Something [Import, Original recording remastered]

Shirley Bassey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 26, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00000J208
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,598 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of the beloved Welsh diva's 1970 album for the United Artists label. Features the original cover art & all 12 of the cuts that first graced it, plus a cover of the Beatles' classic 'Fool On The Hill' added as a bonus track. 13 selections total, all digitally remastered. Also features the original cover art. 1999 release.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SHIRLEY BASSEY TOUR-DE-FORCE MASTERPIECE!!!, April 20, 2004

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Bradly Briggs (TOLUCA LAKE, CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something (Audio CD)

Defining works from great singers are complete treasures that a true vocal artist connoisseur will enjoy endlessly for a lifetime and Shirley Bassey's "Something" is at the head of the list of these rare classics. Back around the mid-sixties while in High School, "Goldfinger" became a huge international blockbuster hit and I fell in love with the incredible voice of Shirley Bassey. Shirley then came out with the great album "Shirley Belt's The Best" and this was a wonderful collection of classics and showtunes that made it clear this was a seriously great voice that was going to be around for a long time. Classics continued such as "This Is My Life" and other gems but in 1970 when "Shirley Bassey Is Really Something" was released, it was certain that Shirley had really arrived and created a major milestone in her already brilliant recording career!! Opening with the definitive version of George Harrison's "Something", Shirley has no competition and creates a stunning classic that became a major chart hit internationally and a knock-out stunner in her incredible live concert that were always total love-in's all throughout the seventies! (I experienced this legendary concert as late as 1997 and Miss Bassey is just as powerful and stunning as ever with no change in that magnificant voice!) Over the years whenever I introduce anyone to Bassey I use this work as an introduction and this hooks them every time and creates another hard-core fan for life! Group classics such as "Spinning Wheel", "Light My Fire", and "Easy To Be Hard" are totally amazing covers that rival in greatness the originals. For a glorious and totally hypnotic experience "Yesterday I Heard The Rain" is a hard one to beat and "My Way" is a real athem that soars to dazzling heights! Haunting and passionate is the spectacular "Sea And Sand" and "What About Today" is equal to Streisand's brilliant original version...Shirley's magnificant "You And I" is a richly romantic beautiful version and "Life Goes On" is brilliantly haunting. Michel LeGrand's "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life" is the definitive version of this great classic and "Yesterday When I Was Young" is moving and well sung but nobody comes close to the extraordinary version by underground singing legend Ann Dee who does a naked and chilling version of this classic and makes it into a complete masterpiece! Bonus track "Fool On The Hill" is fine but the definitive version that is impossible to top is Petula Clark's stunning version...in concert Bassey does a wonderful Beatles Medley that is mind-blowing and always draws a wild standing ovation from her adoring crowds!!! This lady is a true singing legend and do not miss this engrossing classic set!! Enjoy as great singing doesn't get any better than this...BRAVO SHIRLEY

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bassey Greatest Album ever!, May 2, 1999

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This review is from: Something (Audio CD)

Recorded on the United Artists label in 1970 this is Shirley Bassey at her very best. Featuring her No.4 uk hit single "Something" and 11 other outstanding tracks, this is a "must have" for any Bassey fan, old or new. The CD is digitally remastered and contains the original UK release artwork. All tracks 5 star+, but outstanding tracks include "Yesterday When I Was Young" and "What are you doing the rest of your life" as well as "My Way" and the bonus track "The Fool On The Hill" (a UK chart entry in 1971)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AT LAST RELEASED!, February 28, 2000

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Pascal H (Boston,mA.USA/Paris,FRANCE.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Something (Audio CD)

I've been waiting years until they finally released this EXCEPTIONNAL ALBUM last October. The VERY BEST,VOCALS , LYRICS & ARRANGEMENTS are simply outstanding. Shirley gives all the feelings she's got towards LIFE! I'm now waiting for the "LOVE LIFE AND FEELINGS"(1976 album) to be released! BRAVO!BRAVO!