Cass Elliot

Cass Elliot (Artist), Mama Cass (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 1988)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bmg Music
• ASIN: B000008FD0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #184,886 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'll Be Home

2. Baby I'm Yours

3. Jesus Was a Cross Maker

4. That Song

5. When It Doesn't Work Out

6. I'll Be There

7. Disney Girls

8. I Think It's Going to Rain Today

9. Cherries Jubilee

10. All in the Game

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1972 Cass Release is one of her best !, November 18, 2007

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gassy goon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cass Elliot (Audio CD)

This 1972 recording is one of Cass Elliot's best original albums, with Cass sounding confident & at the top of her vocal powers with this great material. It's the album that Cass wanted to make, & a new sense of freedom is found here , with Cass in her element of doing what she did best - singing a good song. It's the first album where Cass used Cass Elliot , and not Mama Cass.

There are a number of stellar songs here - California singer/songwriter songs like JESUS WAS A CROSS MAKER, DISNEY GIRLS and CHERRIES JUBILEE that Cass just feels so comfortable singing. Ballads like WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, where Cass has a light jazz touch & soars at the end. I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN TODAY is amazing, and the arrangement has a soulful backing . Other artists did this song, but Cass really nails this song, & offers a definitive version on this album. There's also some pop songs of the 60's like BABY I'M YOURS, IT'S ALL IN THE GAME & I'LL BE THERE [ the Bobby Darin song ] that are nice too. THAT SONG is an original song with an old-time melody & catchy chorus. Cass combined contemporary 70's soft pop & a wistfulness of old evergreen sounds on this album. For me, this album & her first solo album DREAM A LITTLE DREAM [ 1968 ] hold the essence of Cass' remarkable voice.

This CD was re-issued on RCA in 1988, and sound wise is great!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eureka! I finally found it!!!!!, July 13, 2006

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Charles - Music Lover (Phoenix, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cass Elliot (Audio CD)

Cass Elliot's first solo recording for RCA was a giant departure from her earlier solo work for Dunhill/ABC. The performances and production were more mature, and she proved herself an effective interpreter of AOR material. Finally hearing these songs digitally remastered, I am struck by the nuances in Cass's vocals. The program opens with a definitive cover version of Randy Newman's classic "I'll Be Home," and her rendition of Newman's "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" is no less effective. There is a great Leah Kunkel (Cass's sister) song, "When It Doesn't Work Out," and a searing cover of Judee Sill's song "Jesus Was a Cross Maker." One of Cass's enduring traits as a singer was her ability to convey emotion. If you need to be convinced, listen to her plaintive delivery on "Disney Girls."

This album shows the direction Cass was headed in as a vocalist, and (I think, anyway) she delivers everytime.