The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under

The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, released in Australia in August 1992 through A&M Records.

It was released less than two months after Allen's passing, on 18 June 1992.

Allen wrote or co-wrote all but two of the tracks on the album.

Reviews
Adrian Zupp of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5, saying; “His songwriting range [from] tender ballads through to poppier fare and even campy fun numbers has rarely been rivaled …[and this album] captures the cream of Allen's career on one highly engaging disc.” Zupp concluded with “this album spans the moods and melodies that made Peter Allen such a special artist.”

Track listing

 * 1) "Honest Queen" (Peter Allen, Estelle Levitt) 3:16
 * 2) "Tenterfield Saddler" (Album Version) (Peter Allen) 3:37
 * 3) "Just Ask Me I've Been There" (Peter Allen) 4:23
 * 4) "Everything Old Is New Again" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 2:35
 * 5) "I Honestly Love You" (Jeff Barry, Peter Allen) 3:30
 * 6) "She Loves to Hear Music" (Album Version) (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:22
 * 7) "I Go to Rio" (Album Version) (Adrienne Anderson, Peter Allen) 3:23
 * 8) "Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 5:14
 * 9) "The More I See You" (Album Version) (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) 3:35
 * 10) "I Could Have Been a Sailor" (Peter Allen) 3:53
 * 11) "Don't Wish Too Hard" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) – 5:14
 * 12) "Don't Cry Out Loud" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 4:09
 * 13) "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) 3:40
 * 14) "One Step Over the Borderline" (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 3:54
 * 15) "Fly Away" (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Peter Allen) 4:01
 * 16) "Bi-Coastal" (David Foster, Peter Allen, Tom Keane) 4:23
 * 17) "I Don’t Go Shopping" (Peter Allen, David Lasley) 4:35
 * 18) "I Still Call Australia Home" (Single Version) (Peter Allen) 3:56
 * 19) "You Haven’t Heard the Last of Me" (Eric Kaz, Tom Snow) 4:14
 * 20) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 1985) (Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager) 4:45

Charts
The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under debuted on the Australian ARIA Charts at number 24, before peaking at number 16 the following week.