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| 1. Down By The Riverside | |||
| 2. You Belong To Me | |||
| 3. Your Cheatin' Heart | |||
| 4. Waiting For You | |||
| 5. Walkin' My Baby Back Home | |||
| 6. Sing Sing Sing (With A String) | |||
| 7. Diana | |||
| 8. Red Sails In The Sunset | |||
| 9. Jambalaya | |||
| 10. I've Heard That Song Before | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Hello, Young Lovers | |||
| 2. You Made Me Love You | |||
| 3. Secret Love | |||
| 4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love | |||
| 5. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing | |||
| 6. Love Letters In The Sand | |||
| 7. P.S. I Love You | |||
| 8. Somebody Loves Me | |||
| 9. Love Is Just Around The Corner | |||
| 10. I'm In The Mood For Love | |||
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One of the first, and what’s more, one of the biggest teen idols of the late ‘50s who is still as popular today! Features for the first time on CD his first three LPs, two of them in stereo plus bonus tracks of his single releases that were not included on the LPs! Includes the hits, “Diana”, “I Love You Baby”, “You Are My Destiny”, “Lonely Boy” and “Put Your Head On My Shoulder”. This is certainly the most comprehensive CD retrospective available for Paul Anka’s early recordings and includes full sleevenotes and chart history.
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CD 1:1-Down By The Riverside 2-You Belong To Me 3-Your Cheatin' Heart 4-Waiting For You 5-Walkin' My Baby Back Home 6-Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) 7-Diana 8-Red Sails In The Sunset 9-Jambalaya 10-I've Heard That Song Before 11-Pity Pity 12-Side By Side 13-(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings 14-Under Paris Skies 15-Autumn Leaves 16-Pigalle 17-Comme Ci, Comme Ca 18-C'est Si Bon 19-Melodie D'Amour 20-I Miss You So 21-I Love Paris 22-If You Love Me (Really Love Me) 23-Les Filles Des Paris 24-So It's Goodbye CD 2:1-Hello, Young Lovers 2-You Made Me Love You 3-Secret Love 4-I Can't Give You Anything But Love 5-Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 6-Love Letters In The Sand 7-P.S. I Love You 8-Somebody Loves Me 9-Love Is Just Around The Corner 10-I'm In The Mood For Love 11-I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 12-Train Of Love 13-Don't Gamble With Love 14-I Love You Baby 15-Tell Me That You Love Me 16-You Are My Destiny 17-Crazy Love 18-Let The Bells Keep Ringing 19-Midnight 20-Verboten 21-Just Young 22-The Teen Commandments 23-Lonely Boy 24-Put Your Head On My Shoulder 25-It's Time To Cry (2010/JASMINE) 49 tracks (2010/JASMINE) 49 tracks
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I probably should have bought some of Paul's music years ago, but incredible as it may seem, this is the first collection of his music I've actually owned. Apart from his big hit Diana (which is featured here as well as regularly turning up on multi-artist compilations), I don't think I'd actually heard any of his other music prior to buying this set. I hadn't really thought about what to expect the rest of the music here to sound like, but I would have expected to find some rock'n'roll (he wrote It doesn't matter anymore for Buddy Holly) but there's none here. Instead, we get treated to a lot of music that really dates from an earlier era - the swing music of the thirties and forties, along with a French-themed album. I love that music too, so I'm happy with that, albeit a little surprised.
Here, you'll find Paul's first three albums, plus the singles that weren't also released as album tracks. Thus, all of Paul's British and American hits from the fifties are here, but the major part of this set is devoted to Paul's early albums. The first and third albums each occupy the first twelve tracks of a CD. The only one of Paul's singles among them is Diana, while the remaining tracks include plenty of familiar songs including Secret love, I've got my love to keep me warm, Love letters in the sand, You belong to me, Red sails in the sunset, Side by side, Your cheating heart and Jambalaya among others. It seems that the record label wanted to market the albums to an older albums to an older audience, leaving the singles for teenagers.
The French-themed album occupies the remaining tracks on CD 1. Many of the songs here are of French origin, though there are also some American songs with French themes. One of Paul's singles, My heart sings, was itself a song of French origin and provided the album's inspiration. This album clearly shows Paul's love of French music, which came to the fore in the late sixties when he took Claude Francois' hit Comme d'habitude and wrote English lyrics for it, calling his version My way.
The second half of CD 2 is occupied by singles that weren't included in the three albums featured on this set. Stylistically different from the album tracks, there is still a lot of great music here, though the unlikely trio of Paul Anka, Johnny Nash (still some years away from his own big hits) and George Hamilton IV (who had a brief career as a pop singer before settling for a country music career to which he was better suited) have all delivered better music separately than they do together on Teen commandments of love. Perhaps the pick of these singles would be Put your head on my shoulder, Lonely boy and You are my destiny, though all are overshadowed by Diana.
These days, Paul is remembered for Diana (which he wrote) and for My Way (which many people give him full credit for writing, when he is only entitled to part of the credit) but this compilation shows him to be a much more versatile performer.
Here, you'll find Paul's first three albums, plus the singles that weren't also released as album tracks. Thus, all of Paul's British and American hits from the fifties are here, but the major part of this set is devoted to Paul's early albums. The first and third albums each occupy the first twelve tracks of a CD. The only one of Paul's singles among them is Diana, while the remaining tracks include plenty of familiar songs including Secret love, I've got my love to keep me warm, Love letters in the sand, You belong to me, Red sails in the sunset, Side by side, Your cheating heart and Jambalaya among others. It seems that the record label wanted to market the albums to an older albums to an older audience, leaving the singles for teenagers.
