Sophisticated Lady [Box set, Original recording remastered, Import]

Julie London | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Original recording remastered, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Emd Int'l
• ASIN: B00000GB7V
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,285 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Sophisticated Lady

2. Cry Me A River

3. Boy On A Dolphin

4. Around Midnight

5. Love For Sale

6. You'd Be Nice To Come Home To

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Disc: 2

1. Fly Me To The Moon

2. I Love You

3. Let There Be Love

4. Mad About The Boy

5. Sentimental Journey

6. There Will Never Be Another You

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Disc: 3

1. Call Me Irresponsible

2. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

3. Hot Toddy

4. I've Got A Crush On You

5. Baby Won't You Please Come Home

6. Bewitched

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Editorial Reviews

Budget Priced Three CD Box Set.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars--But A Reserved Five Stars, April 13, 2004

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"efoff" (Ecotopia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sophisticated Lady (Audio CD)

First--This is a three disk collection of Julie London singing standards. If you have to ask about Julie London--then there's nothing I can tell you to explain about Ms. London. Julie London is Julie London. End of story...

But what made Ms. London so fabulous was her voice: clear and beautiful--and so smooth, smooth to the point that instrumental support offen detracts from her singing. Her best work (in my uninformed opinion) was with a bass on one side, and a soft trumpet on the other. Forget Reagan; Let Julie be Julie! That is why, pound for pound, I think "About the Blues" and "Wild, Cool, and Swinging" are probably better albums than this collection. On those albums, the instrumentation is kept to a minimum, and Julie at her maximum. "Sophisticated Lady," on the other hand, is more of a "big band" style.

When Miles Davis was putting "Kind of Blue" together, he told an interviewer that he (Miles) did not care for where jazz was heading at that time; Miles thought the music was too "thick." Sophisticated Lady suffers from some of that "thickness." While no one would confuse Davis & London, the instrumentation on "Sophisticated Lady" does sometimes detract from Ms. London's real strength--the music is occasionally "too thick."

That said--This is still a three CD set of Julie London tearing up the pea patch with "Days of Wine & Roses," "I'm in the Mood for Love," "Love for Sale," and "I Got It Bad." I can't speak for Ms. London--but I've really got it bad......

Sure, there's better CDs than this set--**not** "Julie London Sings the Standards" nor "Time Enough for Love (Best of Julie)," because most the the songs on those albums are here--but if Ms. London touches your heart, this is thirty bucks well spent. And if Ms. London doesn't grab you--There's always Marylin Manson I suppose.......

5.0 out of 5 stars Must be catchin, January 16, 2012

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Randy A. Cook "RAC" (STL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sophisticated Lady (Audio CD)

I bought this box set specifically for "Must be catchin" as featured in a recent ABC sunday nite program about Pan Am.... Anyways the whole CD set really turned out to be a fresh set of music to my ears, I've had it in my car for months now... When I need a break from talk radio or audiobooks, I reach for this box set to pass the drive time!