His Greatest Hits [Original recording remastered]

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Engelbert Humperdinck, who at the circa 1968 height of his career shared a manager with fellow hunk Tom Jones, has never enjoyed the campy appreciation that has come to Jones in recent years--mostly because he's way too earnest compared to the teasingly all-man singer of "What's New Pussycat" and "She's a Lady." Humperdinck certainly deserves a place on some space-age bachelor's mix tape with the quietly ebullient "Quando Quando Quando," the quietly invitational "Winter World of Love," and the quietly fatalistic "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize"--maybe yours. Or at least your dad's. --Rickey Wright --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Jim Croce Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • You Don't Mess Around With Jim
  • I wouldn't listen to the fact that he was genius
  • Super Singer/Songwriter!
 Jim Croce Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits
Jim Croce
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ASIN: B000002JUC
Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

  1. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
  2. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
  3. Photographs & Memories
  4. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
  5. Time In A Bottle
  6. New York's Not My Home
  7. Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
  8. I Got A Name
  9. I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
  10. You Don't Mess Around With Jim
  11. Lover's Cross
  12. One Less Set Of Footsteps
  13. These Dreams
  14. Roller Derby Queen

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Until his untimely death, Jim Croce was a force to be reckoned with on radio playlists. Photographs & Memories repackages some of his best work. Romantic acoustic-oriented songs were his hallmark, and songs like "Time in a Bottle," were huge hits because of their easy sentimentality. "I Got a Name" was the singer as well-worn folk traveler, while "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and even "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" followed standard boogie chord progressions, albeit with Croce's softer rock feel. There wasn't much really separating the overt emotions of "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" and "Operator" from his sap-dripping contemporaries, but there was just enough of an edge in Croce's warm voice to elevate his love songs to another level. Like a, oh, moderately priced wine, Croce remains a classic--accessible, affordable, and easy to enjoy. -- Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Croce's best.......2007-01-12

This CD has all of what I consider to be Croce's best known songs on it and is really worth buying. The sound quiality is great and if you're a Croce fan or just want to check him out, this is the CD to buy. The only bad thing is that he's not around to put out more great tunes like those on this CD.

5 out of 5 stars A man lost in time........2006-05-10

Right after he died, he was everywhere on the radio. Since then he have disappear from the musical face of the earth. "Time in a Bottle", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown","Don't Mess around with Jim" and "I got a name" are just the tip of this musical iceberg. His songs range from the touching "Photograph and Memories" to the fun hearthed "Car Wash Blues" and "Roller Derby Queen".

This album hits everything that you need from one of the Great Singer/Songwriter of the 70s. There are a lot of imposters out there, this is really the top of the chart and the only Croce ablum you need. The tragic is that his career was cut so short by his untimely death.

5 out of 5 stars You Don't Mess Around With Jim.......2006-05-09

As with any greatest hits album you get someone else's idea of greatest hits. Yet if you only intend to buy one Jim Croce album you can not go wrong with this one. At least it has my favorites. In case you have not heard Jim before, the album is a mixture of fast and slow paced songs; yet all of them have his signature voice and style. These are his later recordings and were released just before he was killed in a plane crash. You may also want to pick up am album of his earlier recordings to see how he progresses through the years.

4 out of 5 stars I wouldn't listen to the fact that he was genius.......2006-01-29

I'm probably like most guys who weren't around when Croce made his music. I know a handful of hits and thought the rest of this would be pleasant but bland folkish pop. (The disc is actually my wife's.) Once I found the time to sample this, I was pleasantly surprised for the most part. Croce seems able to both write convincing uptempo pop-rockers as well as melancholy balladry with an eye for the telling detail that marks the best lyricists.

