Rod Stewart - Thanks For The Memory...The Great American Songbook IV
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Artist: Rod StewartEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-10-18
Music Label: J-Records
Soundtracks:
- I've Got a Crush on You - featuring Diana Ross
- I Wish You Love - featuring Chris Botti
- You Send Me - featuring Chaka Khan
- Long Ago and Far Away
- Makin' Whoopee- featuring Elton John
- My One and Only Love
- Taking a Chance on Love
- My Funny Valentine
- I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
- Nevertheless - featuring Dave Koz
- Blue Skies
- Let's Fall in Love - featuring George Benson
- Thanks for the Memory
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Free Music Review: Awful!
Hit: 1 Stars
Oh my Lord! I thought it was bad when Michael Bolton decided he could sing art songs. Rod Stewart as a rocker, whether you liked him or not, was a great example of the genre. He was fun, engaging, and effective. He is simply terrible at this.
His raspy voice is the only thing that sets him apart... but it doesn't add anything to his "interpretations"--mostly bland arrangements with no sense of style, no imagination, and no class. Sorry, Dude. This transformation only worked for Linda Ronstadt.
The fact that these are great pieces of music simply can't overcome the fact that he doesn't know how to do this style. Eww.
Thanks For The Memory...The Great American Songbook IV Poster
Accuse Rod Stewart of what you like--through the years he's been called a philanderer, a has-been, a pageant-ish progenitor of puff rock--but as he has consistently proved with his Great American Songbook series, the concept of dignity is not lost on him. There is a time, after all, for leaping across stages in leopard-print spandex while shamelessly parading an unparalleled gift for scratchy-voiced seduction, and he is past it. Past his prime is another thing. On this fourth installation of the Clive Davis-produced series, Stewart again makes excellent use of his rolodex: Diana Ross, whose affection for this material comes through as convincingly as her spike-haired partner's, cuddles up for opener "I've Got a Crush On You," Chaka Khan packs her bags but not her mighty vocals for "You Send Me," and Sir Elton shelves the recent balladeer's instincts for a rip-roaring run through "Makin' Whoopee." A handful of marquee instrumentalists also returned Rod's calls-- Dave Koz blows sax on "Nevertheless," and trumpeters Chris Botti and Roy Hargrove turn up the heat on "I Wish You Love" and "My One and Only Love" respectively. As on earlier discs, though, it's when Rod rules the spotlight alone that he can be most compelling: Cue up "My Funny Valentine" in the right frame of mind and you may never need to hear it sung by another. Retiring the satin shirts in favor of this material was the smartest move Stewart ever made. --Tammy La GorceMore from the Great American Songbook
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