Die Grossen Erfolge [Import]

Marlene Dietrich | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 30, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00000707H
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,611 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind (Where Have All the Flowers Gone)

2. Lili Marleen

3. Die Welt War Jung (Le Chevalier de Paris)

4. Die Antwort Weiss Ganz Allein Der Wind (Blowing in the Wind)

5. Wenn Ich Mir Was Wünschen Dürfte

6. Johnny, Wenn du Geburtstag Hast

7. Allein

8. Peter

9. Paff, Der Zauberdrachen (Puff)

10. Wenn Der Sommer Wieder Einzieht (A Little on the Lonely Side)

11. Marie-Marie

12. Ich Hab' Noch Einen Koffer in Berlin

13. Cherche la Rose

14. Ich Werde Dich Lieben (Theme for Young Lovers)

15. Nimm Dich in Acht Vor Blonded Frauen

16. Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt

17. Ich Bin Die Fesche Lola

18. Kinder, Heut' Abend Such Ich Mir Was Aus

Editorial Reviews

18 of the Greatest Hits from One of the Legends of the Silver Screen. In her Day, Movies were the Equivalent of Today's Videos and These Recordings Reflect her Greatest Moments from the Screen.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB!, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Die Grossen Erfolge (Audio CD)

This CD is absolutely awesome. Dietrich is for sure an acquired taste, but for those of you that are worldly and have exquisite taste this is for you! This CD is very mysterious and sensual. I recommend it over a candelight dinner with a lover or maybe for later on that evening with your lover-if you get my drift. The only complaint I have about this CD is that there are a few tracks that are a little out of place and ruin the continuity of the whole CD. There are 2 tracks that sound very 1960's, and then at the end of the CD there are 3 tracks from the 1920's which are fun to listen to but are totally opposite from the rest of the CD. Still I recommend this CD highly. Just forward past the tracks that are a little out of place, and you have some beautiful, distinctly European music that is extremely intimate and mysterious! The entire CD is in German, which only makes it all the more wonderful! ENJOY!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marlene, July 3, 2005

By 

Marshall Swerman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Die Grossen Erfolge (Audio CD)

I have many of her CDs but this is the first where all the songs are sung in German. She's the best!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia in black and white, January 31, 2000

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FRANCOIS "FCE" (France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Die Grossen Erfolge (Audio CD)

Don't think of « Lili Marlene » only as a popular song among german soldiers during World War II. It's mainly the story of a girl standing under a street lamp in front of barracks, while the fog is darkening the streets of a little town ; and who will stand with her when the night falls and the shadows are swirling around? Although there are a few « modern » songs on the CD, most of the songs recorded here are nostalgic of bygone days, of men who wan't come back, of flowers on the graves. The voice of Marlene Dietrich is a bit hard and hoarse, a voice in black and white. It reminds you of all these fascinating movies in black and white of the thirties (think of Lang, Murnau,...). Technically speaking, the rythm, here and there, is too fast, and the recording is not very good, but it's not so important. Just listen and and take a dive in the crooked and foggy (and disturbing) streets of pre-war Europe and the smoky cabarets of Berlin.