Ciao Amore! A Lovestruck Set of Swinging Serenades

Lhasa (Author), Dean Martin (Author), Louis Prima (Author), Pink Martini (Author), Paolo Conte (Author), Rosemary Clooney (Author), Bobby Darin (Author), Ennio Morricone (Author), Domenico Modugno (Author), Lou Monte (Author) | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD
• ASIN: B000QAD3IA
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,554 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars An attention grabber for your next cocktail or in this case coffee party..., December 5, 2007

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vmzfla "vince819" (Orlando, Fl.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ciao Amore! A Lovestruck Set of Swinging Serenades (Audio CD)

Starbucks provides a different kind of lounge record for sure! Most will be introduced to the sultry voice of Lhasa and the raspy Paolo Conte for the first time. Both evoke smoke filled cabaret images, and despite the non-English lyrics you will become mesmerized by the uniqueness of voice manipulation. These 4 tracks are worth the price alone! Nice Italian nostalgia from Dean Martin and Domenico Modugno(remember him)round out the set. Cherish the great Lou Monte's rock&roll version of "Thats Amore". Rosemary Clooney bubbles like Sunday's tomato gravy in her incomparable version of "Mambo Italiano". The swing as promised on this disc's title is really only whipped up by the Louis Prima track and the seemingly out of place "Beyond the Sea" definatively done by Bobby Darin. You will become familar perhaps for the first time with the lounge talented group Pink Martini and be encouraged to pick up an album. The "Fistful of Dollars" track conjures up images of early Clint Eastward spaghetti westerns. Concluding the set is very serialistic short "la Dolce Vita" suite that will leave you in a kind of dreamy daze. A very interesting compilation, not just nostalgic but with something new to offer.

5.0 out of 5 stars most romantic dinner music, February 10, 2010

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My husband and I absolutely LOVE this CD. A perfect mix of beautiful music. Perfect for a romantic evening or dinner with friends.

5.0 out of 5 stars An Awakening and Sometimes Invigorating Selection, March 19, 2009

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Love to listen to this on a rainy day with its' opening by Lhasa. The tracks lift your spirits--not to exhilaration, only to ease you into trance-like sounds. Ends finally, in good spirits.