HIGHLIGHTS:
"Bad,Bad Leroy Brown" was a man 'meaner than a junkyard dog' who meets his comeuppance when he dallies with the wrong man's wife. "Operator" is told stream of consciousness style..Croce trying to call and make amends with the woman who ran off with his best friend and faltering again and again ("Operator/oh could you help me place this call/'cause i can't read the number that you just gave me/There's something in my eyes/You know it happens every time/I think about the love that I thought would save me..") "Rapid Roy" combines Croce's musical attempt at an acoustic rendering of the classic Chuck Berry riff with a character study of an ex moonshine runner turned racer. Croce's wit is apparent here. ("He got a tattoo on his arm that says "Baby"/He got another one that just say "Hey") "Time in a Bottle" is a transcendent expression of love that deserves every bit of the airplay it gets. Anyone who argues this is "sappy" is devoid of heart. "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" is rapid fire wordplay with a fantastic opening line. ("Well, i had just got out from the county prison/Doin' 90 days for non-support..") It's a shaggy dog tale of a man trying to pick up the pieces at a thankless job. "I Got a Name" is a classic plea for recoginition of self-worth amid the sea of people that is our world. "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is another catchy tale of a tough guy being done in. Despite repeating the theme of "Leroy Brown" more or less, it's still a keeper. "Lover's Cross" is Croce's refusal to become a martyr for the sake of a woman.

LOWS:
"These Dreams" is a great lyric about breaking up ("Once we were lovers/But that was long ago/We lived together then/And now we do not even say hello..") but the melody comes off like an attempt to re-write "Time in a Bottle". "Roller Derby Queen" suffers from the same fate, sounding like a carbon copy of "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" musically. The lyric's also not terribly memorable.

BOTTOM LINE:
I've underestimated Croce. "Rapid Roy" and "Lover's Cross" are likely to become favourites of mine with more play, and I already knew I loved the "radio stuff" (Operator,You Don't Mess Around with Jim,Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Time in a Bottle) A nice collection from an underrated singer-songwriter.

5 out of 5 stars Super Singer/Songwriter!.......2005-12-24

When Billy Joel wrote "Only the Good Die Young" Jim Croce could have easily made the list of the greats called back to God's house in the prime of their careers. Photographs and Memories Jim Croce's Greatest Hits is still to this date a big seller. This was his first Hit's CD. Jim was just scratching the surface of being a star. By producing 8 top 40 hits and released 3 #1 albums in a 2 year span, TV appearances, radio talk shows and a cartoon version of Bad Bad Leroy Brown (which can be seen on his DVD "Have You Heard Jim Croce Live" a very likeable artist. Could you imagine what this guy could have done if his career was able to continue? Great collection of hits.
Engelbert Humperdinck - His Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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  • His Of His Prime In One Collection
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 Engelbert Humperdinck - His Greatest Hits
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ASIN: B000009POA
Release Date: 1998-08-04

Tracks:

  1. Release Me
  2. Quando Quando Quando
  3. Les Bicyclettes De Belsize
  4. Spanish Eyes
  5. Am I That Easy To Forget
  6. A Man Without Love
  7. There Goes My Everything
  8. The Way It Used To Be
  9. Winter World Of Love
  10. The Last Waltz

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Engelbert Humperdinck, who at the circa 1968 height of his career shared a manager with fellow hunk Tom Jones, has never enjoyed the campy appreciation that has come to Jones in recent years--mostly because he's way too earnest compared to the teasingly all-man singer of "What's New Pussycat" and "She's a Lady." Humperdinck certainly deserves a place on some space-age bachelor's mix tape with the quietly ebullient "Quando Quando Quando," the quietly invitational "Winter World of Love," and the quietly fatalistic "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize"--maybe yours. Or at least your dad's. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great album!!.......2007-04-28

I actually ordered this with with another item, this album has reach me, but the other item is still waiting for stock i presume..

Anyway, i am always a fan of oldies, but, i oftenest prefer compilation albums with various artist rather than a single artist.

But this album is an exception, it has all the songs that we all know.., such as "Release Me", "Quando, Quando, Quando".., "Am I That Easy To Forget ", "A Man Without Love", "There Goes My Everything", and my most favourite "The Last Waltz"..

The sound quality is awesome, it's an original recording remastered.., based on the info, it was first released back at the year of 1974, a good work for remastered this one.

Get one today for your oldies collection!

5 out of 5 stars engelbert humperdinck - his greatest hits.......2007-02-13

i grew up together with engelbert's songs - i'm born in 1942...this cd was gift to my cousin - she was missing this record so i bought it for her birthday...

