Songs From the Heart (Dig) [Original recording remastered, Import]

Nat King Cole | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 27, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00004TWJV
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,915 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So romantic!, August 15, 2001

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M. Maynard (Detroit, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
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This immediately joined my Romantic Evening Hall of Fame, along with favorite recordings by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald and Antonio Carlos Jobin. This is a lovely compilation of some of Nat "King" Cole's hits, along with really pretty songs that I'd never heard before. I bought this for his recording of "Stay As Sweet As You Are" which is enchanting. This is a great album to put on the CD on a summer night and listen to while sitting on a porch swing with a glass of wine.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect..., June 7, 2002

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William E. Adams (Midland, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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The only reason I rate this collection of love ballads four instead of five is that the selections are just a hair too mellow. According to the liner notes, the purpose was to make a disc of Nat performing a mixture of well-known standards and lesser-known but worthy songs that celebrated love and relationships in a positive way. Mission accomplished, but the CD would have been even more enjoyable with perhaps three uptempo numbers spread among its 18 tracks. Still, this is a great singer giving us wonderful performances of excellent songs. My favorites are "Too Marvelous for Words" and "Impossible" and "Let's Fall in Love" and "The More I See You." Songwriters represented here include Johnny Mercer, Steve Allen, Harry Warren, Jimmy van Heusen, Harold Arlen, Dick Whiting and bandleader Ray Noble. Songs like this aren't being written anymore, and American life is poorer for it. Singers like Nat can't get on the charts anymore, and that's criminal.

5.0 out of 5 stars "one of four in a wonderful series ~ Nat King Cole", January 13, 2005

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs From the Heart (Dig) (Audio CD)

Carole Cole and Paul Atkinson present a series of classic standards performed by Nat King Cole..."Songs from the Heart", a compilation of the past recordings that will leave you happy and completely satisfied...Nat had a tenderness in his voice, completely flawless...he could never deliver a bad tune...his style and signature of making a song his own has never been duplicated...within this album are timeless songs and remain classics, while others are songs that have never seen the light of day...the sound quality of this album is 24-Bit Digitally Remastered...this release is a dream come true...more selections from the greatest entertainer of our time!

The composers are the who's who in music...Steve Allen, Harold Arlen, Johnny Burke, Sammy Kahn, Ray Noble, Jimmy Van Heusen, Harry Warren, Richard Whiting, Victor Young and the man himself of Capitol Records Johnny Mercer...beautiful arrangements by Gordon Jenkins and Nelson Riddle, the best in the orchestration department.

Some stand outs and a few highlights "IMPOSSIBLE", "YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM", "PARADISE", "A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE" and "THE TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS", are absolutely breathtaking, a vocal masterpiece, with lush arrangements very worthy of Cole...his voice was at it's peak during these wonderful sessions of lovely ballads...care was taken on all 18 tracks...a must have for all the fans of this beloved man...they'll never be another pass this way again...as Nat sings "FOR ALL WE KNOW", we may never meet again, but I think we will...thank you Captiol and Carole Cole for this release of Nat "King" Cole and the songs that will remain with us always and forever...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 56:40 on 18 Tracks ~ Capitol 525008 ~ (6/27/2000)