Baby, I Love You/Andy Kim

Andy Kim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000F2C8EE
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,931 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Baby, I Love You

2. Walkin' My La De Da

3. If I Were a Carpenter

4. Let's Get Married

5. By the Time I Get to Phoenix

6. I'll Be Loving You

7. So Good Together

8. I Got to Know

9. This Is the Girl

10. Didn't Have to Tell Her

11. This Guy's in Love with You

12. Prologue/Who Has the Answers?

13. Shady Hollow Dreamer

14. The Fancies of a Child

15. Michael

16. Oh, What a Day!

17. Love the Poor Boy

18. Sunshine

19. All in the Name of Steinem

20. So Good to Have You Here

See all 22 tracks on this disc

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bubblegum master makes the turn to singer-songwriter, August 7, 2006

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Kim is most famously remembered as a performer for his 1969 remake of the Phil Spector classic "Baby, I Love You" (contained here), and his own 1974 #1 "Rock Me." But before finding chart-topping success as a singer, he was a key player in the bubblegum pop world of the late '60s. His co-writes with Brill Building legend Jeff Barry include the genre's national anthem, "Sugar, Sugar" and additional Archies classics "Everything's Alright," "Feelin' So Good" and "Jingle Jangle." He and Barry also penned songs for the Monkees 1970 swansong, "Changes," including the favorite, "Oh My My."

His first pair of solo albums (anthologized on a companion CD) found him co-writing with Barry, creating a catalog of ultra-melodic, hook-filled bubblegum, rock, soul and light psych. This two-fer collects Kim's third and fourth albums, the former waxed for Barry's Steed label, and the latter released by Uni. In addition to the change of labels in the four years between the two albums, Kim recorded the latter release without the songwriting and production collaboration of Barry, turning more sober with his singer-songwriter material.

1969's "Baby, I Love You" was the last full LP collaboration between Kim and Barry. Surprisingly, the song writing duo turned to five covers (compared to only one on Kim's previous two albums), including a soulful take on Tim Hardin's "If I Were a Carpenter," and less inspiring readings of the ballads "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "This Guy's in Love With You." Much better are the originals, including the moody psych "Walkin' My La de Da," the bubblegum-soul "Let's Get Married," the gospel inflected "I'll Be Loving You," the sunshine "So Good Together," and a multitude of hook-filled pop songs.

1973's "Andy Kim" (which shouldn't be confused with the like-titled album of the following year on Capitol) is a more serious turn. Opening with a dramatically intoned prologue, Kim refashions himself as a singer-songwriter, with the sort of introspection in then-recent fashion for Jim Croce and Cat Stevens. Writing solo and in collaboration with Dene Hofheinz, Kim fashions more adult and socially conscious lyrics, questioning the existence of God ("Who has the Answers?"), nostalgically reappraising youth ("The Fancies of a Child"), and wistfully contemplating time's passing ("Shady Hollow Dreamer"). Kim sings in a lower register than on his earlier recordings, adding a touch of soul for "Sunshine" and middle Eastern percussion to "All in the Name of Steinem," and evoking the portentous delivery and arrangements of Neil Diamond.

Collectors' Choice has included all 21 tracks of the original albums, clocking in at a generous 69 minutes. New liner notes from Richie Unterberger accompany full-panel reproductions of both album covers, and the back cover of "Andy Kim." Though neither of these releases is as solid as Kim's first pair, "Baby, I Love You" still scores some similar pop-hit thrills. Kim's an engaging singer, and a talented songwriter, and though "Andy Kim" largely forsakes the effervescent style of his earlier works, it's an interesting cap to this run of four albums. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost Albums Of Andy Kim, November 15, 2006

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Cynthia M. Jones "cynthia M Jones" (toeldo Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby, I Love You/Andy Kim (Audio CD)

To The Company Who Put Together This CD Thank You So Very Much.I Have Always Wanted This Album On CD And Thank To You A Now Have It.I Love Hearing Baby I Love You ,I'll Be Loving You,I Got To Know,This Is The Girl,Did;n Have To Tell Her, From Baby,I Love You.From The Andy Kim Who Has The Answers? Oh What I Day I Just Love That Song. It Make Relax.Love The Poor Boy, Sunshine, That Song Has So Much Engry And All In The Name Of Steinem Makes A Nice Festible Song.Again Thank To The Company Who Put This CD Out And If You Can Please Put Out More Of Andy Kim Album That Are Not In Print. And From All Of Us Andy Kim Fans Thanks Again.