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The Essential Tony Bennett (Rm) (2CD)
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Product Details/SpecificationsRecording label: Sony EAN: 0069699866342Binding: Audio CDFormat: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Release Date: 2002-07-23Universal product code (UPC): 696998663428Number of discs: 2Product Description All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Amazon.com Tony Bennett has a typical lack of effusiveness about the kudos of his seven-decade career, but he does reportedly display an inscribed picture from a longtime colleague and fellow saloon singer in his Manhattan apartment. It reads: "To the best goddamned pop singer I've ever heard." It's signed "Frank Sinatra." But don't take the Chairman's word for it. Just listen as these two discs bound from one masterly performance to the next, documenting a career whose ups and downs--Bennett actually went long years without a record contract--belie a robust evolution of vocal strength and subtlety of phrasing. The arc of Bennett's art in the decade from "Cold Cold Heart" and "Rags to Riches" to "The Best Is Yet To Come" and his signature "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is remarkable enough, but it just keeps getting better. When the singer's management shrewdly orchestrated his MTV-powered "comeback" in the late 1980s and '90s, Bennett delivered considerably more than mere hype. Indeed, the highlights of those efforts (a warm, semi-autobiographical collection of ballads; tributes to Sinatra, Astaire, Ellington, and the blues; the obligatory MTV Unplugged set) included here barely skim the surface and arguably warrant a double-disc collection all their own. Still, the 39 tracks here represent the best kind of anthology: one that leaves you craving more. --Jerry McCulley
Disc 1 Tracks: 1. Because Of You2. Cold, Cold Heart3. Blue Velvet4. Rags To Riches5. Stranger In Paradise6. Sing You Sinners7. The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Gigolo And Gigolette)8. Just In Time9. It Amazes Me10. Love Look Away11. Firefly12. Put On A Happy Face13. The Best Is Yet To Come14. Tender Is The Night15. Once Upon A Time16. I Left My Heart In San Francisco17. I Wanna Be Around18. The Good Life19. This Is All I Ask20. When Joanna Loved Me21. The Rules Of The RoadDisc 2 Tracks: 1. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)2. If I Ruled The World3. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)4. The Shadow Of Your Smile5. Smile6. The Very Thought Of You7. For Once In My Life8. Yesterday I Heard The Rain (Esta Tarde Vi Llover)9. My Favorite Things10. I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You11. How Do You Keep The Music Playing12. When Do The Bells Ring For Me?13. Night And Day14. Last Night When We Were Young15. Steppin' Out With My Baby16. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Live)17. Mood Indigo18. Keep the Faith, Baby (w/ K.D. Lang)Publishers: Sony
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