Marvin Gaye’s Vulnerable is the work of a genius adrift–a lavishly arranged, never-completed album of standards about unrequited love that the great singer tinkered with from 1967 to 1979, finessing his vocals and overdubbing them into a fine, layered mesh. (It was finally issued a few years ago.) Love Songs: Bedroom Ballads is a peculiar [...]
20 track collection of The King’s greatest romantic numbers, including ‘Love Me Tender’, ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight?’, ‘For The Good Times’, ‘It’s Now or Never’, ‘Love Letters’ & many, many more. BMG/Camden. 1999. View product details at Amazon
The Sinatra who could more than convincingly offer that he had a crush on you is represented by this sweetly packaged 22-track collection. Culled mostly from the early Reprise years (with a four-cut sample of Capitol performances), Greatest Love Songs makes an airtight case for his work during the period. Often tender, occasionally enthusiastic, these [...]
TRACKS: Oh Girl – The Chi-Lites Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan Make Me Lose Control – Eric Carmen My Eyes Adored You – Frankie Valli When I Need You – Leo Sayer December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) – Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Everything I Own – Bread Hard To Say I’m [...]