4 out of 5 stars His Of His Prime In One Collection.......2006-07-25

This CD is a re-issue of an album originally released on the Parrot label in the US in the early 70's and contains most of Engelbert's Top 40 hits and more memorable album cuts. Licensing conflicts between record companies lead to the exclusion of some early 70's material that was (like this album) originally issued on the Parrot label but overall this one disc set captures about 85 percent of Engelbert's most memorable hit material. This set does pre date 1976's "After The Lovin" album and single so that material is not included. Among the radio hits featured are Top 20 staples like "A Man Without Love", "Am I That Easy To Forget", "Winter World Of Love", and of course his break out hit "Release Me". For the casual fan or the budget conscious this is a good set.

5 out of 5 stars The knight of the crooners!.......2005-11-01

Engelbert Humperdinck `s name has remained for almost five decades in the great musical stages. In Spain there is a term that fits so well to describe his magnetism: Duende.

He shone with radiant intensity in the Age of the great crooners, the most difficult, indeed: Frankie, Tony Bennet, Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Matt Monroe, Bobby Vinton, Booby Goldsboro, Glenn Campbell, O.C. Smith, Otis Reading, Pat Boone, Kenny Rogers, Paul Anka and Neil Diamond (from time to time) among the most remarkable ones.

His peculiar style has deserved him the best acknowledgments all over the world. His multifacetic repertoire and elegant voice confers him presence and conviction every time he appears on stage.

His name is now a legend. Go for this admirable collection, you will enjoy it over and over.

5 out of 5 stars E's Greatest Hits CD.......2005-09-26

Merchandise came as promised, in good condition and I received what I expected to receive. Am pleased with my purchase.
Babyface - A Collection of His Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Babyface - A Collection of His Greatest Hits
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ASIN: B000051XVX
Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

  1. For The Cool In You
  2. It's No Crime
  3. Whip Appeal
  4. Never Keeping Secrets
  5. Every Time I Close My Eyes
  6. When Can I See You
  7. Reason For Breathing
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Screw Barry Manilow--it was Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds who really wrote the songs the whole world sings. From the late '80s to the mid-'90s, no single artist owned the R&B and pop charts with a tighter or more fluid grip than Babyface (and his then partners L.A. Reid and Darryl Simmons), and this Greatest Hits collection is proof of this singer-songwriter/producer's way with romance and rhythm. The catch is that this CD contains only the smashes Face kept for himself: a definitive collection of the songs he handed to others would constitute a box set. This CD covers his solo efforts, from the tangy "Whip Appeal" to the aching "Every Time I Close My Eyes" and the understated "When Will I See You" (arguably the first R&B acoustic power ballad). With two new cuts and a live version of the Grammy-winning "Change the World," these 14 tracks sum up an era in R&B when wearing one's heart on one's sleeve and reaching for the most nuanced of melodies was an act of creative revolution. Sure, some called his act corny, but, as this CD proves, Babyface made minor classics that sound just as gentle and persuasive today as they did back then. --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Babyface - Greatest Hits.......2007-03-09

If you like Babyface -- this is a must. All the hits on one C.D. No need to look through your C.D. collection to find that special Babyface song. Betcha ten to one, that song is on this C.D.

5 out of 5 stars YO FACE.......2007-01-10

This brought me back to high school.
Loved it. Was nice to hear a live song of his.

5 out of 5 stars goooood music.......2007-01-09

still gives me the mushy feelings i got when i heard these songs growing up.

5 out of 5 stars Love this CD.......2007-01-09

I have always loved Babyface and have some of his earlier cassette tapes...I think I just aged myself. Anyway I was pleased to see that I could get almost all of my favorites on one very excellent CD. I listen to this CD on a weekly basis, sometimes daily if I'm having a difficult week at work. It has just the right music to help me get through the work day and calms me down for the drive home. Heck, I even listen to it on the weekends while I'm cleaning or relaxing. I highly recommend purchasing this CD if you love Babyface

5 out of 5 stars baby face greatest hits.......2006-08-22

A very beautiful album, good for a chill out kinda night with a little bit of romance in the mix! simple lovely, glad i found it at Amazon.com
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Ray Stevens - His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Ray Stevens - His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits
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ASIN: B000000CTI
Release Date: 1990-06-12

Tracks:

  1. The Streak
  2. Shriner's Convention
  3. Would Jesus Wear A Rolex
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  5. Gitarzan
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4 out of 5 stars Ray Stevens - Greatest Comic Hits.......2005-08-11

I enjoyed this CD very much. Ray is a very funny fellow.
I have also seen and enjoyed his video of the same name.

