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 | Title : The Essential Tony Bennett
Author : Bennett, Tony
Release Date : 20020723
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $24.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Tony Bennett has a typical lack of effusiveness about the kudos of his seven-decade career, but he does reportedly display an inscribed picture from a longtime colleague and fellow saloon singer in his Manhattan apartment. It reads: 'To the best goddamned pop singer I've ever heard.' It's signed 'Frank Sinatra.' But don't take the Chairman's word for it. Just listen as these two discs bound from one masterly performance to the next, documenting a career whose ups and downs--Bennett actually went long years without a record contract--belie a robust evolution of vocal strength and subtlety of phrasing. The arc of Bennett's art in the decade from 'Cold Cold Heart' and 'Rags to Riches' to 'The Best Is Yet To Come' and his signature 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco' is remarkable enough, but it just keeps getting better. When the singer's management shrewdly orchestrated his MTV-powered 'comeback' in the late 1980s and '90s, Bennett delivered considerably more than mere hype. Indeed, the highlights of those efforts (a warm, semi-autobiographical collection of ballads; tributes to Sinatra, Astaire, Ellington, and the blues; the obligatory MTV Unplugged set) included here barely skim the surface and arguably warrant a double-disc collection all their own. Still, the 39 tracks here represent the best kind of anthology: one that leaves you craving more.
Buyer Reviews :
Of course, Tony Bennett is one of the greatest singers this country has ever produced, and there's not a bad song on the album.
For those of who new to Bennett's work, this is a good choice; but...
I am getting frustrated with the constant reissuing of this material. Some songs on this set have been released over 20 times on different albums and compilations. Didn't Tony just put out an 'Ultimate' album just two years ago? It's to the point that all you see from Bennett's Columbia catalog are best of and greatest hits compilations, all with the same stuff.
Columbia needs to prepare different types of Bennett releases; perhaps unreleased tracks or long out of print albums.
Other than this gripe, enjoy one of the greatest singers of all time.
(by Doug)
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