Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials

Steve Allen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 1996)
• Original Release Date: February 27, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014Y8
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,816 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love For Sale

2. Laura

3. You're So Influential

4. This Could Be The Start Of Something

5. Easy To Love

6. Adios

7. Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia

8. Impossible

9. Take Up The Slack

10. Tonight

11. Stormy Weather

12. The Peanut Vendor

13. Lovely To Look At

14. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody

15. Theme From A Man Called Dagger

16. Leave It To Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hi-Fi, Steverino!, October 30, 2005

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials (Audio CD)

This CD was released to capitalize on the "bachelor pad music" revival of the 1990s. It features recordings from Steve Allen's music albums, not his comedy albums. Steve Allen was a prolific songwriter, and was at one point listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the person who had written the most songs. Steve wrote 6 of the 16 songs on this CD. The music here is all piano instrumentals, and they are actually a lot of fun to listen to. The tracks are well selected, and the result is a swinging good time. This CD is a worthy addition to anyone's bachelor pad.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars steve allen's hi-fi music, November 9, 2004

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Garry Zodda (cameron park, ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials (Audio CD)

excellent entertainment. if you like steve allen, you will not be disappointed!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music to Eat Spinach By, August 28, 2008

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Huntan Peck "HuntanPeck" (Retroville, USA, Circa 1967) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials (Audio CD)

This is one of my all-time favourite albums of easy listening music. I often find myself turning to this CD when I wish to relax and revel in the artifacts of a seemingly more cultured and civilised time. To me, it's a great antidote to the harshness of our current age.

Steve Allen was an immensely talented performer, and these tracks display very well his gift for composing and choosing great tunes. There is a fairly wide variety of tunes and arrangements here, as can be expected from a collection that was culled from at least a half-dozen albums from the late 50's to the mid 60's.

The CD comes with excellent liner notes, which include information on the various albums from which each track was picked, as well as a few words from Mr. Allen himself -from which I got the title of this review. All in all, this is an exceedingly enjoyable collection of music, and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves quality easy listening and light jazz.