- Audio CD (May 8 2001)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Best of
- Label: Collectables
- ASIN: B00005B51D
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #28,638 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. And I Love You So |
| 2. Killing Me Softly With Her Song |
| 3. For the Good Times |
| 4. Aubrey |
| 5. Sing |
| 6. I Want to Give |
| 7. Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree |
| 8. I Thought About You |
| 9. It All Seems to Fall Into Line |
| 10. I Believe In Music |
| 11. It's Impossible |
| 12. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head |
| 13. Something |
| 14. Snowbird |
| 15. A House Is Not a Home |
| 16. Everybody Is Looking for an Answer |
| 17. El Condor Pasa |
| 18. (They Long to Be) Close to You |
| 19. I Think I Love You |
| 20. We've Only Just Begun |
Product Description
CD Description
Two of Perry Como's popular albums from the 1970s featuring two of his biggest hits. Perry recorded "It's Impossible" at RCA's Studio A, recording studios, New York City, in May of 1970, arranged and conducted by the legendary Marty Manning, produced by Ernie Altschuler, but when the song entered Billboard's Top Ten Charts later that year he completed the album at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, under the baton of Nick Perito and produced by Don Costa for release in December of that same year. In 1973 he had another giant hit with "And I Love You So", recorded and produced in Nashville with the legendary Chet Atkins and RCA Victor's Nashville Sound backing. The Nashville album was certified R.I.A.A. Gold shortly following but both hits quickly became Como signature songs.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Smooth, cool and relaxed,
By Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: And I Love You So/It's Impossible (Audio CD)
Though purists would argue that Perry's voice was at its apex in the 40's and 50's, I've always prefered his style and his voice in the later years. This is the reason I love this album, because it showcases the more mature Como sound, with more contemporary arrangements and an easier listening style than some of his novelity songs of the 50's. Perry's voice became more of a pure baritone as he aged and I defy anyone to think he was in his 60's when most of these songs were recorded. Like fine wine, Como aged impecably. You will put into a mellow modd by listening to him effortlessly breeze through these songs.I'll admit to some trepidation when I saw the play list, because I was certain Perry would butcher a song like "I Think I Love You," which belongs lock, stock and barrel to David Cassidy. But amazingly, Perry does a decent job here, and turns in a performance that isn't campy or silly. The same feelings of unease came over me when I first listened to Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with Her Song." Amazingly, Como delivers the goods on this 1971 classic and his cover version is perfectly acceptable, even good. The rest of the songs are are excellent and Perry continues to surprise through the album by putting his own calm, unique stamp on each song. A beautiful record, sung by the amazing Mr. C.
2.0 out of 5 stars
really weak at times and boring,
By A Customer
This review is from: And I Love You So/It's Impossible (Audio CD)
perrys recordings of and i love you so and its impossible are of course great but all the other songs are weak and utterly boring the two songs something, for the good times are good though but they can be replaced with frank sinatras versons any day.If como had taken nelson riddles aranegments on the recording of for the good times and used that along with his voice it probably could have been a heck of a lot better than franks but who knows.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect.,
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This review is from: And I Love You So/It's Impossible (Audio CD)
Frank, Bing, Dean, Sam, and Perry-- by the 1970s all the great singers were dealing with a very different world of popular song. Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart had been replaced by George Harrison, John Denver, Burt Bacharach, and rock had replaced swing as the rhythmic foundation for pop arrangements. Of all the singers, Perry Como made the smoothest transition. He always was a real pro, tackling novelty numbers like "Papa Loves Mambo" and "Hot Diggity" with good taste, being tongue-in-cheek but not condescending. Actually, "It's Impossible" and "And I Love You So" the title songs are finely crafted pieces, and so are many of the other nine songs on each album, depending on your tastes. But I love Perry's approach mainly because he's so straight-forward with these songs, delivering them in his rich, mellow manner and showing no signs of wear and tear (unlike Sinatra in the '70s). Bing was actually doing some fine contemporary things in Britain at the time, with similarly excellent arrangements, but I'll still take Perry's "We've Only Just Begun" over his or anybody else's version. I'll also take Perry's "Something" over Frank's, although Blue Eyes was the one who said this was the greatest love song ever written. The arrangement with Perry keeps enough of the original Beatles rock sound (unlike Riddle's later violin-heavy version with Frank). And Perry has more fun with "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" than Frank. It's great to hear this craftsman of song handling "For the Good Times" and "Snowbird" and "Sing" even if I find the lyrics to be a bit beneath him. But we really start to have fun with "I Thought About You," featuring Mr. C in amazingly hip form, with a very cool metal guitar grinding behind him. Who'd have thought! Then he gets down and groovy on "I Think I Love You" (from the Partridge Family of course). Yes-- Perry could sing it all, and with beautiful, crisp arrangements like these, and two hit title songs, this is one disc I'll be playing over and over again.
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