What's a Nice Girl Like You

Darrin Baker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Original Cast Record
• ASIN: B00003W883
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #699,245 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. All I Need is the Girl/Hundreds of Girls--with Mylinda Hull, Liz Larsen, Rosemary Loar, Christiane Noll, and Sandy Rosenberg

2. I Won't Dance/Cheek to Cheek--with Donna McKechnie

3. Side by Side--with Christiane Noll

4. It's Like - with Catherine Cox

5. A Room Without Windows--with Mylinda Hull

6. You're Far Away from Home/Angelina--Karen Mason

7. Being with You--with Liz Larsen

8. Baby, It's Cold Outside--with Dee Hoty

9. No Words Need Be Spoken--with Alice Ripley

10. With You on My Arm--with Harvey Evans

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great mix of talent and songs, January 19, 2000

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Gary Jaffe (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's a Nice Girl Like You (Audio CD)

Considering the fact that almost every new album that gets made and distributed these days has over-the-top pyrotechnic vocals, this project is quite refreshing and welcome. Darrin Baker sings the material with warmth and sincerity and the result is this charming project. Best of all, his guests are some of the most talented singers on the New York stage -- the Karen Mason cut ("Far Away From Home/Angelina") is worth the price of the CD alone. Try something different!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Singing on such a lousy CD, December 17, 2002

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This review is from: What's a Nice Girl Like You (Audio CD)

Baker has talent, no question, and his co-horts are some of the best leading ladies in theater today, but this CD sounds as if it were recorded at the bottom of an oil-drum. And the "cute" factor wears thin awfully fast.
A vanity album not worth the investment.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Broadway CD you can actually listen to., January 19, 2000

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Linda (Newark, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What's a Nice Girl Like You (Audio CD)

I wish all Broadway CDs could be as completely enjoyable and listenable as this one. Mr. Baker has a gorgeous voice with incredible phrasing and musicality. And so versatile! He sings duets with 8 different women (and one man), each one a different style or range or period and he shines brightly on all. And yet manages to give the utmost respect and room for his diva partners. Who all impress the hell out of me, by the way. Each one so well suited to their own material. According to the liner notes, Mr. Baker has worked with all of them in one way or another and those previous relationships really come through in the way each duet has a distinct flavor. My favorite tracks are You're Far Away From Home/Angelina with Karen Mason and Being With You with Liz Larsen. And what amazes me most is that unlike most CDs by Broadway performers, I can listen to it over and over, either giving it serious attention or just as enjoyable background music at a dinner party. I think that comes from the jazz influence, keeping it from being a one-shot listen and turning it into something that has stayed in my CD rotation since I bought it.