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Thoroughly Modern Julie: The Best Of Julie Andrews

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I couldn't live without this CD. I'm a HUGE (emphasis on that) Julie Andrews fan and this is 7th CD of hers that i bought (I now have 29).Oh, that unmatchable voice! Oh, those incredible high notes! Her voice is just amazing. God really must have spend extra creating that one. Her voice is so clear and when he hits those high notes (those tremendous high notes) there's no cracking, no squeaking, no screeching, they are perfectly done. And she does it with such ease! It's unbelievable! And she can sing so many different kinds of music.
This CD goes through many of her early hits, unfortunately stopping in 1967 with "Thoroughly Modern Millie", which left out the wonderful works that came after it. The mega-musical "STAR!", "Darling Lili", "Victor/Victoria", etc.
There are two numbers on this CD that I will admit are my favorites. "Big D" which is sung with Julie's best friend Carol Burnett and "O The Days Of The Kerry Dancing". "Big D" never fails to send me into hysterical laughter. You hear Julie TRYING to create a southern drawl (which is hard because she's British) and Carol's natural southern drawl (she was born in San Antonio Texas). Julie's accent turns out as something between Eliza Doolittle- like Cockney and Gaelic, but you can tell that Julie knows she's not mastering it, but she's having the time of her life doing it anyway!
All in all, this is a must for ANYONE. Whether you're a Julie fan (I think it's hard NOT to be a Julie fan), a musical theater fan or a just a person looking for a cool CD, this is for you! You won't be dissapointed. Julie has never dissapointed me!
Buy this CD Now, and enjoy listening to it!

One last thing: the only thing that may get you about this CD is that you won't be able to sing along. Everyone loves to sing along to everything, but you can't with this CD. For a few reasons. One: All you will wanna hear is Julie's glorious voice. Two: If you TRY to sing along, you'll get frustrated when you can't hit the notes Julie hits! Haha!
Have fun!

This is the best Julie cd ever released. It has such a good variety of her music from her career, its lovely! I enjoy the songs that I have never heard before, like Big D, Baubles Bangles and Beads,etc. I wish more songs from The Sound of Music were on there and definately Le Jazz Hot from Victor Victoria. Anyways..this is a must buy cd! Everyone will enjoy it.

This retrospective is a nice encapsulation of Julie Andrews' early career. The best tracks are Julie's "Simple Folk" duet with the charmistic Richard Burton from CAMELOT, her clowning with Carol Burnett on "Big D" from their 1962 Carnegie Hall TV Concert, and the numbers from her star-making role as Liza Doolittle in that dream of a show MY FAIR LADY. But then Hollywood came along, and she was typecast for two decades after MARY POPPINS and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Julie Andrews has always been more versatile than her critics, and many of her fans, have given her credit for. She really deserves the Big Box Set treatment, like those given divas Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand,--one that includes songs from her neglected movies STAR! and DARLING LILI, as well as her Academy Award nominated "Le Jazz Hot" role, VICTOR/VICTORIA.

If you ever wanted to hear a song sung EXACTLY the way the composer wanted it sung, you can't do better than Julie Andrews, with her absolute exquisite diction (it is probably the single best ever of any singer ever) and her shimmering silvery voice with its amazing multi-octave reach. This disc only goes up to the late 60s, but that really is Julie's best period: you get her most beautiful songs from her stage hits MY FAIR LADY and CAMELOT (with the possible exception of "Then You may take Me to the Fair," which does show off her comic gifts) and from MARY POPPINS, as well as some of her greatest album recordings. I can't imagine a more perfect rendition of Borodin's "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" or Rodgers' and Hart's "Falling in love with Love" or Kurt Weill's "This is New." And then there's "Thoroughly Modern Millie".... there is just no one to compare to Julie Andrews.

This is a wonderful CD. It has all Julie's early great songs. Her young voice is so refreshing. Listening to it brings back those wonderful memories of her of years past. This CD is a must for the Julie Andrews collectors. One's collection is not complete without it.

What I love so much about this CD is that it shows a variety of songs which Julie Andrews has recorded in the past, not just dwelling on the inevitable selections such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music," which are relegated to two tracks each. Her range as a singer shines through these songs such as her haunting rendition of Noel Coward's "Matelot" in particular, the simple English melodies, and the sublime cast recordings of "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot." Her wonderful phrasing and the warmth of her voice makes listening a true pleasure.

Unfortunately the title of this collection is a bit hyperbolic simply because it only covers the career of Julie Andrews through the film "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Yes, that means it covers her Broadway hits "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot" along with her smash flms successes "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music," but it means nothing from "Victor/Victoria." So while "Thoroughly Modern Julie" has 19 excellent tracks, including some from her solo albums, there are still more hits out there. I would have liked to have had one of creative duets with Carol Burnett included as well, but at least there is something from their celebrated Carnegie Hall show included here. But while you can obviously come up with personal favorites that you would like to have included in a Julie Andrews collection ("Spoonful of Sugar," which should have been the first choice off of "Mary Poppins," even if "Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Book)" is the lovelist song from that film), this album does a good job of reminding us why every composer on Broadway was writing songs for her loverly voice. Listening to this album will combine the joys of rediscovering a favorite song ("I Loved You Once in Silence") with hearing a "new" song for the first time ("We'll Gather Lilacs in the Spring"). Slightly over half the songs on this album will fall in the first category, which means a substantial number of the tunes will be new vocal treasures for you to enjoy.

An unique voice like Julie Andrews could sing every thing. Even though, she has always chosen the right lyrics and the right music. Every song on this album brings the listener to a moment of Julie's outstanding career. Whether a fan or not this album should be included in every music lover's collection.

"The Best of Julie Andrews" truely is the best of Julie Andrews! With songs ranging from the mellow "Matelot" to the playful "Big D" duet with Carol Burnett, I feel this C.D. is an excellent example of the depth of the talent of Julie Andrews. This C.D. is a must have for all Julie fans.

If you want to know about Julie, this CD is a good guide for introduction. Because this CD is wonderful collection of Julie's singing and there are some of songs belongs to the unreleased record. I think this CD is very good. A must buy!