Voice of an Angel

Della Reese | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 1996)
• Original Release Date: September 17, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WYZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Here's the Della Reese "best-of" that you need! Includes Don't You Know; Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You); And Now; Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry; And the Angels Sing; I'm Beginning to See the Light ; the unreleased Call Me; I Had the Craziest Dream; Little Girl Blue; Always , and 10 more remastered from the original tapes. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pieces of Della Reese's, May 30, 2000

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D. Davis (Southern CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voice of an Angel (Audio CD)

I have never doubted any of Della Reese's talents: her singing, her acting, her salesmanship (remember her doing Campbell's Soup commercials in the 70s?) Likewise, my grandmother remembers Reese's variety show from the 60s and speaks very highly of the divine Della Reese. And although I'm not a fan of "Touched by an Angel," I always stop on that show any time Della is anywhere on screen. I'm tempted to agree with one of the previous reviewers of this collection--I wouldn't exactly classify Reese's voice or presence as angelic, and for now, a better word escapes me. Therefore, you must listen to this CD for yourself. "Don't You Know" is, of course, Reese's biggest hit--from 1959. So lush and romantic, you'll weep every time you hear it. My other favorite is "Let's Get Away From It All," also from 1959. This song is of course more closely associated with The Chairman of the Board, but Reese's version is more raucous and hilarious. How can it not be with lyrics like, "You'd better start your packin', we're leavin' Hackensack and baby, let's get away from it all..."? There are some lovely jazz-type ballads here as well--Della, a piano, a little bass; her voice is a little too loud on some of the softer numbers (and certainly on the louder, brassier numbers), but all in all this is a very sophisticated yet campy collection. You don't have to play all of the songs at your next smart cocktail party--program in the ones you like and let Della's voice speak, rather sing, for itself. Believe me, people will ask you about it, as though it never occurred to them that Reese could sing--or that she had a career before "Angel..." As well, there are some marvelous pictures of Della in her day--she's very striking and very glamorous. If the voice isn't angelic, it's certainly American (in spite of some of the stilted pronunciations of words with long aaahhhhh sounds--as in Caaaahn't...)and highly androgynous. In fact, as a child, I refused to believe that "Don't You Know" was sung by a woman. But that's the charm--the elusive charm of Della Reese. Some of these songs will disappoint you; don't let that stop you. You can't love everything a talented individual does.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YOU WILL BE AMAZED...., January 7, 2000

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James Newman (TENNESSEE,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voice of an Angel (Audio CD)

You will be amazed at how good this cd is. What a wonderful voice;if you aren't familar with Miss Reese's work this is a great one to start with. Don't worry; you can (and will) be back to buy the rest of her work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A surprise package, December 9, 2003

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Bill Wotring (wildwood crest, n.j. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voice of an Angel (Audio CD)

Why a surprise package? Perhaps the fault of a senior memory bank. Seeing Della reese on the tube got me thinking.My vast collection of artists did not include her. Give yourself a treat! A treat that lasts about 70 minutes of sheer delight! I must not have remembered how distinctive Della's vocalizing can be.Per liner notes.."Della Reese swoops and soars with an unabashed big souled hunger".Twenty tracks! Each better that the last. # 16 " Someday" Towers above them all! Welcome home Della!