The Essentials: Laura Branigan
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The Essentials: Laura Branigan was released in 2002 and was the second greatest-hits collection of singer Laura Branigan
that was issued in the United States
. Many fans consider this to be superior to the previous compilation, The Best of Branigan, due to the inclusion of singles "Shattered Glass," "Moonlight On Water," "Never In A Million Years" and her introduction of the rock ballad "I Found Someone," all of which were missing from the previous release. The album is her last to be released before her death in 2004.
Laura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" and in Europe for the number-one single "Self Control"...
that was issued in the United States
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. Many fans consider this to be superior to the previous compilation, The Best of Branigan, due to the inclusion of singles "Shattered Glass," "Moonlight On Water," "Never In A Million Years" and her introduction of the rock ballad "I Found Someone," all of which were missing from the previous release. The album is her last to be released before her death in 2004.