Honey/Summer [Import, Original recording remastered]

Bobby Goldsboro | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B00000DHVQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,811 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #18 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Pop Rock
  • #32 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Traditional & Vocal Pop
  • #37 in Music > Imports > Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings

1. Honey

2. Run To Me

3. With Pen In Hand

4. Pardon Me Miss

5. Why Don't You Believe Me

6. Pledge Of Love

7. Little Green Apples

8. Love Arrestor

9. By The Time I Get To Phoenix

10. Beautiful People

11. A Woman

12. Summer (The First Time)

13. Marlena

14. He's Part Of Us

15. The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore

16. Brand New Kind Of Love

17. Sing Me A Smile

18. Mississippi Delta Queen

19. I Can See Clearly Now

20. She

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This Beat Goes On release combines two of Bobby Goldsboro's United Artists LPs, most popular album (hooked around and named for his biggest hit) and his last one for the label, on one CD. Goldsboro's rendition of Bobby Russell's "Honey" tends to overwhelm anything with which it is juxtaposed, but he made a valiant effort to vary his sound on the album built around it -- thus, we get spritely, upbeat pop numbers like "Pardon Me Miss" and string-laden ballads like "Why Don't You Believe Me" (where he could be Jim Reeves surrounded by the Anita Kerr Singers), along with Goldsboro's rendition of Russell's most successful song, "Little Green Apples"; and youthful pop/rock such as "Pledge of Love" and "Love Arrestor"; and his version of Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." He did write five of the 11 songs there, however, and is able to hold his own reasonably well amid those better known composer names -- indeed, one of those songs, "With Pen in Hand," became his next-to-last hit for UA four years later. That said, however, the contents of Summer (The First Time) offer a bit more consistency of sound, perhaps because there was less pressure surrounding that album, in terms of balancing the presence of a three-million-selling single, and that five years on it was also clear what the marketplace wanted from Goldsboro. The production and audio quality on the CD are first-rate throughout, and the annotation by Arthur Davis gives a good account of Goldsboro's career and the circumstances behind each album, albeit from a U.K. perspective, as this was the marketplace at which this CD was principally aimed. (Note: This was one of a group of CDs that were, at one point, issued as CD-Rs by Beat Goes On; those who buy it sealed and don't want a CD-R can contact the label by e-mail and arrange an exchange by mail). ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC GOLDSBORO, February 25, 2002

By 

norman rausch (Cape Town, RSA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Honey/Summer (Audio CD)

'With pen in hand','Pardon me Miss','Pledge of love',By the time
l get to Phonex, 'The things that make a woman a woman', 'Marlena','Sing me a smile','She',Spread my wings 'n fly',
'Killing me softly with her song', all of which are good songs then add 'Honey', 'He's part of us' and 'The L&N don't stop here anymore', which are three fine classics and you have his finest
CD to date bringing home the reality that Goldsboro at his best
is a fine maestro interpreter of song.

Get this album it is well worth having in your collection!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great lullaby, February 13, 2008

By 

Marc Stacy "supermarc" (Savannah, GA USA!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honey/Summer (Audio CD)

This was the first Bobby Goldsboro album I ever owned. I was 16 years old when it was released for "the first time" and I have been a Goldsboro fan ever since. I have been trying to find the "Summer, the first time" album for a long long time. When I saw it was available again...I couldn't order it fast enough. My wife and I have been blessed with six children. I started singing "If'n I was God" to each one, as the Lord sent them. I will be singing to my grand children soon. There are truly...just a handful of GREAT singer/songwriters and Bobby Goldsboro is one of the BEST!

5.0 out of 5 stars Original Songs sounding Great, April 7, 2011

By 

MadT - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Honey/Summer (Audio CD)

I grew up listening to this music and was longing to hear these songs again. I'm not disappointed in the least, they all sound just like I remembered them. Bobby's voice is crystal clear and smooth. I would recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys his music.