Themes for Young Lovers

Percy Faith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024RT
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,041 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, properly re-mixed re-release of this album., October 9, 1999

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Michael R. Hagerty (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Themes for Young Lovers (Audio CD)

"Themes For Young Lovers" first appeared in 1963 and featured selected popular hits from the mid-fifties to those just before its release (e.g. "Can't Get Used to Losing You"). These arrangements were by no means "elevator" versions of the original songs, but tasteful treatments which highlighted the quality of song writing which made them hits.

There were three follow-up albums in this genre by Faith: "More Themes For Young Lovers", featuring songs like "Sugar Shack", "Um, Um-Um, Um-Um-Um", followed by "Today's Themes For Young Lovers", featuring a female chorus and songs like "59th Street Bridge Song", "Happy Together", "There's A Kind of Hush" and more. The last in this series was "Latin Themes For Young Lovers".

"More Themes For Young Lovers" has been released on CD as COL CS8823 or CK8967.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who told'ya commercial music cannot get your ears plugged?!, April 6, 2002

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Carlos from Rio "Carlos from Rio" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Themes for Young Lovers (Audio CD)

This is a master of easy listening. The formula is "get a selection of now sound from the 60s" + "make personal well crafted arrangements". Mr.Faith was a master in violin-based arrangements and he was particularly inspired here on this 60s album. "Go away Little Girl" by Carole King and the title song by Faith himself are particularly pleasant tracks. This was music from my teens and this has been music I have listened to up to now.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Very Best!, May 8, 2006

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Dr. Glenn W. Briggs "MusicDr" (KSC, Florida & Chengdu, China) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Themes for Young Lovers (Audio CD)

When I joined a popular record club in 1963, this was among the first five LPs that I selected. It is most difficult to say anything meaningful considering the overall quality of this CD, because it is surely the very best of Percy Faith. This was the first example I ever encountered of a pop orchestra that actually made popular sixties music "beautiful." What magnificent orchestration, interpretation, and stereo quality! It is simply matchless, and the introductory, rousing "I Will Follow Him" will quickly prepare you for what is to come. It is the epitome of Percy Faith's mastery! What is perhaps the title song of the CD, "Theme for Young Lovers," is simply one of the most beautiful pop instrumentals ever recorded.