Calypso Is Like So [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Robert Mitchum

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 5, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1957
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Scamp
• ASIN: B000000IAE
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #100,319 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Mitchum opted for an "ethnic" sound with no attempt to adapt either the music to his friends lyrics for an American audience, giving us the spectacle of songs written specifically for a Trinidadian audience delivered uncut by a major Hollywood star. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mitchum's Cool Calypso, April 2, 2008

By	Scott Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Dig that album cover! The King of Cool doesn't disgrace himself with this 1957 release. What should have been a bizarre novelty emerges as a surprisingly enjoyable foray into the calypso milieu. Among the standout tracks are "What Is This Generation Coming To?" and "From a Logical Point of View." Robert Mitchum fans will not be disappointed.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Mitchum! Calypso?, December 17, 1999

By	Stephen Caratzas (Brooklyn, New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Yeah, I know. I was skeptical when I first spied the cover of this disc. Visions of Felix Unger doing the "Oscar, Oscar, Oscar" song bumrushed my consciousness.

The fact is, not only can Robert Mitchum sing (his prior vocal effort "Thunder Road" is included here), he can really swing out with that calypso beat. If you can listen to "Jean and Dinah" and "Tick, Tick Tick" (my two personal favorites) without bouncing around the room, take your pulse -- you might not be alive!

This may look like a novelty item to the uninitiated, but there is not a bad song on this very entertaining album.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shut your mouth, go away!, July 1, 2005

By	Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

So, how good does Robert Mitchum do de calypso, mon? Well, he's a more authentic calypso singer than Vanilla Ice was a rapper. He does a decent job on the tongue-twisting lyrics, especially on the up-tempo "What's This Generation Coming To?", a lament about how da crazy teenagers got da nation in a state of con-fyoo-shun wit' dere rockin' 'n' rollin'. On other tunes, his vocals aren't as powerful as his fists, but as Johnny Mercer once said, if Mitchum can't reach a high note, "he can act his way through it." And if that doesn't work...well, who's gonna tell him? Here is the track listing:

1. Jean and Dinah
2. From a Logical Point of View
3. Not Me
4. What is This Generation Coming To?
5. Tic, Tic, Tic
6. Beauty is Only Skin Deep
7. I Learn a Merengue, Mama
8. Take Me Down to Lover's Row
9. Mama, Looka Boo Boo
10. Coconut Water
11. Matilda, Matilda
12. They Dance All Night
13. The Ballad of Thunder Road
14. My Honey's Lovin' Arms

13 & 14 are bonus tracks. "The Ballad of Thunder Road" was a non-calypso single released about a year after this album, and "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" was it's b-side.