This CD could have easily been a redundant, boring mess but the charm of The Divine Miss M and the fact that some original thought went into many of the arrangements makes it a delight to revisit these girl-group classics again. Even the by-the-numbers cover versions such as BE MY BABY and ONE FINE DAY are sure to please because Bette sounds like she’s having a ball performing them. For this reason, TELL HIM is my favorite song here, even though it’s almost a carbon-copy of The Exciters’ original.
The production is exquisite throughout and often true to the song’s origins. BEI MIR BISTU SHEIN sounds like it was recorded back in the ‘40s and MISTER SANDMAN in 1955. The bluegrass treatment of YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE is so inspired and unexpected but works beautifully!
I am not giving this release 5 stars only because BABY IT’S YOU, WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW and COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES are too lethargic here for my taste. They should have stuck with the original tempo. Otherwise this is a fun collection of girl-group staples as interpreted by Bette Midler.
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Track Listings
| 1 | Be My Baby |
| 2 | One Fine Day |
| 3 | Bei Mir Bist Du Schon |
| 4 | Baby It's You |
| 5 | Tell Him |
| 6 | He's Sure the Boy I Love (duet with Darlene Love) |
| 7 | Mr. Sandman |
| 8 | Come and Get These Memories |
| 9 | Too Many Fish in the Sea |
| 10 | Teach Me Tonight |
| 11 | Waterfalls |
| 12 | You Can't Hurry Love |
| 13 | Give Him a Great Big Kiss |
| 14 | Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow |
| 15 | It's the Girl |
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Bette Midler
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- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 12.4 x 15.7 x 0.79 cm; 83.91 Grams
- Manufacturer : Rhino-Warner Bros
- Item model number : 30473905
- Original Release Date : 2014
- Label : Rhino-Warner Bros
- ASIN : B00NCGXYJS
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #28,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #820 in Broadway & Vocalists
- #1,269 in Pop Rock Music
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Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2018
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Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2019
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It doesn't get better than this. The music selection is sensational as is the delivery! Love the flaming pink color of the vinyl, but it is the sound QUALITY that is so extraordinary.
Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2014
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Get the Double LP and get the most beautiful packaging of the season! Not listed as a colour vinyl edition but the Divine Miss M gives fans a fabulous pink double vinyl edition of her new masterpiece Its The Girls. Get them now before they are all gone. Thanks Bette I am tickled PINK! XXXOOO
Reviewed in Canada on December 16, 2018
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Bought for completeness, didn't disappoint. The girl still has it.
Reviewed in Canada on September 17, 2015
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Bette makes these songs come alive all over again.
Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2014
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This is a really good cd except for 3 songs, they kind of dragged.
Reviewed in Canada on August 22, 2019
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A great CD from Bette Midler!
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Steven Haarala
5.0 out of 5 stars
"And the winner is...omigod...it's Bette Midler!"
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2014Verified Purchase
A lot of big-name artists released well-publicized albums this fall, among them Barbra, Aretha, Annie, Billy and Gaga. I sampled them all and heard some of them entirely, but so far the only one I have felt compelled to buy is this one by Bette Midler. The others didn't measure up for various reasons, while Bette's is satisfying for various reasons, which I will try to enumerate.
First I think is the utter simplicity of it. The production is slick, but there are no pretensions. It is an album of pop music covers from various girl groups, and that's it. Since the beginning of her career, Bette has done this type of "retro" music better than anyone else. Also, unlike some of the other artists I mentioned, Bette's voice still sounds as good as it ever did, to me. I have to disagree with some other reviewers on a couple of issues. One said that the vocals sound "phoned in", and a couple of others described them as "karaoke". No offense, but I don't find this at all. To me, the upbeat numbers are joyous and exuberant, and the serious ones have nuanced feeling. Highlights for me include the following:
"Be My Baby" - I always wanted a really vibrant version of that classic song, and now I have it.
"Baby It's You" - It is mellow, but subtly serious.
"He's Sure The Boy I Love" - Bette and Darlene Love have great fun on this duet, and Darlene still sounds fabulous too.
"Come And Get These Memories" - This slowed down version is very affecting.
