Percy Faith's Greatest Hits

Percy Faith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024RH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,741 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep the Faith!, November 30, 2000

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J Keistler "[e-mail]" (Lake Jackson, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Percy Faith's Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Those of us who are baby boomers can certainly remember hearing this music as children; it was all over the radio and in public places.

This lush orchestration has fallen from popularity. Percy Faith was certainly one of the masters of the room-filling recording method.

This CD is particularly striking when played in a car with a good audio system. Remembering hearing these in the sixties on AM car radios with a single speaker, the new environment can be a revelation.

Take this music for what it's worth: it is relaxing to listen to, great 'mood music', and able to transport many of us back forty or more years. Simply beautiful tunes without pretense, without anything to prove.

Enjoy!

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A vastly underrated genius, December 6, 2004

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John Dee - See all my reviews

This review is from: Percy Faith's Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Say what you will about this being "elevator music", it is the single most complete distillation of the ethos of a culture you'll ever find. Percy Faith's lush arrangements and sweet melodies are nothing less than the fullest possible expression of the soul of America. Don't get me wrong, I like Sinatra and Bacharach, and I enjoy mellow bossa nova. But no one has created a uniquely American art like Percy Faith. I used to listen to rock, from metal to punk, but I now realize how mistaken I was. All that aimless rebellion, no idea of how it failed to truly express the nature of our cultural heritage. It's pointless to fight it, it's our reality, it's how we see the world, it's our soul. Percy Faith embodies it like no one else.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT CHOICE, March 24, 2001

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RAFA "rafa" (MEXICO, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Percy Faith's Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I own this album and find very wonderful. His classic THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE sounds excellent, just as I used to hear on the radio when I was a child, or when it is reproduced at my favorite radio station. What a great sound in SYNCOPATED CLOCK and the latin ambience in DELICADO. I can only say from this album. Very much recommended.