5 out of 5 stars Ray's first for CURB.......2003-02-05

this was the first CD that was released on Ray from CURB Records, the label he joined after he left MCA after five huge years (1984-1989). this CD spotlights 10 comedy songs with the album cover shot looking like a promo for one of the songs, "It's Me Again, Margaret". all in all, this CD went GOLD primarily because of the last track: "Bridget the Midget", a 1970 satire on go-go dancers that hit #50 pop and #2 in England. in the CD age, "Bridget the Midget" was new to collector's. for fans who joined the Ray Stevens bandwagon in 1984 at the height of "Mississippi Squirrel", hearing older songs were a rare treat. this is the CD in which introduced me to "Bridget..." and it made me hunger for more of his older songs because the way i saw it, if a song of his is this great and i've never heard of it talked about before, i wonder how many OTHER great songs are hidden on his albums that critics or reporters don't talk about? i played my hunch and as of 2/5/03 i have everything he's recorded since 1967 on vinyl or cassette format.this 1990 CD is only necessary for new fans. CURB shrewdly compiled six comedy songs off 1987's "GREATEST HITS", added three from 1987's "GREATEST HITS, VOL. TWO", and they end it with 1970's "Bridget the Midget" not found on any CD compilation at the time as an added feature. prior to it's arrival on CD format, you had to go all the way back to a 1977 vinyl compilation entitled "THE MANY SIDES OF RAY STEVENS" to even find "Bridget the Midget" on an album! the song was THAT rare! since 1990, other CD's on Ray have greatly dwarfed this CD's importance but it's still worth checking out for those who want to complete your collection.

5 out of 5 stars great songs.......2000-06-22

ray stevens is a great comedian and in is songs you can picture what he's talking about. Plus there really funny and great to listen to
Glenn Miller's All Time Greatest Hits
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 Glenn Miller's All Time Greatest Hits
Glen Miller and His Orchestra
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ASIN: B000HOJTG0
Release Date: 2006-10-17

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  1. Moonlight Serenade
  2. Johnson Rag
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  4. Kalamazoo
  5. In The Mood
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  7. Little Brown Jug
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  10. Pennsylvania 6-5000
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  12. A String Of Pearls
  13. Tuxedo Junction
  14. SNAFU Jump
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  17. The Trolley Song
  18. Slip Horn Jive
  19. We Can Live On Love
  20. King Porter Stomp
  21. The Lady's In Love With You
  22. The Chestnut Tree
  23. Pagan Love Song
  24. Oh Johnny Oh Johnny Oh
  25. Tiger Rag

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  1. Bugle Call Rag
  2. On A Little Street In Singapore
  3. Solid As A Stonewall Jackson
  4. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
  5. Oh So Good
  6. Anchors Away
  7. Yes My Darling Daughter
  8. Song Of The Volga Boatmen
  9. Limehouse Blues
  10. I Dream't I Dwelt In Harlem
  11. Flying Home
  12. Boog It
  13. Cherokee
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  15. The More I See You
  16. Accentuate The Positive
  17. Beer Barrel Polka
  18. Dipper Mouth Blues
  19. Poinciana
  20. Long Ago And Far Away
  21. You Walk By
  22. Hallelujah
  23. Put Your Arms Around Me Honey
  24. Sun Valley Jump
  25. South American Way

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5 out of 5 stars glen miller.......2007-05-14

I found this product to be very good. It was exactly what I expected. The quality was good, and it arrived now I pictured it.
Percy Faith's Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Percy Faith's Greatest Hits
Percy Faith & His Orchestra
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ASIN: B0000024RH
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. The Theme From : 'A Summer Place'
  2. Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)
  3. Till
  4. All My Love (Bolero)
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  6. Delicado
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  12. Swedish Rhapsody (Midsummer Vigil)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars I wish this guy's name wasn't Percy........2007-03-25

If you are an early baby boomer like me and like movie themes and other more conservative music from the 50's and 60's (and think that most of today's music is c__p), you probably will appreciate this CD. Actually, I was surprised at the number of great songs, many of which I had long forgotten, that are on this set of recordings. Still, I am sorry to say that it was difficult for me to buy a CD of songs from a guy named Percy.