"Too Many Fish In The Sea" - Very high energy with some funny spoken lines.
"Teach Me Tonight" - In the style of "Old Cape Cod" from "Songs For The New Depression".
"Waterfalls" - The crown jewel of the album. Despite the risk, Bette took a very popular song and turned it into a superb vocal performance.
"Give Him A Great Big Kiss" - Campy just like "Leader Of The Pack" from her first album. And we don't get to hear Shangri-Las covers often enough.
Even Bette's version of "Mr. Sandman", a song I never really liked, is tolerable. The only track I don't care for is "You Can't Hurry Love". For some reason I have never liked any version other than the original by Diana Ross & The Supremes, so I can't really blame Bette for that.
The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, so I'd say Ms. Midler is off to a good start with this one. And from the beginning I had a feeling that it would be a winner. I feel this is an album that she was destined to make. I have only one regret: why, oh why, didn't she include "He's A Rebel"?
First I think is the utter simplicity of it. The production is slick, but there are no pretensions. It is an album of pop music covers from various girl groups, and that's it. Since the beginning of her career, Bette has done this type of "retro" music better than anyone else. Also, unlike some of the other artists I mentioned, Bette's voice still sounds as good as it ever did, to me. I have to disagree with some other reviewers on a couple of issues. One said that the vocals sound "phoned in", and a couple of others described them as "karaoke". No offense, but I don't find this at all. To me, the upbeat numbers are joyous and exuberant, and the serious ones have nuanced feeling. Highlights for me include the following:
"Be My Baby" - I always wanted a really vibrant version of that classic song, and now I have it.
"Baby It's You" - It is mellow, but subtly serious.
"He's Sure The Boy I Love" - Bette and Darlene Love have great fun on this duet, and Darlene still sounds fabulous too.
"Come And Get These Memories" - This slowed down version is very affecting.
"Too Many Fish In The Sea" - Very high energy with some funny spoken lines.
"Teach Me Tonight" - In the style of "Old Cape Cod" from "Songs For The New Depression".
"Waterfalls" - The crown jewel of the album. Despite the risk, Bette took a very popular song and turned it into a superb vocal performance.
"Give Him A Great Big Kiss" - Campy just like "Leader Of The Pack" from her first album. And we don't get to hear Shangri-Las covers often enough.
Even Bette's version of "Mr. Sandman", a song I never really liked, is tolerable. The only track I don't care for is "You Can't Hurry Love". For some reason I have never liked any version other than the original by Diana Ross & The Supremes, so I can't really blame Bette for that.
The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, so I'd say Ms. Midler is off to a good start with this one. And from the beginning I had a feeling that it would be a winner. I feel this is an album that she was destined to make. I have only one regret: why, oh why, didn't she include "He's A Rebel"?
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Contro il logorio della vita moderna
Reviewed in Italy on February 6, 2020Verified Purchase
Riempire una stanza con le note di questo disco di Bette Midler favorisce il buonumore e il buonumore fa vivere meglio te e chi ti sta intorno.
Effetti collaterali: snap snap con le dita; tap tap sul pavimento con il piede; stonare aggiungendosi al coro.
Effetti indesiderati: nessuno.
A parte gli scherzi. è bello sentire che la Divine Miss M ha mantenuto inalterata la sua verve. Ricordo ancora quando nel lontano 1972 mi regalarono il suo primo album dicendomi: "E' la nuova Streisand" (come se Barbra Streisand, in attività da appena una decina di anni, dovesse già essere rimpiazzata). Naturalmente, ascoltando il disco, mi resi conto che la personalità della Midler era lontana anni luce da quella dell'affermata collega, e da allora la seguo sia per ciò che riguarda la musica sia al cinema dove ci ha regalato tanti indimenticabili momenti di spensieratezza ("Per favore ammazzatemi mia moglie", "Affari d'oro") e qualche lacrima ("Spiagge", "The Rose"). A proposito di quest'ultimo, la sua interpretazione è stata così toccante che "The Rose" è il soprannome con cui ancora oggi viene chiamata negli States.
