Teenage Crush, Vol. 2 [Import]

Teenage Crush (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B00000I02A
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,672 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sittin' in the Balcony - Eddie Cochran

2. Comes Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods

3. Donna - Ritchie Valens

4. Fortune teller - Bobby Curtola

5. Venus in Blue Jeans - Jimmy Clanton

6. Endlessly - Brook Benton

7. A Teenager's Romance - Ricky Nelson

8. I've Come of Age - Billy Storm

9. Robbin' the Cradle - Tony Bellus

10. Sandy - Larry Hall

11. For Your Love - Ed Townsend

12. You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette

13. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos

14. Dear One - Larry Finnegan

15. The Three Bells - The Browns

16. Funny Hoe Time Slips Away - Jimmy Elledge

17. Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers

18. A Rose and a Baby Ruth - George Hamilton IV

19. The End of the World - Skeeter Davis

20. Look for a Star - Garry Miles

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

28 angst-ridden classics from the golden age of pop, including gems by Bobby Darin, Connie Stevens, Ricky Nelson,Johnny Burnette, Eddie Cochran, Ritchie Valens and Skeeter Davis. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cream of the Crop, November 23, 2001

By 

Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (Forks Twp., PA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Teenage Crush, Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

This second installment in Ace Records' "Teenage Crush" series continues to prove their unequalled status in bringing classic American rock and roll to the CD medium. Packed with 28 tracks from the golden age of American pop, this CD has five number ones, 18 top-20 hits, four that made it into the top-40 and one, Bobby Curtola's "Fortune Teller" that was just out of the top-40 (41) on the charts. While mining the top-40, the repertoire here does not just regurgitate the same old stuff found on so many other oldies compilations in the market. While there're lots of familiar tunes here to hum along to, you won't find tracks like Billy Storm's "I've Come Of Age", Larry Hall's "Sandy" or Gary Miles' "Look For A Star" in many, if any, other comp CD's, especially with the sound quality presented here.

As has come to be expected, Ace has secured better sources for many of these tracks and sound quality is the best encountered so far for virtually all of these tunes. Many of the tracks appear in true stereo (6,12,13,15,16,19,22-24,26-28) with the remainder in clean mono. Completing the package is a 16-page booklet with many pics, promo shots and detailed backround notes on the artists represented on the disc. Another outstanding effort by Ace - it just isn't done any better than this.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Well Chosen (And Generous) Anthology, January 5, 2001

By 

Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Teenage Crush, Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

Over the past decade England's ACE label has become one of the recording industry's leading rerelease giants. In fact, in my book they've outdistanced Rhino Records, who I long considered the standard bearer for reissues. Both labels do a superb job of tracking down the best source tapes available. However, where Rhino generally puts about twenty tracks (or less) on a disk and includes a booklet with only six or eight pages, ACE packs 28 songs onto the disk and includes a 20-page booklet loaded with photos and artist information on every song.

In addition to such No. 1 hits as "Come Softly to Me," "The Three Bells," "Honeycomb," "Venus" and "The Theme from 'A Summer Place,'" you also get seldom anthologized hits like Brook Benton's "Endlessly," Larry Finnegan's "Dear One," Jimmy Elledge's "Funny How Time Slips Away" and Gary Miles' "Look for a Star."

Along with volume one, these are some of the greatest teen ballads of the era--roughly 1957 to 1962. [Only "End of the World" (1963) and "Letter from Sherry" (1964) fall outside this time frame.] So what you're getting are some terrific pre-British Invasion American pop. If you enjoyed the first volume as much as I did, this is an equally superb companion volume. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Mix of Oldies!, April 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Teenage Crush, Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

This is a great CD for anyone who loves oldies! Even though I'm young..., I prefer oldies to modern music, and this album is great! Since no single artist has two songs on it, you never get bored of the style of music. Also, it alternates between male and female voices. Before I got this CD I hardly knew of any of the songs, but now I know and love them all!