Wild Cool & Swingin: Ultra Lounge 5

Ultra Lounge (series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 1996)
• Original Release Date: February 20, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002U1T
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,916 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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  • #10 in Music > Pop > By Decade > 1950s
  • #12 in Music > Pop > Easy Listening > Lounge

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another 5-star collection from the Ultra-Lounge folks!, December 12, 2002

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Brooke Pennington "Renaissance girl" (Pocatello, ID USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Cool & Swingin: Ultra Lounge 5 (Audio CD)

I suppose I will divide this review into two parts, one for the listener who is not familiar with the " Ultra Lounge" series and those (like myself) who wait anxiously for the next release in the series. If you are new to Ultra-Lounge, well, you can dive in about anywhere in the series and get an idea of the Ultra-Lounge outlook on life: life is good, relaxation is essential, and a good mixed drink should never be far away. If this is a philosophy you agree with, and you're tired of all the cookie-cutter pop music and bland jam-band rock, give lounge music a try to perk you up without sounding cliched (or perhaps by sounding so cliched you don't realize you're hearing a cliche!) These Ultra Lounge CDs give you a chance to sample some of lounge's many subgenres without committing to a CD by a sole artist.

For those of us who have heard these collections before, this one is familiar territory. Be warned, however, that all tracks on this and "W,C, and S II" are vocal tracks, which may put off some who prefer their lounge music more Martin Denny-style, laid back and instrumental.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vocals to Get Your Fingers Snappin'!, May 6, 2000

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"loungelizard7" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Cool & Swingin: Ultra Lounge 5 (Audio CD)

One of the strongest volumes in the series, and a great introduction for the beginning lounge aficionado, this one includes all the '60s Vegas lounge royalty, and it swings right out of the galaxy!

Aside from a few tracks like "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" by a young Sammy Davis, Jr., the sultry "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" by Julie London, and the uber-classic "Fever" by Peggy Lee, this volume is commandingly owned by Louis Prima, Bobby Darin, and Dean Martin.

Prima checks in with mega-hit "Jump Jive an' Wail" (recently played to death when the Brian Setzer Orchestra covered it), but his best entry is the uproarious "Closer to the Bone," a cute song about the singer's love for skinny women. Each verse gets more sidesplitting than the last, and if that last one doesn't have tears of laughter rolling down your cheeks, you probably need to listen more closely! (And makes sure to listen for sax player Sam Butera sampling from Glenn Miller's "Pennsylvania 6-5000" at the start of his solo!)

Good ol' Dino is represented here with two of his greatest songs. Everybody loves the soaring "Volare." And the bottom line is, it just doesn't get any better than "Ain't That a Kick in the Head." Dean at his hard-swingin' best and Nelson Riddle's magnificent brassy arrangement made this the perfect tune to kick off the volume.

Bobby Darin wins hands down, with THREE entries. "Sunday in New York" is a beautiful song, capturing Darin's laid-back manner better than any other song I've heard. And light, cool, breezy "More" is just one of the greatest songs ever. (I fell in love with it years ago when I heard it on a car commercial.)

As of now, I've yet to hear the follow up, Volume 15, but if it's anything like this one, it'll be money well spent!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wild -You Bet! Cool - Cucumber! Swining - Aces Baby, Aces!, March 8, 2000

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Dave Pavone "Likes Pancakes" (Chestestertson, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Cool & Swingin: Ultra Lounge 5 (Audio CD)

Like many of the other reviewers, I was lured in to the Ultra Lounge series's seductive web with the fuzzy sampler; (that leporard-skinned temptress had me lapping melted ice out of her palm before I knew what hit me, why with her tight packaging, and velvety smooth case, my mere "regular guy" defenses were no match...but that's a different story). Sure I've branched out. How could I resist? The sampler leaves you wanting more and more...

Wild, Cool & Swinging is by far my favorite of the series(with WCS,TOO)right next door. These 2 cd's get away from some of the truly ecclectic, electric and quirky beats of other cd's in the series(which breathe their own life, but we're talkin'favorites here). Instead the WCS cd's come with straight ahead swing. Songs about gals who want guys and vice versa... providing it doesn't interfere with cocktail hour. The sauve sense of the lyrics, the accenting punch of the horn sections, and and the big finish style of each song, will leave your fingers snappin' and lips mumblin' cool baby, real cool....