In "It's the Girls!", godibilissimo dalla prima all'ultima traccia, The Divine Miss M interpreta brani celeberrimi portati al successo da gruppi vocali femminili a partire dagli anni '30 del secolo scorso, uno più bello dell'altro.
Il doppio vinile è custodito in una solida copertina apribile (gatefold), è stampato bene ed è pure colorato di una bella tonalità di rosa (direi un Rubine Red) che, visto l'omaggio femminile, calza a pennello. Sarebbe stato bello trovarci anche i testi ma non si può avere tutto.
Effetti collaterali: snap snap con le dita; tap tap sul pavimento con il piede; stonare aggiungendosi al coro.
Effetti indesiderati: nessuno.
A parte gli scherzi. è bello sentire che la Divine Miss M ha mantenuto inalterata la sua verve. Ricordo ancora quando nel lontano 1972 mi regalarono il suo primo album dicendomi: "E' la nuova Streisand" (come se Barbra Streisand, in attività da appena una decina di anni, dovesse già essere rimpiazzata). Naturalmente, ascoltando il disco, mi resi conto che la personalità della Midler era lontana anni luce da quella dell'affermata collega, e da allora la seguo sia per ciò che riguarda la musica sia al cinema dove ci ha regalato tanti indimenticabili momenti di spensieratezza ("Per favore ammazzatemi mia moglie", "Affari d'oro") e qualche lacrima ("Spiagge", "The Rose"). A proposito di quest'ultimo, la sua interpretazione è stata così toccante che "The Rose" è il soprannome con cui ancora oggi viene chiamata negli States.
In "It's the Girls!", godibilissimo dalla prima all'ultima traccia, The Divine Miss M interpreta brani celeberrimi portati al successo da gruppi vocali femminili a partire dagli anni '30 del secolo scorso, uno più bello dell'altro.
Il doppio vinile è custodito in una solida copertina apribile (gatefold), è stampato bene ed è pure colorato di una bella tonalità di rosa (direi un Rubine Red) che, visto l'omaggio femminile, calza a pennello. Sarebbe stato bello trovarci anche i testi ma non si può avere tutto.
mrX
Reviewed in Italy on February 6, 2020
Effetti collaterali: snap snap con le dita; tap tap sul pavimento con il piede; stonare aggiungendosi al coro.
Effetti indesiderati: nessuno.
A parte gli scherzi. è bello sentire che la Divine Miss M ha mantenuto inalterata la sua verve. Ricordo ancora quando nel lontano 1972 mi regalarono il suo primo album dicendomi: "E' la nuova Streisand" (come se Barbra Streisand, in attività da appena una decina di anni, dovesse già essere rimpiazzata). Naturalmente, ascoltando il disco, mi resi conto che la personalità della Midler era lontana anni luce da quella dell'affermata collega, e da allora la seguo sia per ciò che riguarda la musica sia al cinema dove ci ha regalato tanti indimenticabili momenti di spensieratezza ("Per favore ammazzatemi mia moglie", "Affari d'oro") e qualche lacrima ("Spiagge", "The Rose"). A proposito di quest'ultimo, la sua interpretazione è stata così toccante che "The Rose" è il soprannome con cui ancora oggi viene chiamata negli States.
In "It's the Girls!", godibilissimo dalla prima all'ultima traccia, The Divine Miss M interpreta brani celeberrimi portati al successo da gruppi vocali femminili a partire dagli anni '30 del secolo scorso, uno più bello dell'altro.
Il doppio vinile è custodito in una solida copertina apribile (gatefold), è stampato bene ed è pure colorato di una bella tonalità di rosa (direi un Rubine Red) che, visto l'omaggio femminile, calza a pennello. Sarebbe stato bello trovarci anche i testi ma non si può avere tutto.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
It's the "Divine Miss M"
Reviewed in Germany on February 3, 2015Verified Purchase
Dieses Album macht wirklich Spass.
Es besteht hauptsächlich aus Songs, die positive Stimmung verbreiten und zum Bewegen/Tanzen animieren. Es gibt aber auch ein paar gefühlvolle Balladen, die sie sehr schön und emotional darbietet.
