Like in Love / Something Wonderful [Import]

Nancy Wilson (Jazz) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Gold Imports
• ASIN: B0000AXL2C
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,916 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. On The Street Where You Live

2. Night Mist

3. You Leave Me Breathless

4. The More I See You

5. I Want To Be Loved

6. Almost Like Being In Love

7. People Will Say We're In Love

8. Passion Flower

9. Sometimes Im Happy

10. In Other Words

11. All Of You

12. If Its The Last Thing I Do

13. Teach Me Tonight

14. This Time The Dreams On Me

15. Im Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life

16. I Wish You Love

17. Guess Who I Saw Today

18. If Dreams Come True

19. What A Little Moonlight Can Do

20. The Great City

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great beginning of a wonderful career, November 3, 2005

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Like in Love / Something Wonderful (Audio CD)

This 2-Fer package collects Nancy Wilson's first two albums, recorded in 1959 and 1960. Only 22, she sounds like she's been singing for many years beyond her age. Her voice is earthy and instantly captivating, and on slow numbers in particular she demonstrates tremendous control: she can do almost anything with her voice.

Although she can sing anything handed her, she is best on ballads that are at least somewhat blues inflected: her ability to get inside songs like PASSION FLOWER, NIGHT MIST, and GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY is incredible. The arranging by Billy May is very supportive of her stylings. This is an excellent CD, and illustrates why jazz musicians such as Cannonball Adderley were so crazy about her. Definitely worth checking out.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tart, swinging, and sexy, December 1, 2003

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This review is from: Like in Love / Something Wonderful (Audio CD)

It's amazing still to hear such musicality and personal style in a singer so young at the time of these recordings. Her sources (Dinah Washington, Jimmie Scott) are clear, but
it's already pure Nancy.

Buy this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Young Singer On Her Way To Stardom, October 20, 2004

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Peter (East of Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Like in Love / Something Wonderful (Audio CD)

Don't let Nancy Wilson's young age fool you at the time she recorded these excellent songs. She was only 22 when "Like In Love" was made and a mere 23 years-old for the "Something Wonderful" sessions, but she was already an old pro. "Something Wonderful" can also be used to describe this great 2-fer (2 albums on one CD) EMI Import from Europe. The sound remastering is superb. You can hear every nuance of Nancy's voice and each instrument in Billy May's great orchestra comes thru loud and clear. I hate to say it, but these European and Japanese Import CD's of jazz artists really put the American CD versions to shame. For some reason, the Import CD's just sound so much better.

Back to Nancy Wilson......again, don't let her age fool you. She may have been young, but her voice carries a world of experience, sounding like someone who's been thru decades of joy and heartaches in the game of love. She gives some words just enough "bite" to add emphasis to a phrase or syllable. Ms. Wilson's phrasing has always been impeccable, it's just unconceivable how someone so young could pull this off. Every song here is well chosen and demonstrates Nancy's remarkable artistry. Not too long after these recordings were released to the public, Nancy Wilson became the best-selling artist at Capitol Records, and it's easy to see why. A "Must Have" for any Nancy Wilson fan ! You won't regret it. The sound quality alone is worth it.