- Audio CD (Oct 10 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Warner Bros
- ASIN: B00004YNDV
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. That's How Heartaches Are Made |
| 2. In These Shoes |
| 3. God Give Me Strength |
| 4. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) |
| 5. Love TKO |
| 6. Moses |
| 7. Nobody Else But You |
| 8. Color Of Roses |
| 9. Bless You Child |
| 10. When Your Love Was Low |
| 11. Shining Star |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
Like its predecessor Bathhouse Betty, Bette Midler's Bette spends a good deal of its playing time on ambitious, smartly chosen songs. Even the biggest pop-ballad success here is a Dionne Warwick-style take on the Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach, weeper "God Give Me Strength", rather than a dire work of schlock such as "The Wind Beneath My Wings". Elsewhere, Midler continues to indulge her cheeky side--the album's working title was Bette, Bath and Beyond--with KirstyMacColl's Cuban-influenced "In These Shoes" and a revival of Teddy Pendergrass' classic "Love TKO" with an impressively throaty vocal. The handful of Hallmark-esque tunes near disc's end doesn't diminish the subtlety and taste of the rest. --Park Slope
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Nobody else but Bette!
Feb 6 2004
Format:Audio CD
This was not one of Bette Midler's more successful albums, but it has it's charms and it remains one of my favorites from her collection. It was released in October 2000, coinciding with the short lived CBS sitcom she starred in. The first single was the bubbly and uptempo "Nobody Else But You", which was also the sitcom's theme song. "In These Shoes", a fun campy song in the same vein as "I'm Beautiful", was the second single, and a hit on the Billboard dance charts.
If anything, this album proves that Bette Midler is a talented singer, and interpreter of song. The obvious standout is "God Give Me Strength", a powerful ballad, written by Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello. Beautiful. Patty Griffin's "Moses" is another highlight, a fun tongue in cheek song that Bette does so well. She also covers Baby Washington's "That's How Heartaches Are Made", The Manhattan's "Shining Star", Teddy Pendergrass' "Love TKO", and The Temptations "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)". She does them all fabulously!
"Bless You Child" shows that Bette can compete with the contemporaries, with a nice dance song. On "Color of Roses" and "When Your Life Was Low", she shows her restraint, letting the beauty of the songs shine through. The album featured a few producers, including Don Was, Rick Nowles, and Marc Shaiman. Overall, it's a very nice Bette Midler album, with some truly memorable tunes.
PERFECTION!
Jan 7 2004
Format:Audio CD
This album is just about the most breathtaking work that Bette has done in years! Bathouse Betty was a fine return to form, but on this cd she just shines! Love TKO smolders and her version of Shining Star breathes new life into that song! But the most wonderful part of this cd is without a doubt the song called Moses!!!! I get so angry when I think this cd went largely unnoticed. It is just a great cd to relax to or to have on at a dinner party! Please check this album out!!!!
Bette's Shining Star
Nov 24 2003
Format:Audio CD
In 2000 Bette Midler starred in two wretched movies (the alleged comedies "Isn't She Great" and "Drowning Mona") and a virtually unwatchable self-titled sitcom. With the CD "Bette," though, she proved to fans that Miss M still has some divinity left in her. Teaming with producer Don Was, Midler moves away from the schmaltzy ballads and camp rut she's been stuck in ever since the "Beaches" soundtrack, favoring more sophisticated, soulful and, at times, sexy selections. "That's How Heartaches Are Made" is a smooth opener, followed by the tongue-in-cheek, Latin-flavored "In These Shoes." Midler really soars with her covers of "Love TKO," "Just My Imagination" and "Shining Star"--a song I hated when it was a hit in the '80s, but Bette's version won me over. On most of the songs her voice is in peak form, though her voice gets a bit ragged on "God Give Me Strength."
The CD isn't without its clunkers. "Nobody Else But You," the theme song to her ill-fated sitcom, sounds like... the theme to a sitcom. And while there are no "Wind Beneath My Wings"-style inspirational ballads, we get something much, much worse with "Bless You Child": inspirational disco. Fortunately "Bette" is strong enough as a whole to withstand a couple poor song choices. In fact, the CD is good enough to make you forgive the recent missteps Midler's made with her acting career. (Well, almost--it's going to take her awhile to live down that sitcom.)
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Published on Mar 13 2003 by J. M. Zuurbier
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Published on Dec 29 2002 by C Courtney Walsh
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Ahh -- the wonderful, the magnificent Bette!
As far as I'm concerned, this is one of the best from perhaps the most unique individual in show business today! Read more
Published on Jun 22 2002 by "jotho"
LOVE TKO
LOVE TKO IS THE HOTTEST TRACC ON THIS ALbUM
HANDS DOWN.THE REST OF THE SONGS TO ME FALL INTO
THE SAME pLACE.THE ORIGINAL TKO TRACC CAME FROM
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HANDS DOWN.THE REST OF THE SONGS TO ME FALL INTO
THE SAME pLACE.THE ORIGINAL TKO TRACC CAME FROM
TEDDY P... Read more
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Published on Dec 27 2001 by Dee
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This just has to be the greatest Midler cd ever. She trys everything, and it works! Go Bette!
Published on Nov 15 2001 by steve warren
interesting selections
Although I would have loved more like that number with the line about "in these shoes?", this was a good overview of the expressive power of her voice. Read more
Published on Oct 25 2001 by Brian Watson
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