Bette Midler covert hier allesamt Lieder von ehemaligen Girl-Groups. Ihre Interpretationen finde ich alle gelungen und haben diesen typischen Stil der "Divine Miss M".
Nur die Country-Version von "You can't Hurry Love" spricht mich nicht ganz so an (dennoch ein Ohrwurm).
Songliste:
1. BE MY BABY
Originally performed by The Ronettes
2. ONE FINE DAY
Originally performed by The Chiffons
3. BEI MIR BIST DU SCHÖN
Originally performed by The Andrews Sisters
All Vocals by Bette Midler
4. BABY IT'S YOU
Originally performed by The Shirelles
All Vocals by Bette Midler
5. TELL HIM
Originally performed by The Exciters
6. HE'S SURE THE BOY I LOVE (duet with Darlene Love)
Originally performed by The Crystals
7. MR. SANDMAN
Originally performed by The Chordettes
8. COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES
Originally performed by Martha & The Vandellas
9. TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA
Originally performed by The Marvelettes
10. TEACH ME TONIGHT
Originally performed by The DeCastro Sisters
11. WATERFALLS
Originally performed by TLC
12. YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE
Originally performed by The Supremes
13. GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG KISS
Originally performed by The Shangri-Las
14. WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW
Originally performed by The Shirelles
15. IT'S THE GIRL
Originally performed by The Boswell Sisters
All Vocals by Bette Midler
Das Booklet ist leider sehr mager (sechs Seiten). Es gibt wenige Photos und Infos zu den Liedern (Spiellänge, Published,...) und ein Vorwort.
"It's the Girls" ist ein Album, welches gute Laune macht und an die frühen Werke von Bette erinnert (Chapel Of Love, Miss Otis Regrets, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,...).
Anspieltips: Be my Baby, One Fine Day, Bei mir bist du schön, Baby it's you, Tell him, Mr. Sandman, Teach me Tonight, Waterfalls, Will you still Love me tomorrow, It's the Girl
Es besteht hauptsächlich aus Songs, die positive Stimmung verbreiten und zum Bewegen/Tanzen animieren. Es gibt aber auch ein paar gefühlvolle Balladen, die sie sehr schön und emotional darbietet.
Bette Midler covert hier allesamt Lieder von ehemaligen Girl-Groups. Ihre Interpretationen finde ich alle gelungen und haben diesen typischen Stil der "Divine Miss M".
Nur die Country-Version von "You can't Hurry Love" spricht mich nicht ganz so an (dennoch ein Ohrwurm).
Songliste:
1. BE MY BABY
Originally performed by The Ronettes
2. ONE FINE DAY
Originally performed by The Chiffons
3. BEI MIR BIST DU SCHÖN
Originally performed by The Andrews Sisters
All Vocals by Bette Midler
4. BABY IT'S YOU
Originally performed by The Shirelles
All Vocals by Bette Midler
5. TELL HIM
Originally performed by The Exciters
6. HE'S SURE THE BOY I LOVE (duet with Darlene Love)
Originally performed by The Crystals
7. MR. SANDMAN
Originally performed by The Chordettes
8. COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES
Originally performed by Martha & The Vandellas
9. TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA
Originally performed by The Marvelettes
10. TEACH ME TONIGHT
Originally performed by The DeCastro Sisters
11. WATERFALLS
Originally performed by TLC
12. YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE
Originally performed by The Supremes
13. GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG KISS
Originally performed by The Shangri-Las
14. WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW
Originally performed by The Shirelles
15. IT'S THE GIRL
Originally performed by The Boswell Sisters
All Vocals by Bette Midler
Das Booklet ist leider sehr mager (sechs Seiten). Es gibt wenige Photos und Infos zu den Liedern (Spiellänge, Published,...) und ein Vorwort.
"It's the Girls" ist ein Album, welches gute Laune macht und an die frühen Werke von Bette erinnert (Chapel Of Love, Miss Otis Regrets, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,...).
Anspieltips: Be my Baby, One Fine Day, Bei mir bist du schön, Baby it's you, Tell him, Mr. Sandman, Teach me Tonight, Waterfalls, Will you still Love me tomorrow, It's the Girl

