Nat King Cole

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Nat King Cole
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Artist: Nat King Cole
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Straighten up and Fly Right
  2. Jumpin' at Capitol
  3. Sweet Lorraine
  4. Embraceable You
  5. It's Only a Paper Moon
  6. What Is This Thing Called Love?
  7. You Can Depend on Me
  8. I'm Thru With Love
  9. Sweet Georgia Brown
  10. The Frim Fram Sauce
  11. Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On)
  12. Baby, Baby All the Time
  13. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
  14. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
  15. For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You)
  16. When I Take My Sugar to Tea
  17. Too Marvelous For Words
  18. Blues in My Shower
  19. Kee-Mo KY-Mo (The Magic Song)
  20. Save the Bones For Henry Jones
  21. Nature Boy
  22. Lost April
  23. A Portrait of Jennie
  24. Bop-Kick
  25. For All We Know
Music CD 2
  1. Lush Life
  2. My Baby Just Cares For Me
  3. Can I Come in For a Second?
  4. I'll Never Say Never Again
  5. Mona Lisa
  6. Ev'ry Day (I Fall in Love)
  7. Orange Colored Sky
  8. Jet
  9. Too Young
  10. Red Sails in the Sunset
  11. Unforgettable
  12. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
  13. The Ruby and the Pearl
  14. Somewhere Along the Way
  15. You Stepped Out of a Dream
  16. Funny (Not Much)
  17. Pretend
  18. Angel Eyes
  19. Lover Come Back to Me!
  20. That's All
  21. If Love Is Good to Me
  22. Blue Gardenia
  23. Love Is Here to Stay
  24. This Can't Be Love
  25. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
Music CD 3
  1. Night Lights
  2. When I Fall in Love
  3. Answer Me, My Love
  4. Smile
  5. My One Sin (In Life)
  6. Open up the Doghouse (Two Cats Are Comin' in)
  7. If I Give My Heart to You
  8. A Blossom Fell
  9. If I May
  10. It Could Happen to You
  11. Autumn Leaves
  12. There Will Never Be Another You
  13. To the Ends of the Earth
  14. Ballerina
  15. Caravan
  16. Stardust
  17. When Sunny Gets Blue
  18. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  19. The Party's Over
  20. St. Louis Blues
  21. Looking Back
  22. The Very Thought of You
Music CD 4
  1. Avalon
  2. Perfidia
  3. To Whom It May Concern
  4. Mr. Cole Won't Rock & Roll
  5. Where or When
  6. Day in--Day Out
  7. Azure-Te
  8. Thou Swell
  9. But Beautiful
  10. Non Dimenticar
  11. I Remember You
  12. The Best Thing For You
  13. Poinciana (Song of the Tree)
  14. Ramblin' Rose
  15. That Sunday, That Summer
  16. The Touch of Your Lips
  17. I Don't Want to See Tomorrow
  18. Say It Isn't So
  19. On the Street Where You Live
  20. Standin' in the Need of Prayer

Free Music Notes for Nat King Cole

Free Music Review: Nat King Cole... hours of enjoyment from one of the mellowest singers out there
Hit: 5 Stars

Wow, this box set is fantastic. I had forgotten how utterly flawless Nat Cole's voice was until I listened to a couple greatest hits records I forget were in my collection... and then days later this arrived in the mail from Amazon, a birthday present from a friend. Well let me tell you, when I like an artist I like to get box sets so I can completely immerse myself in their music and this is a great route to go if that's what you're looking for with the late great Nate.

Although this set is 99% geared toward those people who are mostly familiar with Nat's pop music career, there are a couple of nice pieces of him playing the piano. He really was very good. I'm surprised how many people these days don't seem to realize that his jazz piano was his original claim to fame back when he was shy about his singing voice! These piano features include a nice version of "What is This Thing Called Love" and a peppy version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" (although who in the world would ever play that slowly anyway?).

Another reviewer noted the odd omission of "Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer" which I must admit is really strange, but I already own that song on a record by the same name, so I actually didn't even realize that and it wasn't a huge loss in the big scheme of things. It also doesn't have "Almost Like Being in Love", which I thought was a fairly popular recording by him as well.

Listening to this album reminds me that he had some of the absolute best orchestral backing arrangements of any singer ever. Period. The classics-- "Nature Boy", "Unforgettable", "Too Young", "Somewhere Along the Way"-- sometimes I think we forget how beautiful these arrangements are. And then there are "Answer Me My Love", "When I Fall in Love", and Charlie Chaplin's "Smile"... honestly among the most beautiful popular recordings ever, in my opinion. His voice and the orchestra-- WOW. To me, though, the most obvious is his literally *hair-raisingly* gorgeous rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust", which is not only MY personal favorite recording of the most popular and most 'covered' song ever... but it was also the favorite version of Mitchell Parish, so that should tell you something! (and not just about my taste, *ahem*) ;)

"Mr. Cole Won't Rock and Roll" is a very amusing parody of his own past recordings and a lot of the popular (though generally fairly brainless) rock-n-roll songs that were in vogue at the time. I laugh each time I listen to it, and I imagine that if you were into music in the '50s (or you pretend you were around then, like I do), you will recognize most or all of the songs he is poking fun at... sometimes he has modified his own songs and sometimes he has referenced RnR songs of the day-- or sometimes both at the same time.

There's also a fun duet, "Save the Bones for Henry Jones", which made me say... 'oops, why don't I own any albums of Johnny Mercer singing?' so keep in mind this just might make you want to buy other things. :) There's also a duet with Dean Martin, "Open Up the Dog House".

All that to say, if you really like Nat's music, this is a great great set and may even be all you ever need. (I may end up buying some of his jazz trio recordings in the future, but that's a different story...)
I can't recommend this highly enough as it really is an outstanding collection.
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