This Is...Brenda/Emotions [Import]

Brenda Lee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 6, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B000695A1Y
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,734 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. When My Dreamboat Comes Home

2. I Want To Be Wanted

3. Just A Little

4. Pretend

5. Love & Learn

6. Teach Me Tonight

7. Hallelujah I Love Him So

8. Walking To New Orleans

9. Blueberry Hill

10. We Three

11. Build A Big Fence

12. If I Didn't Care

13. Emotions (Bonus Track)

14. Just Another Lie (Bonus Track)

15. If You Love Me (Bonus Track)

16. Crazy Talk (Bonus Track)

17. When I Fall In Love (Bonus Track)

18. Around The World (Bonus Track)

19. Swanee River Rock (Bonus Track)

20. Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Bonus Track)

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2-on-1 includes Brenda's third and fourth albums from 1960 & 1961. Ace. 2004.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Magic Of Brenda Lee, October 30, 2005

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Michael Ewing (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is...Brenda/Emotions (Audio CD)

Many years have passed since I was sitting in a music booth at Wallich's Music City on the corner of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood listening to Brenda Lee's latest albums This Is... & Emotions. I was all of 14 years old and thought (and still do) that Brenda Lee was the greatest female singer on the planet. I had managed to save enough of my allowance to purchase the two albums for the ungodly amount of $8.00. I'm sure I got lectured about my frivolous purchase.
Brenda's songs and vocal performances were priceless to me. As much as I was in awe of Brenda's vocals on the ballads, I was always delighted to hear the rockers as well. Too bad the people at Decca Records steered Brenda to record lounge music during most of her sixties recordings. I'm sure Brenda was always a rock and roller and heart.
If you ever want to take a journey to a better time and place these albums will take you there.
I'm glad I grew up in the musical era that I did.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brenda Lee song collection, February 8, 2008

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William Wintzinger "boat captain" (Flowery Branch, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is...Brenda/Emotions (Audio CD)

This is a great two album choice for any Brenda Lee fan. Most of her best tunes are included and the digital sound quality is great. Do buy this cd, you won't be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The - SECOND - - twofer of Brenda Lee's first ten original L.P.'s ., August 18, 2011

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majormusiclover - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is...Brenda/Emotions (Audio CD)

This is Brenda Lee's 3rd & 4th L.P. from 1960 and 61 on one C.D.
Only three months after Brenda's 2nd album charted, her third album was released.

Brenda's THIRD album, "THIS IS, BRENDA" immediately hit the chart
and stayed there for 41 weeks, achieving a peak position of #4.
"I want to be wanted" b/w "Just a little" was released in 1960, and went to #1 and #40 respectfully.
Later that year Brenda participated in a package show organised by Dick Clark.
She toured the U.S. for five weeks with Chubby Checker, Fabian, Freddy Cannon, and Duane Eddy.
Breada's manager Dub Allbritten was marketing Brenda to have a global image rather then only the U.S.
So Allbritten and Brenda's producer Owen Bradley tailored her releases for an international audience,
concentrating mainly on "big sweeping ballads".
Although the hit single on this album is a ballad, half of these tracks are uptempo - rockers.
"When my Dreamboat comes home" - "Just a little" - "Love and learn" - "Hallelujah, I love him so" -
"Blueberry Hill" and "Build a big fence".

Brenda's FORTH album "EMOTIONS" stayed on the album chart in 1961 for 33 weeks peaking at #24.
Again the single release was a ballad.
"Emotions" b/w "I'm learning about love" went to #7 and #33 respectfully.
Here among some great ballads are these uptempo - rockers.
"Crazy talk" - "Around the world" - "Swanee River rock" -
"I'm learning about love" and "Will you love me tomorrow".

These are the exact album original recordings, remastered by Ace Records in 2004.
All 24 tracks on this C.D. are stereo, and sound exceptional!
The 10 page cover booklet is nice in every way, heavy paper, colored photo's,
and a nice overview of Brenda's career to the point of this set.

This is an overall great collection of music that is outstandingly presented.