The French-themed album occupies the remaining tracks on CD 1. Many of the songs here are of French origin, though there are also some American songs with French themes. One of Paul's singles, My heart sings, was itself a song of French origin and provided the album's inspiration. This album clearly shows Paul's love of French music, which came to the fore in the late sixties when he took Claude Francois' hit Comme d'habitude and wrote English lyrics for it, calling his version My way.
The second half of CD 2 is occupied by singles that weren't included in the three albums featured on this set. Stylistically different from the album tracks, there is still a lot of great music here, though the unlikely trio of Paul Anka, Johnny Nash (still some years away from his own big hits) and George Hamilton IV (who had a brief career as a pop singer before settling for a country music career to which he was better suited) have all delivered better music separately than they do together on Teen commandments of love. Perhaps the pick of these singles would be Put your head on my shoulder, Lonely boy and You are my destiny, though all are overshadowed by Diana.
These days, Paul is remembered for Diana (which he wrote) and for My Way (which many people give him full credit for writing, when he is only entitled to part of the credit) but this compilation shows him to be a much more versatile performer.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The very first teenage phenomenon, Paul Anka's success began with his self-penned Chart-topping DIANA in 1957 and as singing teen idol, songwriter (English lyrics for Sinatra's MY WAY hit and SHE'S A LADY for Tom Jones) and actor his career continued into the Sixties and he still records and performs. This two-disc collection recalls Anka's heady late Fifties ABC Records catalogue with platters which fully deserve reappraisal.
Fourteen of his singles include all eleven of his UK Top Twenty hits (amongst them CRAZY LOVE, I LOVE YOU BABY, PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER) although it's hard to believe Anka's involvement with the embarrassing sentiments of THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS recorded with Johnny Nash and George Hamilton IV. However, the focus of this compilation is firmly placed on three albums Anka recorded with ace arranger/conductor Don Costa and represent a shift away from the pop market in order to gain the approval of a more mature audience and widen the singer's fan-base. The first PAUL ANKA (1958/Mono) places DIANA in the midst of popular numbers from the past with DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE, WALKIN' MY BABY BACK, JAMBALAYA and SIDE BY SIDE ideally fitting Anka's vocal ability. The following album's concept radically changes pace with a selection of French songs or those with Gallic flavour; taking its title from Anka's recent Chart hit (ALL OF A SUDDEN) MY HEART SINGS (1959/Stereo) based on a French composition with other choices including I LOVE PARIS, AUTUMN LEAVES and IF YOU LOVE ME with purposely underplayed vocals bringing some emotional pull to the varied proceedings. The third album, PAUL ANKA SWINGS FOR YOUNG LOVERS (1959/Stereo) is a mix of recent hits by other vocalists includng SECRET LOVE and LOVE IS A MANY SPENDORED THING and but mainly puts focus on standards with LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE, YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU and P.S. I LOVE YOU amongst numbers which vary between swingers or gentle ballad interpretations.
All in all, this collection proves to be a two-fold tribute to Paul Anka's teenage upsurge as well as his quick spurt towards becoming a versatile singer who could match the best of them when it came to a swinging album of standards. The hits are well-remembered but thanks to Jasmine's reminder via well-considered selections we can now enjoy the latter fifty years on.
Fourteen of his singles include all eleven of his UK Top Twenty hits (amongst them CRAZY LOVE, I LOVE YOU BABY, PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER) although it's hard to believe Anka's involvement with the embarrassing sentiments of THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS recorded with Johnny Nash and George Hamilton IV. However, the focus of this compilation is firmly placed on three albums Anka recorded with ace arranger/conductor Don Costa and represent a shift away from the pop market in order to gain the approval of a more mature audience and widen the singer's fan-base. The first PAUL ANKA (1958/Mono) places DIANA in the midst of popular numbers from the past with DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE, WALKIN' MY BABY BACK, JAMBALAYA and SIDE BY SIDE ideally fitting Anka's vocal ability. The following album's concept radically changes pace with a selection of French songs or those with Gallic flavour; taking its title from Anka's recent Chart hit (ALL OF A SUDDEN) MY HEART SINGS (1959/Stereo) based on a French composition with other choices including I LOVE PARIS, AUTUMN LEAVES and IF YOU LOVE ME with purposely underplayed vocals bringing some emotional pull to the varied proceedings. The third album, PAUL ANKA SWINGS FOR YOUNG LOVERS (1959/Stereo) is a mix of recent hits by other vocalists includng SECRET LOVE and LOVE IS A MANY SPENDORED THING and but mainly puts focus on standards with LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE, YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU and P.S. I LOVE YOU amongst numbers which vary between swingers or gentle ballad interpretations.
All in all, this collection proves to be a two-fold tribute to Paul Anka's teenage upsurge as well as his quick spurt towards becoming a versatile singer who could match the best of them when it came to a swinging album of standards. The hits are well-remembered but thanks to Jasmine's reminder via well-considered selections we can now enjoy the latter fifty years on.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A great collection of timeless treasures that don't sound dated.
The original "Teen Idol" Paul Anka was very acomplished for his age he was only about seventeen when he recorded the majority of the songs in this collection.His own compisitions stand up well against the classic songs from the big song writers of the day a testiment to is ability as a song writer.
Poles apart from other teen idols of the day Paul Anka is just as popular now as he was in the late fifties,I wonder if any of the modern day teen idols will be so well accepted in fifty years time?
The original "Teen Idol" Paul Anka was very acomplished for his age he was only about seventeen when he recorded the majority of the songs in this collection.His own compisitions stand up well against the classic songs from the big song writers of the day a testiment to is ability as a song writer.
Poles apart from other teen idols of the day Paul Anka is just as popular now as he was in the late fifties,I wonder if any of the modern day teen idols will be so well accepted in fifty years time?
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