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Hearts

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Most of you will remember John O'Banion's early 80's hit, "Love You Like I Never Loved Before." He returns with a set of light jazz numbers that are mainly remakes of pop hits. His voice is in fine form, singing in a lounge/bossa nova style. His interpretations highlight and bring new meaning to these already great songs. There are a couple that were written by his longtime producer and collaborator, Joey Carbone. Great to relax to and make you wonder why radio ignores such talented performers. This was originally released in Japan only in 1995. I leard about this release from just browsing Amazon...

John O'Banion's Hearts is for me what a Barbie doll is for a three year old girl. I've listened to it almost every day and started to hum the songs in my mind. The selection of tunes in this album is just fantastic. All the songs are more than worthy of listening to. Most of them are beautifull ,melodic, with a touch of Bossanova. John O'Banion's voice is extremely nice and soft and he is not overdoseing it. The musicians playing on the album are really skillfull. Such small things as a short trumpet or saxsolo in the right places together with all the rest, makes this album one of the most enjoyable amongst the ones I have.

I can't review this album because I can't find it anywhere. If anybody knows where I can get this album, please let me know. I'm also looking for an album by John O'Banion which was made in Japan in the early 80's. I love the album so much. If anybody knows how to get it, please kindly let me know. Thanks.