Out of This World: Mcgovern Sings Arlen

Maureen McGovern | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000TAZ5Q
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,813 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive / Get Happy

4. It's Only a Paper Moon, song (written for The Great Magoo)

5. Let's Fall In Love [*]

6. A Sleepin' Bee

7. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead

8. Optimistic Voices (for the film The Wizard of Oz) [*]

9. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film "The Wizard of Oz")

10. Let's Take A Walk Around The Block

11. Don't Like Goodbyes

12. Right as the Rain

13. Out of This World, song (from the film "Out of This World")

14. The Man That Got Away (from the film A Star Is Born) / Stormy Weather (

15. My Shining Hour, song (for the film "The Sky's the Limit")

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Exquisite, November 30, 2003

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Stephen Peithman (Davis, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I'd forgotten what a beautiful, supple vocal instrument McGovern has. Here, she sings blues- and jazz-flavored tunes, torchy ballads, and more--all Harold Arlen--including "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Over the Rainbow," "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block," "The Man That Got Away" and "Come Rain or Come Shine." Her "Optimistic Voices" (from The Wizard of Oz) is worth the price of the entire CD. It is simply exquisite, like a fine jewel, polished and gleaming with feeling.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true Cabaret singer!, February 28, 2008

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M. J. Nichols (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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Maureen McGovern is a true Cabaret singer. Her ROMANTIC version of "Let's Fall in Love" brings a tear to the eye! A jazz version of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" knocks your socks off! Intelligent and beautifully played arrangements. Ms McGovern only sings with the very best musicians. You will play this CD over and over again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars daring to mix classics, March 25, 2010

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Pau Bielsa "music mad" (Tarragona, Spain) - See all my reviews
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Maureen Mc.Govern with her powerful and make-everything-possible voice and style of singing, is in this quite intimistic item a very good recipe to sleep good and dream a nice dream. I like specially 'Let's fall in love'. And she's been a precursor on classical mixing in songbooks, at the point that the result is a new, fresh and personal composition. Arlen's or McGovern's, or both Arlen's and Mc Govern's? This talent is great.