Here, There and Everywhere! [Import]

Joanie Sommers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 6, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Absord Japan
• ASIN: B0002IJLUU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,946 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Close Enough For Love

2. Moon Dance

3. Here, There And Everywhere

4. Time In A Bottle

5. Downtown

6. Medley: This Girl's In Love With You

7. Days Of Wine And Roses

8. Pure Imagination

9. So Far Away

10. Dreamsville

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive, but worth it, November 30, 2004

By 

Dennis Petticoffer (Orange, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here, There and Everywhere! (Audio CD)

It has been more than ten years since Joanie Sommers released an album of new music, but it was worth the wait. This album features Joanie's distinctive vocal interpretations of moody, late night music, leavened with some lighter uptempo tunes. Her longtime arranger, Bob Florence, provides solid charts, and the Bob Florence Trio plays sparingly, never overshadowing the main instrument: Joanie's amazing voice.

The album opens with "Close Enough for Love," a slow, smokey ballad from the soundtrack of the motion picture "Agatha" (1998). It segues neatly to Van Morrison's "Moon Dance," which melds with the Lennon-McCartney title tune. I always thought the title tune was great because of the harmonies the Beatles added to it, but Joanie proves that even without the harmonies, it is intrinsically beautiful. Her interpretation is quite unique, and highly flattering.

Joanie includes two great Hank Mancini originals, "The Days of Wine & Roses" and "Dreamsville," from "Peter Gunn." The latter tune was covered by Sarah Vaughan many years back. Another highlight is "Pure Imagination," a Newley-Bricusse composition from "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."

For those who prefer rock to jazz, Joanie has also released a charming album called "Johnny Got Angry." Like this one, it's only available in Japan (at steep prices) but worth seeking. As "Here, There & Everywhere" proves, Joanie Sommers should be crooning along with the likes of Rod Stewart and Diana Krall on adult contemporary radio, but for now she'll just have to be our little secret.