The Best of Acker Bilk: Stranger on the Shore and 15 Other All-Time Hits

Acker Bilk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: GNP Crescendo
• ASIN: B000001OVG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,487 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #4 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Easy Listening
  • #4 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Traditional Jazz
  • #48 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > General

Track Listings

1. Stranger on the Shore

2. Feelings

3. The Way We Were

4. Moonlight in Vermont

5. Invitation

6. What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life

7. Send in the Crowns

8. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

9. Windmills of Your Mind

10. Just the Way You Are

11. Touch Me in the Morning

12. Chariots of Fire

13. For the Good Times

14. Little Green Apples

15. Love Letters

16. Goodnight Tonight

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

While the English clarinetist Acker Bilk--the English counterpart to Al Hirt--is by no means a major jazzman, he is an important precursor to the jazz-pop fusion made so popular by Kenny G and others. His trad jazz-inflected easy listening is still popular with older audiences, and his early '60s "Stranger on the Shore" was nearly as big an instrumental hit as "Telstar." While Bilk is of little interest to jazz fans, his '60s output remains a staple of "beautiful music" radio, and "Stranger on the Shore" is still well loved by the older generations. --Skip Heller

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bogus Re-Recordings! Stay Away!, June 9, 1999

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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

When will I ever learn....you go cheap and get burned! These recordinge were all made in the '70s....NOT the originals.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Soulfull Sound, December 10, 1999

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Albert Boland (Fresno , California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

This C D is a must for any and all ROMANTICS , Acker Bilk is without doubt among the very best when it comes to setting a Romantic " Sensual " mood .His prsentation of " Stranger on the shore " & " Feelings " are perhaps the VERY BEST ever recorded, for even without vocal support they are music of the GODS to any and all Lovers be they Young or OLD :

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Acker Bilk sstanger on the Shore, January 6, 2008

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James Mcfarland (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Acker Bilk: Stranger on the Shore and 15 Other All-Time Hits (Audio CD)

This copy, specifically purchased for 'Stranger on the Shore', has been recorded/copied TOO SLOW. Original tempo is just a bit faster and much more listenable/danceable.