5 out of 5 stars Percy Faith's Greatest Hits.......2007-03-08

I purchased this CD as a gift for my husband. His favorite song is "The Theme from Moulin Rouge". All of the songs on the CD are good and bring back alot of memories. If you are a baby boomer you will definitely enjoy this!

5 out of 5 stars Reaching for the stars.......2006-09-18

What can you say? Percy Faith's "Theme From A Summer Place" sends you into orbit if you have any concept at all of those halcyon days of the late 50s-aearly 60's.

Even if you don't like it, you have to admit it's soothing & almost edifying, especially in today's morass of worldy troubles.

4 out of 5 stars Theme For A Summer Place.......2006-08-13

During the late 1960's here in Houston when I was a little boy, one of the network television affiliates used PERCY FAITH's fantastic "THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE" as their music theme for their afternoon matinee movies[reruns] which featured many of Hollywood's classic movies in glorious Black & White from the era of the 1930's, 1940's and into the 1950's - the Golden Age of Hollywood Films. I got to see some of the greatest classic films of all time and many remain personal favorites to this day, and especially the sound of "THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE", which was played relentlessly during commercial breaks and has become such a great memory. Those were the days indeed: Mae West; The Marx Brothers; Laurel & Hardy; Gregory Peck; Judy Garland; Original WWII Era movies and much more, which I actually got to see long after their heydays, but, better late than never! It took me years to figure out what orchestra played on this dynamic recording, but, eventually, I discovered Percy Faith, and what a grand artist he was - God Bless Him. Everytime I hear this wonderful theme song, it takes me back to those long gone, but not forgotten, Saturday or Sunday mid-afternoon TV Movie matinees from my childhood. This collection includes many other memorable and golden treasure recordings from Percy Faith and His Orchestra.

5 out of 5 stars Everyone should appreciate Percy Faith.......2006-03-27

This cd is wonderful. It provides the warmth of the music performed at the time it was created. I enjoy it tremendously.
Lanza: Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Introducing the Greatest Voice of All Time
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  • Not bad as an introduction to Lanza
 Lanza: Greatest Hits

Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B000003FVZ
Release Date: 1995-04-11

Tracks:

  1. The Toast Of New Orleans: Be My Love
  2. Because
  3. Very Warm For May: All The Things You Are
  4. The Student Prince: Serenade
  5. Rigoletto - La Donna e Mobile
  6. Pagliacci: Vesti La Guibba
  7. O Sole Mio
  8. The Student Prince: Beloved
  9. South Pacific: Younger Than Springtime
  10. The Great Caruso: The Loveliest Night Of The Year
  11. Carousel: If I Loved You
  12. Carmen: Flower Song
  13. The Student Prince: Golden Days
  14. Spring Is Here: With A Song In My Heart
  15. The Land Of Smiles: Yours Is My Heart Alone
  16. Because You're Mine
  17. Cavalleria Rusticana: Adido Alla Madre
  18. Aida: Celeste Aida
  19. The Lord's Prayer
  20. Granada

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Introducing the Greatest Voice of All Time.......2007-03-13

A new generation of music lovers deserves to know, understand and appreciate the greatness of Mario Lanza. Five decades after his passing, millions of lovers of "grand voices" still are held in awe by the power, passion and beauty of his voice.

This selection of recordings has a number of fine selections that give a small "flavor" of his fantastic talent and skills. It is a good beginning for someone who wants to know "The American Caruso."

