Perfect Day

Roger Whittaker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 1996)
• Original Release Date: September 17, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003ETL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,645 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not original hit recordings, August 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Perfect Day (Audio CD)

Whittaker's voice is great, but a principal reason one buys a greatest hits album is to reminisce with the original recordings. These are not the original hit recordings. I wish buyers could be alerted to facts like this in the descriptions of albums. Anyway, I never listen to this cd as I'm always annoyed that I was tricked into buying it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A generous collection of mainly standards, January 16, 2005

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Mark C. Tubbs "mark-muzak" (Surrey, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Perfect Day (Audio CD)

This is a great CD, essential Roger. It's sort of an expanded version of his "Feelings" album. That said, DON'T buy it if you're expecting new material: the only new song you're going to get is a lovely duet with Roger's daughter Jessica, called "A Perfect Day," which also appears on Roger's "Now and Then" compilation. There are 4 of Roger's self-penned hits, and a generous offering of covers of 18 standards rounds out the album. The highlights, in my opinion: "Blueberry Hill," into which he puts all of the baritone hutzpah he can muster; "Beauty and the Beast," which I will take over Angela Lansbury's soundtrack version any day; and "Ol' Man River," which comes across as plaintive and melancholy as when the slave in the musical sang it. If you love a good crooner plying his craft in the background, and want to be able to sing along without having to listen to the album 30 times, then this is the album for you. If you want Roger's own hits, buy "Now and Then" or "Greatest Hits." If you want his new material, buy "Awakening," "Celebration," or "Moments in My Life." Happy listening!

3.0 out of 5 stars Wish I had Bought a Different Album, January 15, 2000

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Jennifer B. Barton "Beth Barton" (McKinney, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Perfect Day (Audio CD)

A "young" listener, I grew up with Whittaker's Farewell album and had high hopes for this one. I wish I had simply bought the original Farewell album, though. Although his voice is excellent (no disappointment there), it is disconcerting to here him sing songs of a genre I don't associate him with. He loses some of the Hemingway-type masculinity on this album but makes a break into muzak. He's still great and maybe it does grow on you. For me, however, I still just skip to the songs that were on the Farewell album.