Customer Reviews

Sings For Two In Love

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If you're looking for some of Nat's best work with Nelson Riddle, then you're bound to find it right here. This album, originally from 1953, showcases Nat at the peak of his popularity, and he does not disappoint. Sure, there were people who lamented his pop leanings, but let's face it...Nat never sounded better than he did when backed by lush strings by Riddle and Gordon Jenkins. Each of these songs are just gorgeous and beautifully romantic and sentimental, my favorites being "This Can't Be Love" (a swing tune thrown in there for good measure), "Dinner For One Please, James", "There Will Never Be Another You", "Autumn Leaves", "Tenderly" and "A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet", "A Handful of Stars" and "There Goes My Heart"...but truthfully, everything here is outstanding.

Also included are three tunes from another great Cole/Riddle collaboration, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN (1959), "Too Much", "A Thousand Thoughts of You" and "If You Said No". With Nat King Cole, you can never go wrong. A must-have.

This is the Nat King Cole album I grew up listening to. My parents bought this album when I was 6 years old and I remember begging them to play it over and over. I think I liked it even more than they did. Some of the songs on this album have become Nat Cole classics and have been reissued many times. Some of these songs, "Dinner for One Please James" or "Just A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" are not as well known. All of the songs here are presented in Nat's incredibly smoooth delivery and Nelson Riddle's arrangements fit Nat's voice like a glove. The bonus selections added to the CD are nice, but Capitol could have issued this CD in the original 12 song format and I would have loved it just as much. Nat recorded many great albums after this one, but this one is still my very favorite

Nat King Cole is so smooth on this recording, and the songs are so gorgeous...I'm amazed more people have not heard this album. It is clearly one of the high points in Cole's illustrious career. Nelson Riddle, who did so much famous work with and for Frank Sinatra, lends his arranging and orchestrating skills to this doosy. This album is easily as powerful as JOHN COLTRANE WITH JOHNNY HARTMAN, and in fact I like the song selection here even better. This album is worth getting just to hear "Autumn Leaves" and "A Thousand Thoughts of You". The latter is absolutely *gorgeous* and heartbreaking. One of the best vocal jazz albums ever put to vinyl (or disc). Hopefully this will be reissued in the future for those of you who have not had the blessing of hearing it. In the meantime, trot over to you public library and see if they have it.

Essential.

This CD NEEDS to be re-issued! It features the popular songs "Tenderly", "This Can't Be Love", "Autumn Leaves", "Love Is Here To Stay" and "Almost Like Being In Love", but the lesser known songs are just as hard-hitting, and aim right for your heart! And they hit the mark EVERY TIME. I love the romantic "A Handful of Stars"! It will make you want to find someone and fall in love! And the touching "Dinner For One Please, James" and "A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" are songs that you will definitely have on repeat, as will everything on this CD. Capitol/EMI, don't hold back on NKC fans! This is a MUST to add to any collection!!

Nat King Cole Sings For Two In Love(And More)is another of his golden greats. From the bouncy Love Is Here To Stay, thru a swingin' This Can't Be Love, to the lively Almost Like Being In Love & a very smooth A Thousand Thoughts Of You, the album is a definite keeper. Hopefully it won't be long before this is rereleased, and once it is, all Cole fans that don't already own it should make it their business to get it fast! Highly recommended, once it comes back into circulation!

Nat King Cole with his perfect pitch is so well worth listening to. Granted the tunes are old but for the burgeoning boomer generation they'll be very pleased.

Nat King Cole recorded no small number of albums during his career, so calling any one of them his best is surely a subjective exercise. But having purchased the large majority of his major releases and having listened to them for years, this one tops my list. Of course it has the indelible voice of the singular artist - as they say, often imitated but never duplicated. But what distinguishes this album is the strength and consistency of the songwriting. To say that there is no filler would be gross understatement - the entire set is captivating. Many, such as "Let's Fall in Love," "Autumn Leaves," or "Love is Here to Stay" are outright classics that have become standards interpreted by many artists. But the lesser known songs equal the hits, each just as memorable and beautiful as the rest. The overall feel of the album is also inviting. Though a few of the songs like "This Must Be Love" and "Almost Like Being in Love" pick up the pace just a bit and swing a little, the general tone is very beautiful and subdued. The production here is a little less lush and orchestral than on some of Cole's other ballad albums and as a result the album has a more intimate feel (in the same way that Sinatra's classic "In the Wee Small Hours" differs from "Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely"). The combination of artistry at every level - singing, songwriting, and arranging - makes this a truly outstanding album that cannot be more highly recommended.

This is a very good, consistent CD. I've rated over half of the tracks (eight out of 15) as Very Good, and the remainder as Good (I use Media Player's five star rating system where two stars (not three stars) is OK). My specific track ratings are:

1. Love Is Here to Stay -- 4 Stars
2. Handful of Stars -- 3 Stars
3. This Can't Be Love -- 4 Stars
4. Little Street Where Old Friends Meet -- 3 Stars
5. Autumn Leaves -- 4 Stars
6. Let's Fall in Love -- 4 Stars
7. There Goes Me Heart -- 4 Stars
8. Dinner for One, Please, James -- 3 Stars
9. Almost Like Being in Love -- 3 Stars
10. Tenderly -- 4 Stars
11. You Stepped Out of a Dream -- 3 Stars
12. There Will Never Be Another You -- 4 Stars
13. Too Much -- 3 Stars
14. Thousand Thoughts of You -- 4 Stars
15. If You Said No -- 3 Stars