Sings the International Hits//These Are My Songs [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
2 original albums reissued on 1 CD. The 1965 compilation, 'The World's Greatest International Hits' along with the 1967album, 'These Are My Songs'. Along with the bonus tracks, 'High', 'Here Comes The Morning' and 'The Show Is Over'. 2000release. Standard jewel case.

Tracks:

Never On A Sunday
You Can't Keep Me From Loving You
What Now My Love?
Why Don't They Understand
Have I The Right?
Volare
One More Sunrise
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Love Me With All Your Heart
Boy From Ipanema
I (Who Have Nothing)
Hello Dolly
This Is My Song
Groovin'
Lover Man
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
Eternally
Resist
Don't Sleep In The Subway
Imagine
Love Is Here
How Insensitive
I Will Wait For You
On The Path Of Glory
High
Here Comes The Morning
The Show Is Over

Album Description

2 original albums reissued on 1 CD. The 1965 compilation, 'The World's Greatest International Hits' along with the 1967album, 'These Are My Songs'. Along with the bonus tracks, 'High', 'Here Comes The Morning' and 'The Show Is Over'. 2000release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

I want to hold your hand.......2005-10-10

Petula made some good albums - more than some people knows! There are many albums out now, that you can order from her wer-page [...] - you can't find those rarities outside of this page! THE INTERNATIONAL HITS - long before this Album came to CD, I heard the LP up and down. I can't stop listening this powerful music with Petulas clear coice - for me, THE typically sicxties voice!

Your best bet is this album by Pet!.......2002-09-30

Great combination of previously released Pye (UK) and Warner Bros. albums that hold well up into the Millennium - contains a bevy of ear candy that will have you coming back to this fine disc again and again for repeated helpings of some fine 1960s songs done as only the inimitable Petula Clark can do. This is a CD to take in the car and sing along with; it's great fun to hear these memorable songs again and again. Includes a ballad rendering of the McCartney/Lennon monster hit "I Want To Hold Your Hand," as well as an well arranged and orchestrated cover (most of the songs here are covers, incidentally with the exception of the obvious hits)of the Honeycombs' "Have I The Right?" Three great bonus tracks are included, the best being "High," that was the "B" side of the U.S. Warner Bros. single, culled from the movie "The Cool Ones." These two albums plus the bonus cuts are a bargain at any price and offer over 75 minutes of music. Five stars to this one!

Petula shows why she's my favorite pop singer.......2002-06-30

Some people don't like cover versions. If you're one of those, this will not be for you, as this CD is dominated by them. There are many other collections of Petula's music which will suit you better - try Beautiful sounds for obscure songs, else go for one of the hits collections.

I like covers, properly done, as is the case here. They show who really is the best singer, and they help carry music from one generation to another. Highlights here include Have I the right? and I want to hold your hand, both sixties pop classics which Petula re-interpreted, slowing them right down. I enjoy the originals, but these are superior. If there is a better cover of a Beatles song than Petula's I want to hold your hand, I'd like to hear it.

Other great covers include Groovin' and San Francisco (be sure to wear flowers in your hair), although Petula made no attempt to change these songs.

There are hits here (Don't sleep in the subway and This is my song) and some lovely but obscure original songs which suit Petula ideally.

This is my favorite Petula twofer, but the others are not far behind.

Two fine LPs on one CD.......2002-05-12

Two 1967 albums on one CD, full of excellent arrangements and performances. A worthwhile and recommended purchase for Pet fans.

WONDERFUL CLASSIC PET COLLECTION.......2001-01-17

The definitive and chronological exploration of Pet's Pye catalogue continues with this entertaining double-album issue, which are, with only one exception, free of the usual Tony Hatch/Jackie Trent songs. THE INTERNATIONAL HITS, recorded in 1965, parallels Pet's own rising world popularity, giving her the opportunity to record songs which had equally made their mark, so NEVER ON SUNDAY, VOLARE and YOU CAN'T KEEP ME FROM LOVING YOU are all familiar choices; the latter a vocal treatment of MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW. Questions abound vocally with WHY DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND?, HAVE I THE RIGHT? and WHAT NOW MY LOVE? effectively delivered as ballads, and an emotional, I, (WHO HAVE NOTHING) easily equals the Bassey version. HELLO DOLLY really swings, whilst a bemused rendering of THE BOY FROM IPANEMA, confirms them as amongst the better versions of these much-recorded songs.The second album, THESE ARE MY SONGS includes DON'T SLEEP IN THE SUBWAY and THIS IS MY SONG, but is not a " hits" collection. Included is another older Chaplin favourite, ETERNALLY, a fine bluesy version of LOVER MAN which is a highlight, equalled by expressive English versions of French songs, I WILL WAIT FOR YOU and IMAGINE. Pet had writing input for ON THE PATH OF GLORY, RESIST, LOVE IS HERE, and co-wrote HERE COMES THE MORNING with Jackie Trent, which together with solo-penned THE SHOW IS OVER, is one of three added bonus tracks. Clearly two very effective and entertaining albums with

great appeal and appropriate orchestral arrangements suited to Pet's style.

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