The Greatest Songs of the Sixties

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Greatest Songs of the Sixties
Greatest Songs of the Sixties
Manilow cuts loose!!
It may not be representative of the 60s, but its a heck of an album

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The Greatest Songs of the Sixties
Barry Manilow
Manufacturer: Arista
Product Group: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000HA4AAE
2006-10-31

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The premise is debatable (can you really call a disc with only one Beatles song a compendium of top '60s tunes?), but the product is anything but. The success of The Greatest Songs of the Fifties, released ten months prior to this latest exercise in musical time-travel, must have stoked Barry Manilow's interpretive skills, or else he's more a flowerchild at heart than his once overly wide lapels and disco shoes let on. Because formulaic as this disc is, it bespeaks a not easily achieved vocal mastery and a gift for gently prying a song away from its original owner. Which is to say it's better than its predecessor. Hand Manilow a Righteous Brothers tune ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'") and he magically minimizes its scale, making it seem more intimate still; pass him a classic made famous by both the Carpenters and Herman's Hermits ("There's a Kind of Hush"), and instead of sending his listeners off on undulating waves of nostalgia, he quietly makes them aware he should have sung it all along (no offense, Herman). "Cherish/Windy," a medley with the Association, works well, but it's the Bacharach numbers that will nudge themselves to the top of easy-listening fans' favorites lists. "This Guy's in Love with You," "What the World Needs Now is Love," and "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," memorable as the original renditions are, have been reawakened; given the Manilow spin, they become the kind of songs the whole world wants to sing. --Tammy La Gorce

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Album Description

After The Greatest Songs of the Fifties skyrocketted to #1 on the Billboard charts and attained Platinum status, Barry Manilow once again takes us through time with his upcoming release, The Greatest Songs of the Sixties. The album, produced by Manilow and Clive Davis, features endless classics including a remake of the Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling'" (1965) to the Beatles' "And I Love Her"(1964), to Herb Alpert's "This Guy's In Love With You" (1968), the Lettermen's "When I Fall In Love" (1962) and Burt Bacharach's "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (1969)

Customer Reviews:

Barryokie .......2007-06-07

There are many artists from the 70's who are jumping back in time with their latest releases. From standards to 70's remakes, Donny Osmond, Bette Midler and Rod Stewart have had success along with Barry Manilow's 50's tribute in 2005. I'm not crazy about all the selections here, but some actually work for Barry. There's A Kind Of Hush and Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, And I Love Her and This Guys In Love. But the first few songs do not make you want to explore this historical remembrance. His voice is just not up to par with the rest of the material here. A little overripe and aged. Cherish/Windy with the original artists, The Association, helping out on vocals just sounds like muzak. Can't Help Falling In Love does not work with his voice at all. Especially if you play Elvis right next to it!

You Lost That Lovin' Feeling is not too bad. Barry gal pal Melissa Manchester & Juice Newton did a version of this a few years back that is INCREDIBLE! He also included Strangers In The Night which he released a few years back on his Sinatra tribute. The UK version of thsi CD includes 2 bonus tracks. A verry mellow version of California Dreamin' and another Beatles tune, Yesterday which is quite good!

I hope that someday he will do a CD of original and standards duets CD. I think it would be a great project for him and will bring him back to the front line musically. Every artist has to do a tribute CD as well as Christmas and Barry has done both, more than once.

Greatest Songs of the Sixties.......2007-05-10

I really enjoyed it and listen to the CD often.

Greatest Songs of the Sixties.......2007-05-07

The Songs are great but I keep hearing the origional artist singing them and they song better. Yet I love Barry Manilow.

Manilow cuts loose!!.......2007-04-13

Barry Manilow is not for the faint of heart, the guy is a maniac. I saw Manilow in Vegas a couple years ago and Manilow live is somewhere between Pantera and Kenny Loggins. He's unpredictable and flat out insane. Sometimes his singing gets lost in the pyrotechnics and little people in costumes riding around the stage on ponies jousting with each other, but it's a fun show nonetheless. This album is simply Barry being Barry. I have no idea who is pictured on the cover of this album because it looks nothing like the Manilow I remember. The guy on the cover looks like a couch. Don't let that distract you, the listener because Manilow flat out cuts loose on 60s music. He brings an angry vibe to songs that really weren't angry to begin with. I was so fired up after the first three songs that I rode my tricycle into a garage door on purpose. I didn't know what else to do. That's what Manilow does to you, he takes you away from your little cocoon and makes you face the harsh realities of the world. I, for one, thank him. Rock on Barry.

It may not be representative of the 60s, but its a heck of an album.......2007-02-28

I listened to a lot of Barry Manilow's stuff in the 1970s and after a while, as much as I enjoyed his earlier stuff, it started to sound repetitive. If you listen to the Essential Barry Manilow, you will notice it. But I enjoyed it nevertheless.

As time passed him by, Manilow changed his sound, recording music in other formats. And eventually, he recorded his 50s album, which was a pretty good disc. And now he's done it again.

The only problem is that it doesn't really represent the 60s. And he doesn't attempt to try songs that do not reflect his own style. And I think that he's wise.

The songs included here represent the softer sides of the 60s All of these songs are beautiful (although my son hates them - he likes music with more of a "kick"). The one big surprise is hearing the Association harmonizing with on a medley of Cherish and Windy. Personally, I would have preferred that he do them both separately or just to have done just one of them. But that's just my own preference.

Overall, if you like the softer sound of the 60s, you'll like this.

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