5 out of 5 stars The Greatest Tenor of the 20th Century........2007-01-21

In a professional career that lasted just a bit over ten years Mario Lanza created more memorable recordings, broadcasts, concert perfomances and feature films than any other major vocalist in the classical and pop-jazz music genre. He was a man blessed with arguably the finest tenor voice in recorded music. Fans of Caruso, Pavarotti, Jan Peerce, Placido Domingo or Careras may argue that their tenor interpreted a particular aria better than anyone else but few if any can argue against the sheer beauty, power and emotion of Mario Lanza. He achieved worldwide success too fast and his penchant for the good life: wine, women and good food got the best of him in the end. It is so sad, when one contemplates Lanza's short but brilliant career and what might have been, that he was gone at age 38, an age when some tenors are just beginning to hit their stride. This album is a fine overview of some of his most memorable heavy classics as well as lighter operetta standards and showcases his voice so well. Nearly fifty years have transpired since his untimely death in 1959 and there is yet to appear on the scene a tenor with the power, charisma or sheer beauty of Lanza's voice. I highly recommend this album to the Lanza novice or those just starting their Opera CD collections.

5 out of 5 stars Easy listening.......2006-02-27

I have always liked Mario Lanza and the album is wonderful and relaxing.

4 out of 5 stars Lanza of the joyous voice!.......2005-07-14

This album has some really splendid songs, and yes, it's a good introduction to the King of the high last notes. I grew up with one of Lanza's albums and more or less learned to sing by singing along with his wonderful warm voice. What good energy he had... and too bad he died so young (sigh). It certainly lifts my spirits to listen to his music again and I hope anyone reading this will take a chance and get to know him too.

4 out of 5 stars Not bad as an introduction to Lanza.......2001-11-13

I recommend this collection as a good starting point for those interested in this extraordinary tenor. It's not a complete representation of the man by any stretch of the imagination, but it includes a handful of unforgettable recordings that will make newcomers to Lanza sit up in astonishment.

Highlights include the immortal Serenade & Golden Days from The Student Prince, Beloved (from the film version of the Student Prince, and arguably Lanza's best English-language love song), Because You're Mine, If I Loved You, and the stirring Addio Alla Madre from Cavalleria Rusticana. If love songs seem a little over-represented at the expense of arias and (notably) Italian & Neapolitan Songs, then blame BMG for their habitual neglect of Lanza's more serious side. In any event, this is essentially a one-CD version of the three-CD set, The Mario Lanza Collection. All of the renditions are the same as on the earlier CD, as are the sound sources. With the exception of The Student Prince Serenade, most of the selections here have never sounded better.

Be aware, however, that several of the arias are in fact retakes of more familiar versions. Vesti La Giubba, for instance, is an alternate take from Lanza's May 1950 session, and although the tenor is in great voice, the orchestra lets him down on the climactic phrase by moving on before he has finished his High A on the word "infranto". The Flower Song is even more unrestrained than the familiar take - great fun, but not the kind of recording you'd want newcomers to Lanza to hear! (Lanza never quite "nailed" this aria, but his heart was in the right place.) La Donna E Mobile is the familiar 1950 version in the first half, but is replaced by an inferior retake in the second half, followed by an edited-in High B ending (on "pensier") from the original recording!

The only truly bad recording is the inexplicably popular With A Song In My Heart. Lanza is unfocused, and strains his way throughout the piece. Yours Is My Heart Alone is somewhat better, but is easily surpassed by the tenor's 1956 recording with the conductor Henri Rene (and currently unavailable on CD).

The "Greatest Hits" are here: the million-selling Be My Love, Loveliest Night of The Year and the aforementioned Because You're Mine. I have to confess to an aversion to the first two - Lanza was often a far better singer than these recordings suggest - but most fans, I'm sure, will continue to cherish them. Besides, what tenor since Lanza has ever sung Be My Love without straining his way through the wretched thing and then fudging the High C at the end? Lanza made it his own, and to be fair to the song, it is actually a very difficult piece to pull off, as Messrs Domingo, Carreras and Leech will no doubt attest. But that was also one of Lanza's most under-appreciated strengths - he made everything sound so easy. Listeners accustomed to the laborious efforts of most present-day tenors will be astounded by the freshness, ease, and sheer bravado of these performances.
And Love Said No: Greatest Hits 1997-2004
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Essential for any HIM fan
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 And Love Said No: Greatest Hits 1997-2004
H.I.M. (His Infernal Majesty)
Manufacturer: Universal Republic
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000OHZJNM
Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

