Bette Midler - Jackpot - The Best Bette ( Amazon Exclusive Bonus Track)
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Free Music Review: LOVED IT
Hit: 5 Stars
LOVE THE CD.I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED BETTE.HER VOICE IS SO GOOD ON EVERYTHING SHE SINGS.Free Music Review: Jackpot,The Best of Bette
Hit: 5 Stars
The title say's it all. She has the most moving voice on this planet.Free Music Review: Truthfully Devine
Hit: 4 Stars
When it comes down to classic singers and actresses, you today have a very rare combination of artists that really deliver from the heart. Now, you have artists like Ashanti and Jessica Simpson who are known for trying to have it both ways, but sadly, they fall completely flat from the heart, and weak on the voice. But, it is so hard to find that rare combination, the way classics like Bette Midler have always been known for. Since the 70's, Bette not only made a staple on her own, but with great acting abilities too, performing in movies like The Rose, Beaches, and appearing in Broadway in musicals and plays like Clams On The Half-Baked Shell in 1975, and as a extra in Fiddler On The Roof. But, for anyone who has not yet heard the true voice of The Divine Miss M, they now can with this album.
2008's Jackpot: The Best Bette is the latest Bette Midler greatest hits album, reflecting her near 35 year career of both as a soundtrack legend, but as a strong Pop vocalist. The single disc collection replaces Bette's well-dedicated 1993 classic hits collection, Experience The Divine, which sadly went out of print a few years ago. While the collection does bring in Bette's biggest songs which have been restored and remastered well, there are also a few surprises here that you really didn't expect. Some of them strong, but others not so divine. The album includes her biggest hits including The Rose, the classic 1987 anthem from Beaches Wind Beneath My Wings, her signature breakout hit Friends, as well as underrated hits like From A Distance, and This Ole House from her 2003 tribute to Rosemary Clooney album.
There are also a few new tracks here including a cover of The Temptations Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me), and the unreleased Something You Heart Has Been Telling Me. Sadly though, I was honestly wishing that there could've been a few of Bette's overlooked moments from the 90's here, like her distinctive and moving performance of One For My Baby during her 1992 live performance on Johnny Carson's final episode from The Tonight Show, and her 90's overshadowed songs like To Deserve You and You Don't Own Me from her 1996 hit film, The First Wives Club with Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn. Also, I was also a bit shocked that her 2006 Christmas Song, Cool Yule was featured here, which is very rare a holiday Jingle has ever been on a greatest hits collection.
Still, it is sad that people now would rather be interested in those wannabe divas like Britney Spears and the selfish Paris Hilton, who really doesn't sing. To be honest with you, I'd rather her a diva that is heartfelt, funny and just a great example of giving back to others. Bette Midler is one of those examples, who I'm sometimes forgettful of how brilliant and deep her songs truly are. Nevertheless, Jackpot: The Best Bette, isn't a bad collection for anyone who has not yet even heard a Bette Midler song, but could've brought in more highlights from the Divine Miss M's legendary career.
Album Cover: B
Songs: C+
Price: B-
Remastering: B+
Overall: B-
Free Music Review: Juggling the Divine
Hit: 4 Stars
To be an artist that can jump from style to style and genre to genre is a rarity in any medium. And in this day and age, it's consider a surefire career snuffer. Which makes Bette Midler a national treasure. She has wrapped her pipes around popular standards, bawdy bathhouse songs, sentimental ballads and - in the process - created a few standards of her own. While "The Best Bette" nicely replaces Experience the Divine, it isn't a perfect set.
There are 19 songs here, but the emphasis is on the sentimental. It would have been nice to let some of Bette's naughtier moments pop in (even a routine from the out of print Mud Will Be Flung Tonight). I'm also not so sure listing the tracks out of chronological order helps with the listening experience, as hearing the 80's layer-cake reverb production of "Wind Beneath My Wings" next to the spare, breathy 1972 "Do You Want to Dance." The album as a continual platter is disjointed.
That doesn't mean Bette isn't worth listening to. From her first show on the scene, The Divine Miss M, she established herself as a unique entertainer, a singer who could slip into songs and styles with ease. Her version of John Prine's "Hello In There" from that album is probably my favorite version of a Prine song by another artist. She successfully made the leap to acting when The Rose Soundtrack took her to the number one position on the charts, and then Beaches gave her a lock on super-stardom. Only Barbra Streisand comes close to Bette as a contemporary, and Bette can rock harder.
While of late, Bette has been working the American Songbook (Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee), she can still knock any song she wants to out of the park. "The Best Bette" is not perfect, but almost every song here is.
Free Music Review: A missed opportunity but still good....
Hit: 4 Stars
I agree with the other reviewer this is a lovely collection and there are many wonderful songs that feature on it but Bette has done so much in her career and it could have gone a little further to truly fly the flag as THE BEST BETTE.
The biggest glaring oversight for me is the DANCE MIX of Bette's massive US club hit TO DESERVE YOU. Why did they have to overlook this gem as anyone who comes across it usually is dead impressed. In fact Bette had a series of American hits on the club scene that could have easily been added to this CD which go further to show her diversity as a singer.
We love you Bette but Rhino/Warner you could have done better (this is coming from a guy who compiles collections for record labels as a living).