Wives & Lovers / Dear Heart [Import, Original recording remastered]

Jack Jones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 17, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca UK
• ASIN: B000024XRT
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,110 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wives And Lovers

2. Toys In The Attic

3. Song About Love

4. I'm Moody

5. Angel Eyes

6. Fly Me To The Moon

7. Charade

8. I Wish You Love

9. Nina Never Knew

10. Summertime Promises

11. I See Your Face Before Me

12. Come Rain Or Come Shine

13. Dear Heart

14. You're Sensational

15. Love Is Here To Stay

16. I'll Get By

17. You'd Better Love Me

18. All The Things You Are

19. Emily

20. Thank Heaven For Little

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You, the night, the summertime..., January 10, 2004

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Steven Cain (Temporal Quantum Pocket) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wives & Lovers / Dear Heart (Audio CD)

Hey, little girl... Dang, every line just burns its way into your consciousness. This is a classic Jack double set (one of several) and contains many unforgettable songs.

While the Greatest Hits compilation is superb, there are so many stunning songs on this set that weren't even 45s, that you simply cannot get your head around how utterly brilliant this man really is.

It's not just that he has a golden, smooth smooth smooth voice, with an almost operatic range, it's that he is never afraid of taking chances with his phrasing and delivery, which makes for some very exciting performances. What Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant did for Rock vocals, Jack did for the crooners. He just transformed the entire concept.

Added to that, he recorded some of the greatest songs ever written, and did it HIS way. Just pick a song off this powerhouse double set and you'll see what I mean... even the songs off Wives And Lovers alone... Wives and Lovers (of course) Toys In The Attic, Angel Eyes, the haunting Charade and Nina Never Knew, Summertime Promises, his stunningly original cover of Fly Me To The Moon... you get the idea.

This man is one class act, and this is an essential purchase.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jack Jones - A Great Singer, May 7, 2000

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Harvey Eccleston - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wives & Lovers//Dear Heart (Audio CD)

I first became interested in Jack Jones after I heard his Grammy Award-winning version of Wives and Lovers. His was the definitive version of a truly great song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. (Is it any wonder Bacharach is still enormously popular?)

However, when I went looking for more of Jack's albums, I was disappointed to find very few CDs from his early singing career existed. Happily that situation has been corrected with the release of these imported CDs featuring two original LP's per disc.

I was particularly excited with Wives and Lovers/Dear Heart. There are some wonderful tracks here including some lesser-known songs like Toys in the Attic and I'm Moody. Other standout songs and performances include Angel Eyes, Charade with Roger Williams on piano, and of course, Wives and Lovers.

Jack has a beautiful multi-layered voice that just gets better and better with each listening. His musical stylings are impeccable and have truly stood the test of time.

While Jack may not have enjoyed the same lasting level of popularity alongside performers like Sinatra and Bennett, it was Frank Sinatra himself who said, "Jack Jones is one of the major singers of our time." And he couldn't have been more on target.

Imports are always a bit pricey but with these discs you get your moneys worth and so much more. I wholeheartedly recommend any or all of these wonderful re-released recordings featuring Jack Jones at his absolute best.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great master: why compare to Sinatra?, May 17, 2003

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Carlos from Rio "Carlos from Rio" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wives & Lovers / Dear Heart (Audio CD)

People are used to comparing artists like they would not compare fried potatoes to apple pie. Why? I love apple pie, I love fried potatoes as I love Jack Jones and Sinatra. Jack Jones is Jack Jones! Classy, definitive from his first album you will find here in this generous pack which MCA Records from England (!!!) finally presents. I tell you this and many of all Kapp Records' Jack Jones are great treasure. Wonderful and imaginative arrangements by remarkable Pete King and Don Costa.