Calypso Is Like So [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Robert Mitchum | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 5, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1957
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Scamp
• ASIN: B000000IAE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,076 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #62 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Calypso

Track Listings

1. My Honey's Lovin' Arms

Editorial Reviews

Mitchum filmed two movies in the British West Indies at the height of the calypso craze. He fell in love with the music in Tobago, and was soon singing calypsos in nightclubs. He got so good that Capitol signed him and a lounge classic was born! Here he is in '57, singing Jean and Dinah; Tic, Tic, Tic; Not Me; Coconut Water; Matilda, Matilda; They Dance All Night; Mama Looka Boo Boo , and more. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Mitchum! Calypso?, December 17, 1999

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Stephen Caratzas (Brooklyn, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calypso Is Like So (Audio CD)

Yeah, I know. I was skeptical when I first spied the cover of this disc. Visions of Felix Unger doing the "Oscar, Oscar, Oscar" song bumrushed my consciousness.

The fact is, not only can Robert Mitchum sing (his prior vocal effort "Thunder Road" is included here), he can really swing out with that calypso beat. If you can listen to "Jean and Dinah" and "Tick, Tick Tick" (my two personal favorites) without bouncing around the room, take your pulse -- you might not be alive!

This may look like a novelty item to the uninitiated, but there is not a bad song on this very entertaining album.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mitchum's Cool Calypso, April 2, 2008

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Scott T. Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calypso Is Like So (Audio CD)

Dig that album cover! The King of Cool doesn't disgrace himself with this 1957 release. What should have been a bizarre novelty emerges as a surprisingly enjoyable foray into the calypso milieu. Among the standout tracks are "What Is This Generation Coming To?" and "From a Logical Point of View." Robert Mitchum fans will not be disappointed.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shut your mouth, go away!, July 1, 2005

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calypso Is Like So (Audio CD)

So, how good does Robert Mitchum do de calypso, mon? Well, he's a more authentic calypso singer than Vanilla Ice was a rapper. He does a decent job on the tongue-twisting lyrics, especially on the up-tempo "What's This Generation Coming To?", a lament about how da crazy teenagers got da nation in a state of con-fyoo-shun wit' dere rockin' 'n' rollin'. On other tunes, his vocals aren't as powerful as his fists, but as Johnny Mercer once said, if Mitchum can't reach a high note, "he can act his way through it." And if that doesn't work...well, who's gonna tell him? Here is the track listing:

1. Jean and Dinah
2. From a Logical Point of View
3. Not Me
4. What is This Generation Coming To?
5. Tic, Tic, Tic
6. Beauty is Only Skin Deep
7. I Learn a Merengue, Mama
8. Take Me Down to Lover's Row
9. Mama, Looka Boo Boo
10. Coconut Water
11. Matilda, Matilda
12. They Dance All Night
13. The Ballad of Thunder Road
14. My Honey's Lovin' Arms

13 & 14 are bonus tracks. "The Ballad of Thunder Road" was a non-calypso single released about a year after this album, and "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" was it's b-side.