The Best of Jack Jones [Import]

Jack Jones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Half Moon UK
• ASIN: B000024SYI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,148 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #44 in Music > Imports > Broadway & Vocalists
  • #75 in Music > Imports > Pop

Track Listings

1. A Day In The Life Of A Fool

2. After Today

3. Alfie

4. People

5. Bewitched

6. From Russia With Love

7. Lollipops And Roses

8. The Mood Im In

9. Wives And Lovers

10. Call Me Irresponsible

11. Strangers In The Night

12. I Will Wait For You

13. Dear Heart

14. The Shadow Of Your Smile

15. The Impossible Dream (The Quest)

16. Michelle

17. If You Go Away

18. Love With The Proper Stranger

19. Lady

20. Where Love Has Gone

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Budget price reissue of 1997 'Best Of' compilation for the Grammy winning traditional pop vocalist. 22 tracks from his prime recording period in the 1960s. Spectrum.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE (IMPOSSIBLE) DREAM COLLECTION, June 17, 2001

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Giovanni (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Jack Jones (Audio CD)

Jack Jones is one of the greatest male singers of all time. Hailed by his peers, adored by his fans, he has an unmistakable sound and classic style. This collection, distributed by Universal Records as an import is the perfect collection of Jack's greatest performances. From the latin based "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL" to the obscurities almost impossible to find on CD such as the Bond theme "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE", Johnny Mandel's "THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE", and the French tinged "IF YOU GO AWAY", Jack shines on 22 spectacular tracks. His trademark "THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM" is also included. Other standouts here include the film theme "WHERE LOVE HAS GONE", Jack's damn-near definitive (male) reading of the Dionne Warwick classic "ALFIE" and my favorite not available on any other CD, "OUR SONG". Do yourself a favor and get this CD as soon as you can if you appreciate great songs, sung perfectly!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Kapp recordings, April 29, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Jack Jones (Audio CD)

Jack was very popular in America in the sixties, during which decade he recorded initially for Kapp, before switching to RCA in 1967. Like many other American singers, Jack found it hard to gain acceptance in Britain although he eventually achieved that in the seventies. Even then, he never had a UK hit single though he had several hit albums. To some extent, this mirrored what happened in America, where his albums were more successful than his singles.

This album, focusing on Jack's early music, contains the songs that established his reputation in America including Wives and lovers, The race is on, Call me irresponsible, Dear heart, Lollipops and roses, Lady and The impossible dream. Jack was also a brilliant interpreter of other people's song as he shows with fine covers of Alfie, People, Bewitched, From Russia with love, Strangers in the night, I will wait for you, Michelle and If you go away - most of these songs will be familiar to fans on both sides of the Atlantic, whether or not they've heard Jack's versions. Other outstanding songs include Day in the life of a fool and Our song.

Committed fans should note that some of Jack's original albums are now available on twofers. Thus, some of the rarities referred to by other reviewers are not quite as rare now.

You'll need to buy another compilation to hear Jack's music for RCA, but as a sampler of his music for Kapp, this British budget collection is as good as you'll find.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every time I hear that song, I cry..., March 2, 2005

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Steven Cain (Temporal Quantum Pocket) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Jack Jones (Audio CD)

Our Song... as another reviewer rightly said, is a high point on the album, and this is quite possibly the only place to hear it on CD at this time.

Jack always delivers, and this is a very strong collection of songs. Opening with one of my personal favorites, A Day In The Life Of A Fool, Jack treats us to some classic covers, including the Bacharach-David masterpiece Wives And Lovers, Lennon and McCartney's Michelle and McKuen/Brel's If You Go Away.

Jack has never been afraid of taking chances, and his jazzy treatment of Michel Le Grand's I Will Wait For You, is just one of the delights from this Classic Jack era.

Sadly, this does not contain my fave Jack cover And I Love Her, but I could forgive anything of a man who flew out with the USO to share his genius with the troops in Nam.

But then, that's Jack.