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2.0 out of 5 stars
Nobody does it better?, September 6, 2004
This review is from: Bassey Sings Bond (Audio CD)
Unfortunately, I'm afriad they do!
What a wasted opportunity - Shirley's voice is great as always, though rather uncharacteristically subdued on this album.
The biggest let down are the truly terrible arrangements. This should have been a classic album - and would have benefitted from full orchestrations - instead we get a synthesizer, which gives a very bad sound and ruins the whole thing.
If I had to highlight any of the tracks they would be Thunderball, Live and let die and perhaps Moonraker - even though these are mediocre at best.
We are all crying out for this album to be remade properly with Propellerheads or David Arnold - this version is sadly for die-hard Bassey fans only I'm sorry to say.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Bassey (should) Sing Bond, April 18, 2006
This review is from: Bassey Sings Bond (Audio CD)
I wanted to type "Bassey (could) Sing Bond", but she still can. Her singing is fine. As in a previous review, I too was very disapointed with the arrangements of the songs, and of course the lack of an orchestra. It's almost as if she was recording a 'demo' to be re-recorded later using a real orchestra (and better arrangements). I hope some day this happens. I waited over a year for a copy of this CD to become available (and paid quite a high price) -- but that's because Ms. Bassey was my favorite theme song vocalist for the Bond films and I'm a big fan of both.
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