Hello Stranger / Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Barbara Lewis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables Records
• ASIN: B000JJSJGY
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,709 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hello Stranger

2. Puppy Love

3. On Bended Knees

4. My Heart Went Do Dat Da

5. My Mamma Told Me

6. Gonna Love You Till the End of Time

7. Would You Love Me

8. Longest Night of the Year

9. Does Anyone Want a Lover

10. We're Too Young to Marry

11. Love Is a Castle

12. Think a Little Sugar

13. I'll Keep Believin'

14. Workin' on a Grovy Thing

15. Make Me Your Baby

16. Girls Need Loving Care

17. I Remember the Feeling

18. Baby, What Do You Want Me to Do

19. Make Me Belong to You

20. Love Makes the World Go 'Round

See all 24 tracks on this disc

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 21-NOV-2006

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Contains Barbara's first and last albums for Atlantic in their entirety, February 16, 2007

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James E. Bagley "Jim Bagley" (Sanatoga, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hello Stranger / Workin' On A Groovy Thing (Audio CD)

Collectables has rounded up the first and last Atlantic albums of the smooth and soulful songstress Barbara Lewis. This two-fer offers the first straight reissues of her Atlantic albums in CD format.

Hello Stranger (1963) consists solely of Lewis' own compositions. There's lots of organ accompaniment to be found here, as well as lush background harmonies courtesy of The Dells. The gems include her debut single "My Heart Went Do Dat Da," the Shirelles' knock off "My Mamma Told Me," and the minor hit "Puppy Love," but the crown jewel of course is the sumptuous title track (top 3 pop, #1 r&b). A charming sense of innocence permeates throughout (appropriately so, as Lewis was a teenager when she wrote these songs).

Far more sophisticated and musically varied is Lewis' Workin' On A Groovy Thing (1968). Comprised primarily of her final Atlantic singles (including the chart favorites "Make Me Your Baby" and "Make Me Belong To You") plus superb remakes like the title track (a hit for Patti Drew and, later, The 5th Dimension), and Deon Jackson's "Love Makes The World Go Round," Workin' On A Groovy Thing reveals that Lewis' voice had grown significantly in confidence and style since her initial recordings.

Twelve of the twenty-four tracks found on this two-fer are also available on Rhino's definitive Hello Stranger: The Best Of Barbara Lewis. Perhaps that makes it seem less than essential to non-Lewis diehards, but everything found here is truly first-rate. Hopefully, Collectables will offer another two-fer in the near future that includes It's Magic: Lewis' excellent album of standards.

5.0 out of 5 stars Barbara Lewis, September 23, 2011

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Richard E. Hansen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hello Stranger / Workin' On A Groovy Thing (Audio CD)

Timely delivery and the product was in perfect condition. Also, paid a fair price for this seldom available CD. Great sound quality and a great buy if you like the angelic voice of Barbara Lewis.