Wild Is Love

Nat King Cole | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000YE9ZQC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,768 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. Wild is Love

3. Hundreds and Thousands of Girls

4. It's a Beautiful Evening

5. Tell Her In the Morning

6. Are You Disenchanted

7. Pick-Up

8. Beggar For the Blues

9. World of No Return

10. In Love Again

11. Stay With It

12. Wouldn't You Know(Her Name is Mary)

13. He Who Hesitates

14. Wild is Love Finale

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still remarkable, July 31, 2009

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Jim Andrews "Wayne Brasler" (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wild Is Love (Audio CD)

With its fold-out cover and photo story booklet inside, "Wild Is Love" was an extravagant Capitol project. Issuing an album of all-new music was nearly unheard of at the time and to issue one written as a complete project equally unheard. Capitol had no idea what to expect but the album indeed was a hit and got big radio play. Nelson Riddle's arrangements deserve much credit; he was at his zenith here. Please note that there was NO Broadway production of "Wild Is Love." The album was written as an album and there was some consideration of taking it further as the basis for a musical, but there was no such musical ever staged. "Wild Is Love" was good enough for Patti Drew to do her own, later, version for Capitol (!) and I believe there was even a third version. Cole also did a T.V. performance of the music complete with the narrative.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars beggar for the blues, September 15, 2004

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H D. MEIJ "Herman van der Meij" (Jipsinghuizen, Holland) - See all my reviews
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This is in my opinium Nat's best album. I own the LP with a beautiful couple of pictures for years(MONO). Bravo for Capitol for issuing the CD at last. Wild is love and it's a beautiful evening are coverd by Buddy Greco. Listen why!. Great stuff.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "original and his best ~ Nat King Cole & Nelson Riddle", March 28, 2005

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Is Love (Audio CD)

Capitol Records presents "Wild Is Love", featuring an original production with music by Ray Rasch and lyrics by Dotty Wayne and the voice of Nat King Cole...with chorus, orchestration and conducted by Nelson Riddle is truly a masterpiece...sample one of the finest collections ever recorded by an artist who was always on top of the charts. No other singer in the business had the warmth that this man gave during a performance. Along with Frank Sinatra, Cole built the Capitol Towers and brought them fame and fortune. Cole in my estimation did more for Capitol Records than any other recording artist of that time...and the record still holds today.

Nat had a tenderness in his voice, completely flawless...he could never deliver a bad tune...his style and signature of making a song his own has never been duplicated. Within this compilation are 14 heartfelt ballads and upbeat tunes...Some songs have never seen the light of day...a collectors dream come true...more selections from the greatest entertainer of our time!

In alphabetical order and with an all-star guest cast are the 14 selections:

ARE YOU DISENCHANTED?
BEGGAR FOR THE BLUES
HE WHO HESITATES
IN LOVE AGAIN
INTRODUCTION
HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF GIRLS
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EVENING
PICK-UP
STAY WITH IT
WILD IS LOVE
WILD IS LOVE FINALE
WORLD OF NO RETURN
WOULDN'T YOU KNOW

Entire collection is a stand out in my book...America never had a more widely beloved ambassador (except for Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong), hope this is a glimpse into the future of better things coming our way if the recording industry ever wakes up to the listeners and fans of good music.

Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg at Capitol Records, Hollywood, California...you can't go wrong with any of Cole's albums that are now on CD...many are hard-to-find and some not well known...highlights and stand outs are the entire album with brilliant arrangements by the master of orchestration Nelson Riddle and Nat performing them...beautiful and heartfelt ballads and fun tunes...featuring Nat's original style are simply captivating...Nat sings this from the heart and you're loving it...now we can relive the songs that gave us so much pleasure...remember Nat was with us for such a short time...just sit back, give a listen and enjoy the sounds we grew up with...songs we've come to love over these past plus sixty years...gotta love it!

Nat was awarded a posthumous plaque to the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame, naming him one of the major early influences on rock 'n' roll...they'll never be another pass this way again...thank you Captiol for this release of Nat "King" Cole for the decades of music that followed...his songs will remain with us always and forever...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 36:00 on 14 Tracks ~ Capitol 828511 ~ (1/24/1995)