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Track Listings
| 1. Once Upon A Time |
| 2. Faster And Faster To Nowhere |
| 3. Fairy Tale High |
| 4. Say Something Nice |
| 5. Now I Need You |
| 6. Working The Midnight Shift |
| 7. Queen For A Day |
| 8. If You Got It Flaunt It |
| 9. A Man Like You |
| 10. Sweet Romance |
| 11. (Theme) Once Upon A Time |
| 12. Dance Into My Life |
| 13. Rumour Has It |
| 14. I Love You |
| 15. Happily Ever After |
| 16. (Theme) Once Upon A Time |
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I agree wholeheartedly with the previous reviews....
I just wanted to re-emphasize a couple of points: Like a previous reviewer mentioned; Anyone who has ever said DISCO music is crap, or childish, or rubbish, or whatever, etc., etc., etc., has never heard any tracks from this album...and if they ever did, had no idea they were actually listening to so-called "DISCO" music.
If you never buy any other Donna Summer album (or any other disco album for that matter) but still want to have an idea of what all the fuss on DISCO was about back in her hay days, this is the album to get....original sequence or not. Having said that about the sequence...this album still has to be treated (and listened to) like you read a book, meaning you must start with track 1, and listen unbroken to the end of the whole album - because it is essentially a story set to music - IT COULD REALISTICALLY ACTUALLY BE CONVERTED TO A STAGE MUSICAL - AN OPERA! (which is why I reckon it had to be a double album) as a standard 2-sided single album would not have been enough time to do the story justice!
I just wanted to re-emphasize a couple of points: Like a previous reviewer mentioned; Anyone who has ever said DISCO music is crap, or childish, or rubbish, or whatever, etc., etc., etc., has never heard any tracks from this album...and if they ever did, had no idea they were actually listening to so-called "DISCO" music.
If you never buy any other Donna Summer album (or any other disco album for that matter) but still want to have an idea of what all the fuss on DISCO was about back in her hay days, this is the album to get....original sequence or not. Having said that about the sequence...this album still has to be treated (and listened to) like you read a book, meaning you must start with track 1, and listen unbroken to the end of the whole album - because it is essentially a story set to music - IT COULD REALISTICALLY ACTUALLY BE CONVERTED TO A STAGE MUSICAL - AN OPERA! (which is why I reckon it had to be a double album) as a standard 2-sided single album would not have been enough time to do the story justice!
The music was way, way ahead of its time, and still is...because I listen to this album today and wish music being made today still sounded this gorgeous --- think of it as delicious ice cream for your ears!!!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This really is not only the best disco album ever made but also one of the best (double!) albums of the 1970s. Across its original four sides the inventiveness, rhythm and melody never flag and Summer's voice floats effortlessly above the Moroder/Bellotte disco machine.
As for the original album's side two (Now I Need You / Working The Midnight Shift / Queen For A Day) synth-whizz Giorgio Moroder never created anything finer. It makes today's dance music (bloated on easy-to-programme samplers, synths and sequencers) sound childish by comparison.
I have both original UK and US pressings of this album and I can assure any propective buyers that this CD release is absolutely identical in running order (and musical segues) to the original album. I recall that the original 1977 German double album was misleadingly labeled so perhaps they are confusing it with that edition?
(Universal Records - if you're reading: this classic CD was mastered back in the late 1980s and could certainly benefit from some new high-definition remastering!)
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is a superb collection of songs that tap the feet, move and seal Donna's title as the Queen of Disco. But the album offers more: tracks such as 'Man Like You', 'Sweet Romance' are as soulful as anything Aretha Franklin or any other female singer of this ilk has achieved. 'I Love You' is one of my favourite Disco songs ever and always reqested at discos. The music takes you into the stratosphere of love. 'Once Upon A Time', 'Fairy Tale High' and 'Happily Ever After' go hand in hand and are the stuff that dreams are made of. Music cannot get any sweeter than this and what is remarkable about this album is how it not only showcases Donna's amazing vocal ability and versatility as an Artist but also her astute commentary of modern living. 'Faster & Faster to Nowhere' sums up the essence of inner city life of today.
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Brilliant
When I was a young lad, Donna Summer's Greatest hits was one of the first albums I ever bought. A friend of mine had Once Upon a Time and on first listen I loved it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Robert James
The seminal classic Donna Summer album
I remember purchasing this album when I was a teenager in 1979, and I use to play it to death. I hadn't heard this album since those days and I decided to purchase it as it was... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. J. I. Karacs
Donna Summer Fairy tale concept album produced by Giorgio Moroder
Once upon a time is a brilliant album. This is my all time favourite album from Donna Summer and her producer Giorgio Moroder. The whole project is fantastic. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ms. M. Potter
Wonderful
Once Upon a Time was the sixth album by American singer Donna Summer. It tells a modern-day Cinderella-themed story through means of very innovative disco music. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Grahame
The best album or collection of music I own--reality is everchanging,...
I had remembered this album--from my youth--and so I went here to see
if it had had any impact on other audiences (a neat way to validate one's opinion)
and I found, of... Read more
if it had had any impact on other audiences (a neat way to validate one's opinion)
and I found, of... Read more
Published 20 months ago by David Stevenson
A collection of stunning tracks & a whole bunch of album fillers
Split into four "acts", this album features some absolutely stunning songs and, it has to be said, a whole bunch of album fillers. Read more
Published on 12 April 2009 by GanjaStu
I Love You
Yes this is the best Donna Summer album. As a concept disco opera it is perfect and probably unique. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2007 by blueandwhite050505
The Only Disco Album You'll Ever Need
This remains Donna Summer's masterpiece & Giorgio Moroder's finest hour! Even 30 years later it still holds up, and it's a double album to boot! Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2006 by Willie
MASTERPIECE OF SYNTH POP
This brilliant album of great songs is on a par with her other masterpiece, the more rock-influenced Bad Girls. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2001 by Pieter
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