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Beloved of Pete Townshend, Jason Pierce and Bobby Gillespie, Dion's brilliant 1975 collaboration with Phil Spector still astonishes today.
The majestic title track is a fitting opening to an album in which Dion's peerless vocals are matched to perfect effect with Spector's typically inventive orchestration. That said, none of the tracks suffer in comparison.
Interestingly, Dion seems to have had over the years - at best - an ambivalent relationship with the record. As a review I read years ago observed: "Imagine if you made the best record of your career, in collaboration with one of your heroes, and it was released only abroad...What if it was one of the greatest albums ever made, but you didn't even realise it?"
Probably my favourite album of all time - well worth giving it a try if you're up for hearing a long-forgotten part of rock history.
The majestic title track is a fitting opening to an album in which Dion's peerless vocals are matched to perfect effect with Spector's typically inventive orchestration. That said, none of the tracks suffer in comparison.
Interestingly, Dion seems to have had over the years - at best - an ambivalent relationship with the record. As a review I read years ago observed: "Imagine if you made the best record of your career, in collaboration with one of your heroes, and it was released only abroad...What if it was one of the greatest albums ever made, but you didn't even realise it?"
Probably my favourite album of all time - well worth giving it a try if you're up for hearing a long-forgotten part of rock history.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Spector is best known - and rightly so - for his collaborations with early sixties girl groups, as well as with acts like Ike and Tina Turner and the Righteous Brothers. Crystals songs 'Then he kissed me' and 'Da do ron ron', and the Ronettes' 'Be my baby' are all part of the great rock lineage which continued on through to the great Springsteen albums of the 70s. But this is as good as anything Spector did back then. I recall hearing the title track about five years ago and being overwhelmed by the sheer beauty and richness of it. It remains one of my all-time favourite songs and the rest of the album doesn't fall far short of the openers' greatness, while 'Queen of 59' is a belter too. There are many albums that are categorised as 'must have' or 'critically acclaimed' - this is one of them and it justifies the hype.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Forget "STREET HEART" and just wallow in the unbelievably soulful production of Phil Spector and "BORN TO BE WITH YOU". And, of course, Dion's voice. It really hits straight to your soul like prime Scott Walker or Dennis Wilson. This is a truly timeless record: the drums sound like depth charges, just like this was The Ronettes, but Dion and the production are otherworldly. Even the version of "He's Got The Whole World In His Hand" sounds like Godlike.
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why don't you own this? unbeatable class, unsurpassable style and unrepeatable excellence just buy it i can't think of a reason why you shouldn't
Published 3 months ago by P. Mason
Make Me
'Born To Be With You', which Phil Spector lovingly built on a lavish scale for his idol Dion DiMucci, is the Taj Mahal of pop. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2009 by Anthony Dolphin
Spector and a guest singer
I read great things about 'Born To Be With You' and, in truth, this is Phil Spector's triumph rather than Dion's, ironic given the large as life promotion of the singer on the... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2008 by D. J. H. Thorn
SUBLIME SPECTOR
Nothing to add to the other review really, simply showing solidarity! The title track 'Born to be with you' is amongst Spector's finest work, but is practically unknown beside the... Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2004 by "samfrancisco1"
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