Calypso - is like so......

Robert Mitchum | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl
• Label: Pather Marconi Capitol
• ASIN: B001HQ8Z94
• 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: #1,462,485 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1957 recording, 1984 pressing

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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.