40 Great Songs [Import]

Shirley Bassey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Double Platinum
• ASIN: B00004R5X5
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,619,940 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Goldfinger

2. Send in the Clowns

3. I (Who Have Nothing)

4. Climb Ev'ry Mountain

5. All by Myself

6. On a Wonderful Day Like Today

7. Somewhere

8. Once in a Lifetime

9. The Shadow of Your Smile

10. This Masquerade

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Diamonds Are Forever

2. Killing Me Softly With His Song

3. Easy to Love

4. If You Go Away

5. New York State of Mind

6. Moon River

7. People

8. It's Impossible

9. Can You Read My Mind

10. I Get a Kick Out of You

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

40 songs on 2 CDs including 'Goldfinger', 'Send In The Clowns', 'Climb Every Mountain', 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' and more. 1993. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful but flawed, January 26, 2001

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G. Lewis "discriminating consumer" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 40 Great Songs (Audio CD)

First the good news. This album brings together many of the most powerful and enchanting performances by Shirley Bassey and, with forty songs, is excellent value for the money. Tracks like "Fly me to the Moon" show off the richness and range of Bassey's voice with wonderful clarity and expansiveness. But, disappointingly, a significant number of the recordings on this CD suffer from very poor sound quality, with Bassey's voice sounding harsh and constricted or distorted on high notes and at high volume. A few tracks are so flawed that tin can and string technology might have been used for the transfer to CD. Hopefully, if this is a problem with the digital source material, the newer "remix" CDs will be much better. So, high marks for track selection and value, but points off for sound quality.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Has the voice and the passion, June 20, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: 40 Great Songs (Audio CD)

Shirley Bassey may just be one of the greatest female pop singers of all time. Her power and range are superb and her interpretation is always fresh and passionate. This album is worth the money!