  1. And Love Said No
  2. Join Me In Death
  3. Buried Alive By Love
  4. Heartache Every Moment
  5. Solitary Man
  6. Right Here In My Arms
  7. The Funeral Of Hearts
  8. In Joy And Sorrow
  9. Your Sweet Six Six Six
  10. Gone With The Sin
  11. Wicked Game
  12. The Sacrament
  13. Close The Flame
  14. Poison Girl
  15. Pretending
  16. When Love And Death Embrace

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Essential for any HIM fan.......2007-06-08

I absolutely fell in love with HIM last fall when my friend "introduced" the music to me. It took a few weeks, but by now they are my favorite band by far. I can't get enough of the songs on this compilation. The newest cover, "Solitary Man" adds everything that Neil Diamond didn't do when it was originally written; I even let me parents listen to the cover and they think that its great.

I have recommended this compilation to all of my friends, and several of them have either started listening to HIM little by little thereafter or have simply fallen in love with the band. I could not have been happier with this compilation and am looking forward to the rest of HIM's career as well as the July release of Venus Doom.

3 out of 5 stars When Love and Cheese Embrace.......2007-05-16

This three year-old European compilation was just released in the States, and it provides a handy overview of HIM's homegrown Scandinavian love metal, which can be of interest to rock fans on the prowl for new sounds but who don't feel like diving into the proper albums. However, this collection of singles washes out the already miniscule creativity and excitement of the proper HIM albums. Ville Valo's goth romance is surely unique, but the band's musical backdrop rarely rises above slick and professional 80s arena metal. Nobody in the band except Valo makes an impression on the listener, and the performances are so polished and overproduced that no real advancement or growth can be detected in this collection, even though the tracks were recorded over a period of seven years and four studio albums. Bland riffs and uninspired rhythms are often unsuccessfully spruced up with annoying piano or keyboard squiggles, as in "Join Me in Death," "Heartache Every Moment," and "When Love and Death Embrace," and weak guitar solos almost always mimic the vocal melodies from the verses. Even worse, the band's awful ballads such as "Gone with the Sin" and "Close to the Flame" would induce the gag reflexes of even the most jaded hair metal swooners. This is all a shame because the band really can rock out when they feel like it, as in "Buried Alive by Love," "Right Here in My Arms," and their best-ever track "Your Sweet Six Six Six," indicating that the proper HIM albums should be explored for true love metal treasures. Granted, HIM are of interest due to the distinct outlook and intriguing personality of Ville Valo, but this collection does little to enhance the band's unimpressive chops. [~doomsdayer520~]
Neil Diamond - His 12 Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The First and the Best
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  • A great Diamond collection
  • Nothing Original
 Neil Diamond - His 12 Greatest Hits
Neil Diamond
Manufacturer: Mca
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ASIN: B00000DWHI
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Sweet Caroline
  2. Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
  3. Shilo
  4. Holly Holy
  5. Brooklyn Roads
  6. Cracklin' Rosie
  7. Play Me
  8. Done Too Soon
  9. Stones
  10. Song Sung Blue
  11. Soolaimon
  12. I Am.. I Said

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The First and the Best.......2005-12-03

There have been many Best-Of Neil Diamond Compilation albums
released by MCA.But this is the first,and by far the best.Every track fits the track before and after it.The studio versions instead of live recordings.All his MCA hits are here,and they still sound great.

Many of MCA's other compilation have lacked the simple focus of this album.These are Neil's big MCA Hits soon after they were hits.The compilations from later years have been more about non-singles that became concert favorites.

The late 60's/early 70's was the best period of Neil's career:Powerful songs with personal lyrics and soaring arrangements.And great rockers with a distinctive honey-and-toast flavour.


3 out of 5 stars Neil Diamond - 12 Greatest Hits.......2005-09-30

The best Greatest Hits album of Diamonds career. It doesn't have the live versions of Holy Holly or Sweet Caoline like the vinyl album and tape had. That's a negative. They are way better than the studio recordings.

