 2:47

Personnel

• Kenny Loggins - vocals, background vocals, rhythm & acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Jim Messina - vocals, background vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, dobro

• Merle Brigante - drums, vocals
• Jon Clarke - flute, horn, oboe, recorder, baritone, soprano & tenor saxophone
• Victor Feldman
  Victor Feldman
  Victor Stanley Feldman was a British jazz musician, best known as a pianist.-Early history:...
  
   - percussion
• Al Garth - fiddle, violin, horn, recorder, alto & tenor saxophone
• Milt Holland
  Milt Holland
  Milt Holland was an American drummer, percussionist, ethnic musicologist, and writer in the Los Angeles music scene who pioneered the use of African, South American, and Indian percussion styles in jazz, pop and film music, traveling extensively on those continents to collect instruments and to...
  
   - percussion
• Michael Omartian
  Michael Omartian
  Michael Omartian is an Armenian-American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and music producer. He has been a participant in over 350,000,000 albums and CD’s sold worldwide, as a producer, arranger, artist or musician, during a career that has spanned over 38 years...
  
   - organ, piano, keyboards, clavinet
• Larry Sims - bass

Production

• Producer: Jim Messina
• Engineer: Alex Kazanegras, John Fiore
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• Artwork:

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• Liner Notes:

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Pop Albums	61