The Essential Tony Bennett (A Retrospective) [Import]

Tony Bennett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sbme Import
• ASIN: B00000ILP0
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #660,484 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Good Life

2. Cold, Cold Heart

3. I Wanna Be Around

4. Fly Me to the Moon

5. I Left My Heart in San Francisco

6. If I Ruled the World

7. Just in Time

8. Moonglow

9. Night and Day

10. This Is All I Ask

11. Rags to Riches

12. Smile

13. Stranger in Paradise

14. Last Night When We Were Young

15. The Shadow of Your Smile

16. Maybe This Time

17. The Very Thought of You

18. They Can't Take That Away from Me

19. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)

20. God Bless the Child

Editorial Reviews

Mid-priced compilation featuring 20 of this timeless vocalist's absolute best, including his duets 'Moonglow' (with kd Lang), 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' (with Elvis Costello) and 'God Bless the Child'(with Billie Holliday) alongside classics like 'I Left My Heart In San Francisco', 'Night and Day', 'Rags To Riches', 'Stranger In Paradise' and 'The Very Thought Of You'. Standard jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent collection of old and newer songs, October 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Essential Tony Bennett (A Retrospective) (Audio CD)

I own no other Tony Bennett recordings and have not been a big fan (although my mom is!) but I had a hunch I'd like his music. This collection includes songs he recorded 40 years ago as well as more recent recordings and I am now hooked. Turn up the volume and listen to "Fly Me to the Moon" and you'll have a lump in your throat. Mr. Bennett's amazing range of styles is well represented on this recording. Highly recommend it.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very good, June 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Essential Tony Bennett (A Retrospective) (Audio CD)

A really nice and diverse collection from the career of Tony Bennett. The only problem I have is with "God Bless The Child" where Billie Holiday does a duet from the grave. These kind of studio trickery type"duets" are a classic case of just because you can do something it doesn't mean you should. There's no chemistry or interplay between the performers -- how could there be? I'm not sure why they bothered with that, but the rest of the CD is quite good.