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CD 1 - Singer

1. It Might as Well Rain Until September
2. Child of Mine
3. I Feel the Earth Move
4. So Far Away
5. It's Too Late
6. You've Got a Friend
7. Sweet Seasons
8. Been to Canaan
9. Corazon
10. Jazzman
11. Nightingale
12. Only Love Is Real
13. Will You Love Me Tomorrow/Some Kind of Wonderful/Up on the Roof (Live) - with James Taylor
14. Really Rosie
15. Pierre
16. You Can Do Anything
17. The Reason - with Babyface
18. Now and Forever - with Celine Dion

CD 2 - Songwriter

1. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
2. Take Good Care of My Baby
3. Every Breath I Take
4. Crying in the Rain
5. Little Eva
6. Up on the Roof
7. Chains
8. One Fine Day
9. Oh No Not My Baby
10. Just Once in My Life
11. Pleasant Valley Sunday
12. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
13. No Easy Way Down
14. Wasn't Born to Follow
15. Hey Girl