Frankie Valli - Romancing the 60's
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Free Music Review: Romancing the '60s
Hit: 5 Stars
Frankie Valli did a great job with all tracks, and the music is outstanding, a must buy for your collection of music...Free Music Review: good album even though nothing truly jumps out at you
Hit: 4 Stars
Romancing the '60s gives us thirteen great tracks by the great Frankie Valli. The quality of the sound is rather good but on this album Frankie sings in a much more subdued, less energetic manner, as if eh is indeed romancing the 1960s.
"Take Good Care Of My Baby" features Frankie sounding great as he croons this ballad very well. The tempo is much slower than I'm used to and I'm not quite sure that I like it. The musical arrangement makes good use of the strings in a way that the original track didn't. "My Cherie Amour" works better as this ballad always was a slower tempo ballad. Frankie sounds much better on this track; and the harmonica arrangement works very well for "My Cherie Amour."
Listen also for "Spanish Harlem." This ballad gets the royal treatment from Frankie; and the percussion makes the music shine! Frankie's excellent diction bolsters his performance. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" also sees Frankie score a hit with a very romantic interpretation of this classic ballad; and I like the female backup. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" has a great arrangement for the piano and percussion, too.
"What A Wonderful World" works well as Frankie puts his own stamp on this beautiful number made so famous by the immortal Louis Armstrong. The strings sound great and Frankie never sings a superfluous note. "This Guy's In Love With You" is certainly "mood music" from an era gone by; but when Frankie sings it, this number sounds as fresh as ever!
"What becomes Of The Broken Hearted" has Frankie singing a bit more energetically than he does on the other tracks; I think it works very well here. The CD concludes with "On Broadway." Frankie does this up right with a great female chorus.
Frankie Valli sounds wonderful for a 73 year old man. His fans will consider this a must have CD. However, the more casual fan may be turned off by these tracks which don't have Frankie singing in his beautiful falsetto voice with lots of punch.
Free Music Review: Great effort, but NEW material would have been nice!
Hit: 4 Stars
The songs on this CD are beautifully orchestrated and Frankie Valli's voice is still remarkable. In the past, Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons took classic songs and did them so great, that their versions were unquestionably as good as or better than the original:
Stay, Ain't That A Shame, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Don't Think Twice, I've Got You Under My Skin, And That Reminds Me, Our Day Will Come, Book of Love.
I don't think that any of the songs he has done here will ever be considered as good as or better than the original. And one of my favorite songs of the rock era, Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee certainly does NOT work well as a ballad.
Frankie Valli's last studio CD, Hope and Glory from 1992 had some beautiful new songs. I admire the effort that was put into this CD, but I personally think it would have been better to include mainly new material and a few covers. That said, this is a great addition to any fan's Frankie Valli/4 Seasons' collection.
Free Music Review: Hopefully More Covers To Come
Hit: 4 Stars
One of the masters of the Babyboom generation, though a little older than the rest of us. For his age, Valli does a reasonable job on this album. Even the great Sinatra lost his voice when he was about Valli's age. Age and voice criticism aside, he does a reasonable cover of these classic rock standards. Personally, I would like to see him cover some the doo-wop classics from the 1950's and early 1960's. I think he might excel at some of those old standards, him being from the East Coast and all. "When You Tell Me Good-Bye", "Let It BE Me", "My Girl/Groovin(My # 1 favorite cut)", "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" and "On Broadway" are my favorite cuts. I'm in hopes this will be not be all we hear from him concerning covering old favs from the past. Bob Gaudio, the true genius behind the Four Seasons, has once-again done a masterful job of vocal arranging. Musical arranger's and conductor's Artie Schroeck and Charles Calello are to be commended as well.Free Music Review: The Music Will Have you Humming All Day
Hit: 4 Stars
I've been a Frankie Valli fan for so many years. I've always felt both he and the 4 seasons were such a large part of the the great musical explosion of the 60's,70's generation. Frankie was without a doubt one of the most talented singers, with a powerful voice that had to be heard in person to be believed. Teamed with the genious of Bob Gaudio as his band- mate and the groups writer, success was inevitable.
This album may not have the incredible voice of the younger Valli, yet his timing and phrasing makes up for it. The music is fantastic, and you'll be glad to own this keeper.