Can't We Be Friends? (24bt) (Mlps) [Import, Original recording remastered]

Jane Powell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 13, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Universal Japan
• ASIN: B00031Y96W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #785,114 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Baby Just Cares For Me

2. For Every Man There's A Woman

3. Imagination

4. Hooray For Love

5. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

6. Ev'ry Time

7. Comes Love

8. Let's Face The Music

9. In Love In Vain

10. How Come You Love Me Like You Do

11. Can't We Be Friends

12. Things We Did Last Summer

Editorial Reviews

Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1956 album, packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. Universal. 2004. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Hooray for Love" Hooray for Jane Powell, September 9, 2006

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Bruce K. Hanson "Bruce K. Hanson" (Petersburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Can't We Be Friends? (24bt) (Mlps) (Audio CD)

Let's get the price of this CD out of the way first. Yikes! Yes, it's a Japanese pressing, yes the buyer is paying for it's limited printing, and yes, the buyer is also paying more because it's imported. That said, this remains one of Jane Powell's best recordings. Her full rich voice has never sounded better than when she made a few recordings for Capitol Records (The Girl Most Likely) and here for Verve. It's a shame that this CD did not include her singles for that label which included a best selling song for her; "Mind If I Make Love to You." Under the direction of Buddy Bregman, "Can't We be Friends" is an album of songs about love. And it's on the ballads where Powell's soprano voice shines: "Imagination", "Ev'ry Time" (from Best Foot Forward), "Let's Face the Music and Dance", "The Things We Did Last Summer" and the title song. I'm not as crazy about her singing style when she reverts to her alto voice in the more up-tempo selections as I feel it's a bit pushed. Still, I give this CD a "five" as the sound quality is exquisite (damn that it was not recorded in stereo!!!) and the packaing is quite handsome with its miniture cardboard LP jacket and the printed lyrics to all of the songs. Perhaps American Verve will eventually reissue all of her material including "Ruggles of the Red Gap" which includes her best recording, "Did You Ever Ride on a Rainbow".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jane Powell delights on her 1956 solo album, February 15, 2010

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Can't We Be Friends? (Audio CD)

By 1956, the "Golden Age" of movie musicals was all but over, and Jane Powell's screen career was at a standstill. On her 1956 solo album, CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?, the bubbly blonde songbird swapped her sunny, operatic repertoire for a more mature nightclub sound; strongly-supported by Buddy Bregman's intimate arrangements. The results were nothing short of magic.

With selections like "Ev'ry Time", "Imagination", "My Baby Just Cares for Me" and "Comes Love", we know for certain that the pert ingenue of such beloved movies as A DATE WITH JUDY and ROYAL WEDDING is well and truly all grown up. Powell really warms to the lush yet simple cabaret-style atmosphere of the album. She'd later adapt her incredible talents to the musical theatre stage, in such productions as THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, MY FAIR LADY; and went on to replace her former on-screen "sister" Debbie Reynolds (TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE, ATHENA) in the title role of IRENE on Broadway in 1974.