Essential Shirley Bassey [Extra tracks, Import]

Shirley Bassey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: EMI Import
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B00008NF5O
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #741,002 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Diamonds Are Forever

2. Something

3. Big Spender

4. I (Who Have Nothing)

5. For All We Know

6. (Where Do I Begin) Love Story

7. Who Can I Turn To

8. Far Away

9. Reach For The Stars

10. Climb Evry Mountain

11. Goldfinger

12. Never Never Never (Grande Grande Grande)

13. If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas)

14. As Long As He Needs Me

15. With These Hands

16. What Now My Love

17. What Kind Of Fool Am I

18. Ill Get By (As Long As I Have You)

19. Youll Never Know

20. This Is My Life

Editorial Reviews

Budget price collection from EMI features 20 tracks. Copy Controlled. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shirley Bassey's all-time greats on one single disc!, August 29, 2008

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Shirley Bassey (Audio CD)

Even if you've already established a collection of Shirley Bassey recordings (or you're just starting one), this CD will be a wise purchase. Mainly concentrating on her hit singles from the 1960s, this album has all the regular Bassey suspects like "Big Spender", "Goldfinger", "Diamonds Are Forever", "This is My Life" and "Never, Never, Never".

One of the rarities which makes this disc very special for collectors is the inclusion of her 1962 cover single of "Far Away", a lovely ballad from composer Lionel Bart's acclaimed musical of the period entitled BLITZ!. Originally sung by Grazina Frame in the show, Ms Bassey really shines with this haunting wartime love ballad. It finds an ideal companion with "As Long As He Needs Me", the soulful 11 o'clock number from Lionel Bart's previous major musical, OLIVER!.

All the tracks come fully-restored from the EMI archives. A top disc for Bassey admirers. [EMI 7243 582507 2 5]