- Audio CD (27 Nov 2000)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Sony Music
- ASIN: B000051TU6
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette | Mini-Disc
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,491 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. What's New Pussycat - Tom Jones | |||
| 2. Volare - Dean Martin | |||
| 3. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado | |||
| 4. Just A Gigolo - Louis Prima | |||
| 5. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin | |||
| 6. Stranger In Paradise - Tony Bennett | |||
| 7. Guantanamera - The Sandpipers | |||
| 8. Windows Of The World - Scott Walker | |||
| 9. Moon River - Henry Mancini | |||
| 10. Unforgettable - Dinah Washington | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. A Walk In The Black Forest - Horst Jankowski | |||
| 2. House Of Bamboo - Andy Williams | |||
| 3. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick | |||
| 4. You're My World - Cilla Black | |||
| 5. Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus - Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin | |||
| 6. Trains & Boats & Planes - Burt Bacharach | |||
| 7. The Shadow Of Your Smile - Tony Bennett | |||
| 8. Secret Love - Doris Day | |||
| 9. Speak Softly Love - Andy Williams | |||
| 10. (When Your Heart's On Fire) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Vic Damone | |||
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
This is the third instalment of the Music To Watch Girls By series--a collection of so-called easy listening greats, but defining it as such is to do these songs a serious disservice. How can any album which features such bona fide classics as "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys or Aretha Franklin's "I Say A Little Prayer" ever be deemed kitsch or in any way camp? The best albums seldom need reviewing, a simple tracklisting instead being enticement enough--and so it is with Music to Watch Girls By Volume 3. Make your life just a little sweeter with Bobby Darin's definitive reading of "Mack the Knife" or the melancholic sweep of "Moon River" by Henry Mancini. Romance simply doesn't get any more heartfelt than Doris Day's "Secret Love", or come to that the smouldering velvet tones of Johnny Mathis gliding through "Misty". Far from being "easy", this is music at its most classy, the inclusion of Keith West's largely forgotten "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera" being reason enough to set this collection apart from the usual cobbled-together fare that often makes up such albums. --Billie Swift
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Following the success of Music to watch girls by and More music to watch girls by, this volume contains further classic easy-listening music from the fifties and sixties. This type of music has a significant fan base in Britain as the more recent series of compilations (Memories are made of this) proves.
This collection begins and ends with Tom Jones, though neither of the tracks (What's new pussycat, Help yourself) would have been considered easy listening back in the ties - they were among Tom's rocking hits. Between those two classics, there are plenty of other equally brilliant tracks.
Apart from Tom Jones, some other great singers here are represented by more than one song - Andy Williams (Spooky, House of bamboo, Speak softly love), Petula Clark (My love, This is my song), Tony Bennett (Shadow of your smile, Stranger in Paradise) , Johnny Mathis (Twelfth of never, Misty) and Dinah Washington (Unforgettable, Mad about the boy).
There are other famous classics here including Volare (Dean Martin), Mack the knife (Bobby Darin), I say a little prayer (Aretha Franklin), Smile (Nat King Cole), Always something there to remind me (Sandie Shaw), God only knows (Beach boys), It's impossible (Perry Como), You're my world (Cilla Black), Secret love (Doris Day), Dream a little dream of me (Mama Cass) and Light my fire (Jose Feliciano).
Of all the tracks here, Je T'aime moi non plus (Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin) has the most interesting history. Serge originally recorded I as a duet with Brigitte Bardot but was not allowed to release that version at the time (it has since been released on CD) so he recorded another version - this time with English-born but French-based Jane Birkin. The BBC banned it but that only served to generate interest in the record, which became a huge hit all over Europe. It went to number one in Britain and many other countries
I was particularly pleased to find Cherry pink and apple blossom white (Perez Prado), Guantanamera (Sandpipers), Windows of the world (Scott Walker) and A walk in the Black Forest (Horst Jankowski) as I didn't have those tracks elsewhere on CD at the time and all of them are brilliant.
This is a magnificent compilation of easy listening music from the fifties and sixties. With 43 tracks, it contains more tracks than the first two volumes (38 and 40 tracks respectively) but the quality is the same.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I loved it and I don't Know what I would be doing on the weekends without it.I have not yet brought the other two but certainley will be now. It is a very easy listening cd. Buy it!!!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I had my doubts about volume 3 as with many sequels. How could there possibly be enough old favourite to fill a third volume and be as good as the first two classic compilations? But I gave it a chance and you definitely should too. The easy listening tracks float one after another and the end result is pure bliss and excitement when you remember these great songs and hear such vibrant tunes that are mostly all new to me - i missed them first time round! I just hope they continue to make more volumes that are as inviting as this one!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great stuff, but why no Sinatra?
This third CD set in the series follows on very nicely from the first two, but contains some songs that are not quite up to 'cult status'. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2001
Chilled out and laid back
Very cool laid back Sunday morning/afternoon listening... Not as good in my opinion as the first two, but worth having in your collection!
Published on 22 Dec 2000
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