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The Greatest Songs of the Sixties- Arista |
The premise is debatable (can you really call a disc with only one Beatles song a compendium of top '60s tunes?), but the product is anything but. The success of The Greatest Songs of the Fifties, released ten months prior to this latest exercise in musical time-travel, must have stoked Barry Manilow's interpretive skills, or else he's more a flowerchild at heart than his once overly wide lapels and disco shoes let on. Because formulaic as this disc is, it bespeaks a not easily achieved vocal mastery and a gift for gently prying a song away from its original owner. Which is to say it's better than its predecessor. Hand Manilow a Righteous Brothers tune ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'") and he magically minimizes its scale, making it seem more intimate still; pass him a classic made famous by both the Carpenters and Herman's Hermits ("There's a Kind of Hush"), and instead of sending his listeners off on undulating waves of nostalgia, he quietly makes them aware he should have sung it all along (no offense, Herman). "Cherish/Windy," a medley with the Association, works well, but it's the Bacharach numbers that will nudge themselves to the top of easy-listening fans' favorites lists. "This Guy's in Love with You," "What the World Needs Now is Love," and "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," memorable as the original renditions are, have been reawakened; given the Manilow spin, they become the kind of songs the whole world wants to sing. --Tammy La Gorce More from Barry Manilow
After The Greatest Songs of the Fifties skyrocketted to #1 on the Billboard charts and attained Platinum status, Barry Manilow once again takes us through time with his upcoming release, The Greatest Songs of the Sixties. The album, produced by Manilow and Clive Davis, features endless classics including a remake of the Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling'" (1965) to the Beatles' "And I Love Her"(1964), to Herb Alpert's "This Guy's In Love With You" (1968), the Lettermen's "When I Fall In Love" (1962) and Burt Bacharach's "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (1969)  Tracks:
Customer Reviews:
This is one of my favorite recent CDs from Barry....I listened to and remember all the music from the 60s...so I loved hearing these songs again sung by one of my most favorite recording artists. The technical superiority of these 60s songs recorded by Barry Manilow is far better than many of the originals. It's not that Barry sounds like the original artists, but the arrangements and back up singers are so familiar that it becomes a perfect blend of music entertainment. When I think of the ability to take original orchestration, use modern technology to perfect what was missing in many flat sounding 60s recordings, add Barry Manilow...WOW...perfection! This CD is far better than Barry's 50s Greastest Hits which was half good and half so so. This is one CD I keep playing over and over again. It's happy upbeat music. Every song is a winner! I certainly can sense Barry's passionate feeling for the words he's singing Give this CD as a gift to a Barry Manilow lover and they will really thank you! --2006-12-17 To all those who laugh at you when you mention that you "love Barry Manilow" - throw this CD in their face. Entered the charts at #1 - and that's no surprise. Who would have guessed that an entire album of cover songs would be this fantastic? Every Barry fan I know gets this as a gift and I will probably wear my copy out because I play it EVERY DAY. Even if you don't care for Barry, a friend or parent who has fond memories of 60's music will love this CD. Great job, Barry! You are still #1 in my book! --2006-12-17 Some of us might quibble a bit with Manilow's insistence that "Blue Velvet" is one of the greatest songs of the '60s. I suppose that depends what you were doing during that decade, or how you interpret the artistic explosion of the decade's music. Manilow apparently remembers the '60s as one long suburban cocktail party attended only by white people. This dreck - with the stiffest, whitest arrangements I've heard this side of "The Lawrence Welk Show," and the all but unparalleled, karaoke-style blandness of the vocal delivery - makes Rod Stewart singing jazz seem a welcome option. Someone please make this ridiculously colorless repackaging of the past stop. It's starting to get scary. --2006-12-09 Arista Records celebrates the career of one of the most popular entertainers in history of music and stage ... "THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES", another great album of tributes from Manilow, this time from the 1960s ... as expected, the album features some of the more mellow hits of the decade with Bacharach, Sinatra, Beatles, Righteous Brothers, Carpenters, Herman's Hermits and "Cherish/Windy," a medley with the Association ... showcasing Manilow's vocal range, superb phrasing and melodic signature. Listen as Manilow sings a compilation of tunes from the Fabulous 60's, many performances capture the true voice and man himself as he defines each song with a special way and delivery. In alphabeltical order they are: 1. And I Love Her - 2:55 2. Blue Velvet - 2:54 3. Can't Help Falling in Love - 3:38 4. Can't Take My Eyes off You - 3:48 5. Cherish/Windy - 4:20 6. Everybody Loves Somebody - 2:56 7. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head - 3:02 8. Strangers in the Night - 3:07 9. There's a Kind of Hush - 3:01 10.This Guy's in Love with You - 4:03 11What the World Needs Now Is Love - 3:41 12.When I Fall in Love - 3:31 13.You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - 4:04 All of us are still fans of Barry Manilow or merely curious about this supremely talented entertainer, who held us captive and gave us his all...Outstanding album sequencing by Arista from our favorite arranger/songwriter on this collection that you'll enjoy over and over again...check this out and relive those vintage performances just as they appeared decades ago, only this is better. Total Time: 57 mins ~ ARI #82640 ~ (10/31/2006) --2006-12-06 I have really enjoyed listening to Barry Manilow's, "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" so I bought his newest recording, "The Greatest Songs of the Sixties." Both of these are great CDs and classic Manilow for any fan... --2006-12-03 Read for more: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=B...
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