5 out of 5 stars A Slight Correction.......2004-11-10

To The Previous Reviewer:

There isn't a cover song on this album, professor, Mr. Diamond wrote all of these tunes. Furthermore, many of his originals have been hits for others, such as "Red Red Wine" (UB40), "I'm A Believer" (The Monkees), "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Hollies) and "Solitary Man" (Chris Isaak). I'm not one of those people that think Neil Diamond was the greatest artist that ever came down the pike - I believe his musical legacy would have enjoyed much higher critical, and possibly, public acclaim if he had foregone the heavy-handed horns & strings, but his finely-honed melodies from the late 60's & early 70's are among the finest examples of the singer-songwriter genre.

5 out of 5 stars A great Diamond collection.......2004-10-29

Apparently the genius who wrote the first review doesn't know what a cover is. These songs are all Mr. Diamond's and are all excellent. My old cassette has worn down though, so I'll be purchasing one of the used CDs soon enough.

1 out of 5 stars Nothing Original.......2004-09-06

I have this album (vinyl) and every song is a cover. The singing is OK, but I'm not surprised that the 5 sellers only want from $1.65 to $2.98 for it.
George Gershwin: Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Muffled
  • Somewhat disappointing.
  • Gershwin At His Best in Hearts!
  • The best America has to offer!!
 George Gershwin: Greatest Hits

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ASIN: B000002A1T
Release Date: 1994-08-09

Tracks:

  1. Strike Up The Band
  2. Rhapsody In Blue
  3. Prelude No. 1
  4. Piano Concerto In F
  5. An American In Paris
  6. Prelude No. 3
  7. Medley From Porgy And Bess
  8. Fascinating Rhythm
  9. Lullaby
  10. Promenade (Walking the Dog)
  11. Cuban Overture

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Muffled.......2006-11-03

This is a decent enough recording, but it's not anywhere near the best that I have heard. The Andre Previn/LSO recording is much better mixed; at times it seems like there's a muffle on the mikes, or that you're hearing it from a distance.

If I wanted good, dynamic background music, I'd do this. If I wanted to really listen to the music, I'd pick another version.

3 out of 5 stars Somewhat disappointing........2003-09-10

I bought this for the full-length rendition of Rhapsody in Blue. I found the brass too tinny sounding, and the rhythm off in a few places. I like the snippet of this song on the "Best of the Milleneum" CD much better.

5 out of 5 stars Gershwin At His Best in Hearts!.......2003-03-19

To someone who came along as a teenage boy in the mid-1940's, this CD has the elements of authenticity, even surprise, musical history, highly intense performances, and ways evoking memories of emotional highlights of my Youth. When mediocre orchestra 1st tackled Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" at Smoky Mtn Music Camp we were preparing for Sunday's outdoor Concert. Pianos were played by two friends who've presided Music Dept at Carson-Newman College in East Tennessee. In the Trombone section was a skinny kid with too much hair and too big an ego! When our esteemed conductor began the opening bars the Clarinet Soloist, my close friend Danny Boy slide-up the chromatic scale with fleurish. He later became a NC Doctor! He likely plays clarinet for his own amazement in someone's Dixieland Band!

On this wondrous CD there are historic names like Bernstein, Kostelanez, John Williams and Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductors. Andre Previn, Yo-Yo Ma and Sarah Vaughan as Soloists. I would have a hard time choosing which may be called my favorite! It would depend on the day they are playing in my car... traveling to Columbia Seminary classes or GA Diagnostic Prison for lunch with Chaplain friends! I often sing along with the Rhapsody as I did in 1949 when Oscar Levant soloed with Chattanooga Orch. My very young wife was playing in the first violin section! Still today I am totally wiped out when anyone as intensely romantic as Sarah Vaughan sings "Summertime" or "I Loves You, Porgy!"

Is it not amazingly wondrous that someone could create so much enjoyable music in his short lifetime of 39 years? I never wish to part with this all-time favorite 10-Star Recording!
Retired Chaplain Fred W Hood

5 out of 5 stars The best America has to offer!!.......1999-03-09

This is the best collection of his songs i have ever heard. That's probably because it features conductors like John Williams and Micheal Tilson Thomas. My personal favorite is the allegro agitato from the Concerto in F. I have other recordings of this song, but none of them can even come close to matching the excitement of this one.

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