Donny Osmond & Marie - The Best of Donny & Marie Osmond - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
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Free Music Notes for The Best of Donny & Marie Osmond - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
Free Music Review: Where's the rest?
Hit: 4 Stars
This is an excellent Donny and Marie comp, no doubt about it. From the wonderful 'Living On My Suspicion' and 'One Of These Days' from the 'Make The World Go Away' album to solo turns from Marie on 'In My Little Corner Of The World' and (the original) 'Paper Roses', it's quality all the way. The sound is great and the packaging is lovely.
However...
It's been 22 years since I purchased my first CD player and all that time I've waited for ALL the Osmonds back catalogue to be released. To my recollection, only one studio has been released and that was 'The Plan' in 2001. True, there have been many excellent comps avaiable in the last 15 years or so, but I just can't understand why all those wonderful big-selling (in many cases) albums have never been released on CD.
I'm certainly not the first to ponder this question but I just wonder what we have to do to get the likes of 'Crazy Horses', 'The Proud One', 'Portrait Of Donny', 'A Time For Us', 'New Season', 'Make The World Go Away' and so many more put on the digital format. For now, though, comps like 'The Millennium Collection' will just have to suffice.
Free Music Review: and THIS they call a "best of" compilation ???
Hit: 3 Stars
20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection - The Best of Donny & Marie Osmond is a disappointing CD because yet again 20th Century Masters has taken a fine pair of artists and whittled them down to a measly twelve tunes and then had the audacity to call this a "best of" compilation. Oh, come on! There's so much more music and hits from these two that I don't know to laugh or cry. Now don't get me wrong--I have no quarrel with the songs on this album; they're really very good. However, the brevity of the CD does bother me--and it should bother you, too, if you're a fan of Donny and Marie Osmond.
"I'm Leaving It All Up To You" starts things off with Donny and Marie harmonizing so sweetly it charms me completely. The fine musical arrangement complements their singing to perfection; and when they sing this song of the vulnerability we all experience when we're starting or rekindling a love affair it is truly something we can all relate to sooner or later. "Let It Be Me" is a beautiful cover and Donny and Marie are featured right in the spotlight--exactly where they belong! "Let It Be Me" uses the strings section well and Donny and Marie sing this with passion; they truly delve into this tune to make it a highlight of this album.
"It Takes Two" is another cover of a tune that impresses me with its natural appeal and beauty; Donny and Marie belt this one out with all their hearts and souls and I predict that you'll like "It Takes Two" if you haven't heard it before. Great! "Living on My Suspicion" has a slow beat that sounds pretty good to me; and listen especially for Donny and Marie to do a smash-up job on "Deep Purple." "Deep Purple" has been performed by many artists; but I honestly believe that when Donny and Marie sing this they nail it to perfection--it's my favorite rendition of this ballad.
"It's All In The Game" is a lovely cover of a very old song that was partly written by a former vice president; and Donny and Marie do this great justice with their superlative harmonizing and that sublime Osmond sound. "It's All In The Game" is yet another highlight of this album. There's also a touching version of "Paper Roses;" "Paper Roses" gets a country flavored arrangement that works wonders for this ballad; and when Marie sings this she takes it to new heights.
The CD ends well with Donny and Marie Osmond performing "Who's Sorry Now?" This Connie Francis tune has a fine interpretation that would have made Connie so proud! The country flavored version of this classic love song makes it shine and this is a very strong ending for this album.
Too bad they didn't include a few extra songs on this album; this is too incomplete to be any type of "best of" compilation. Donny and Marie are so special, too, which makes it all the more aggravating! Three stars for being too short--sorry, folks.
Free Music Review: Lots of gems, but some songs are missing.
Hit: 3 Stars
This collection includes four actual Donny and Marie hits plus some great album tracks like "One of These Days" and the haunting "Living on My Suspicion." These two tracks alone make the CD worth buying. But where are the other hits like "On the Shelf," "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing," "A Little Bit Country" and "You're My Soul and Inspiration"? Also, three Marie Osmond songs are included on the end of the CD. Doesn't she deserve a separate CD collection like brother Donny? Still, this collection (along with 1993's Greatest Hits) does offer some classic gems. Great sound quality too.Free Music Review: disappoint,but happy fan
Hit: 3 Stars
I like this album because it included some Osmond songs that have not yet been released on cd. I also like it that this album includes some of Marie's solos, but I think she deserves to have a Best of Collection for the 20th century cd like her brother, Donny. It would have been great to get some of the other LP flip sides on this one too.Barbara
Free Music Review: Another disappointment
Hit: 2 Stars
The Osmond family's recordings have been reissued off and on for many years now, mostly in the form of less-than-brilliantly-executed Curb CD's, and have yet to be done right, at least comprehensively hit-wise. Even after a box set, some of the hits are still not available on CD.
Unfortunately, missing the opportunity again, this piece from Universal Music takes a step backward in that quest. Though titled "Best of Donnie and Marie Osmond", three (each of which was top-forty so we're not talking minor league here) of the seven charted hits they achieved as a duo are missing, yet two of Marie's solo hits are here. With a total of twelve tracks, there was ample opportunity to include these missing hits instead of the b-sides and album cuts used. To further taint the effort here, if the compilers insisted on tacking on Marie's solo hits to this compilation, then they should have used her never-before-on-CD last pop charting hit, "This Is The Way That I Feel". Compiling these things is not rocket science and while many of the others in the Millennium Collection series are good, basic compilations of most, if not all, of an artist's hits, this one falls flat on its face in that respect.
If you have any of the other D&M collections, you don't need this one. Beyond the faulty track selection, the execution is decent with good sound quality and all tracks in stereo. This piece is a opportunity gone by, falls way short of its promise and offers little incentive to purchase.
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