Andy Williams - Greatest Hits

Andy Williams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 8, 1994)
• Original Release Date: March 14, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000001V6J
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,500 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opening Melody: L.O.V.E. /Love Is Here to Stay

2. Movie Medley: You Ought to Be in Pictures (Instrumental)/Call Me ...

3. MacArthur Park

4. Born Free

5. Canadian Sunset

6. Hawaiian Wedding Song

7. Can't Get Used to Losing You

8. Moon River

9. May Each Day

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the best of compilations., January 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Andy Williams - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Priced right, but you'd be better off spending a little extra to get one of his other "greatest hits" CDs. This one has many of his best songs, but they are in medley-like form (something which you wouldn't know from the play list). All of the movie songs, for example, are contained in one track. This makes it difficult to access individual songs. Also, be aware that this is a live recording, and there is a lot of talking before some of the songs.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Andy Williams Shines in Rare Live Set, March 27, 2000

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Ben Alba (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Andy Williams - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Live albums are typically full of imperfections, and Andy Williams has always been a recording studio perfectionist. Thus, for him to record his first American live album (his only other live album was recorded in Japan in 1974) meant venturing outside his comfort zone. But he needn't have worried, for his performances were top-notch for this soundtrack of a 1994 PBS special from his Branson, Missouri theater.

With his unmistakable voice still in excellent form, it's hard to believe that he originally recorded most of these songs more than 30 and 40 years ago. Yet the arrangements are fresh and satisfying. His range and control are very much intact on the demanding themes from "Love Story" and "The Godfather." His signature song, "Moon River," ends more dramatically than his 1962 original, thanks to a sweeping chart that composer Henry Mancini gave him in the late '60s. There's a big, brassy version of "Our Love Is Here to Stay" that Andy obviously enjoys belting out. Unlike his 1972 studio version of "MacArthur Park," the live version here also includes the first movement of the Jimmy Webb classic, with its soaring chorus. Another rare treat is a peppy medley ("medley" is misleading, for he performs each song in its entirety) of his 1950s Cadence hits, including his number one rockabilly single, "Butterfly."

This is a great introduction to perhaps the most underrecognized singer of his generation. Perhaps I should mention another reason for enjoying this album so much: I penned the liner notes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One Track Missing from Amazon's List, March 25, 2011

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Roy F. Johnson (Columbia, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Andy Williams - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This applies to CD Number 12 351.

Amazon's list of tracks overlooks #5, the 50s Medley (Butterfly, Are You Sincere, I Like Your Kind of Love, Lonely Street, In the Summertime.