You Were Made for Me / In Disneyland [Import, Original recording remastered]

Freddie & The Dreamers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 18, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000063985
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,518 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2 on 1 CD includes, You Were Mad For Me (1964) & In Disneyland (1966). 26 tracks including 'Tell Me When', 'Early In The Morning', 'When You Wish Upon A Star', 'The Ugly Bug Ball' & 'Chim Chim Cheree'.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Freddie knew how to have FUN with music., July 28, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Were Made for Me / In Disneyland (Audio CD)

You may dismiss this as lightweight pop, but that's all it was ever meant to be. I listen to a lot of serious music, as you will realise if you look through my other reviews, but there's always room for a bit of light relief.

What is particulary important about this particular release is that it not yet another hits compilation. I've got one of those, and it's brilliant, but this is something different.

The first half of this twofer is a great rock'n'roll covers album, which includes one of their British hits (I think of you). They may be only one-hit wonders in America, but they had several hits in their homeland. As most of these hits were covers of American songs (including You were made for me and If you gotta make a fool of somebody, neither of which are here despite the album title), it is no surprise that they didn't replicate their British success across the pond. Anyway, they clearly had a lot of fun recording this album.

The second half is a Disney covers album, further proof that they were in music for the fun of it. No serious British rock band would record an album of children's music. Yet, this should not be overlooked. I can't say I love every Disney song - some of them can only be described as ridiculous - but if anybody could get away with it, Freddie and the Dreamers could, and it works well.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is When you wish upon a star. This is the one really classy Disney song here. Freddie pays it the respect it deserves, and it's a masterpiece, proving that Freddie and the Dreamers had the talent to play it straight when they chose to. They chose not to most of the time, and that makes them distinctive and memorable.

If you like lightweight music, even in small doses, it doesn't get better than Freddie and the Dreamers. If you only like serious music, you and I might still have a lot in common musically, but leave Freddie alone and don't criticise.

4.0 out of 5 stars Freddie & The Dreamers - 'You Were Made For Me / In Disneyland' (EMI), September 20, 2011

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Were Made for Me / In Disneyland (Audio CD)

Here's a Freddie & The Dreamers title that until a couple of weeks ago, I was never aware it existed. It's a 2-fer-1 of the band's 'You Were Made For Me' ('64) as I remember seeing this vintage lp in garage sales many moons back and their 'In Disneyland' ('66) album. About what I had expected. On the first album 'You Were Made For Me', you get fourteen songs - from what looks to be F&TD'S second effort. I liked the somewhat corny "Cut Across Shortly", "I'll Never Dance Again", their Ray Charles cover - a good one at that "What I'd Say", Bill Haley & The Comet's "See You Later Alligator", their version of Chuck Berry's toe-tapping "Johnny B. Goode" and "Say It Isn't True". On 'In Disneyland' it's a twelve song CD reissue of some of Disney movies most beloved songs. Not a live lp as some sites or blogs might have suggested. I mean Freddie & The Dreamers do a fine job of covering Disney songs like Dumbo's "When I See An Elephant Fly", Alice In Wonderland's "The Unbirthday Song", Snow White's "Whistle While You Work" and others without stepping out of bounds - even once. Ideal for family gatherings, especially around the holidays.