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Love Songs [12/28] *
 

Love Songs [12/28] *

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Love Songs [12/28] *
"Love Songs [Monument/Legacy]" (12/28/2004) Oldies Orbison, Roy, Legacy RecordingsPersonnel: Roy Orbison (vocals, guitar); Jerry Glenn Kennedy, Winfield Scot "Scotty" Moore, Joseph W. Tanner, Thomas E. Martin, Fred Carter, Jr., Hank Garland, Raymond Q. "Ray" Edenton, Billy Sanford, Boudleaux Bryant (guitar); Sheldon Kurland, Wilda Tinsley, Vernal E. Richardson, Roby Ann Story, Martin Kathan, Alline Fentress, Kenneth Goldsmith, Lillian Vannhunt, Michael Semanitzky, Pamela Goldsmith, George Binkley III, Brenton Banks, Cecil Brower (violin); Howard Carpenter (viola); Byron Bach (cello); Boots Randolph (saxophone); Cameron Lavelle Mullins (trumpet); Dana King, Robert E. Bays, Dana King (French horn); William Whitney Pursell (vibraphone); Bob Moore (bass instrument); John W. Greubel, Paul Garrison, Buddy Harman (drums); Anita Kerr Singers (background vocals); Harold Bradley, Wayne Moss (guitar); Charlie McCoy (harmonica); Floyd Cramer, Marvin Hughes (piano); Jerry Arnold (drums). Liner Note Author: Johnny Whiteside. Recording information: Fred Foster Sound Studio, Nashville, TN; RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN. Arrangers: Joseph W. Tanner; Jim Hall. With his geeky, black-rimmed glasses and pasty, pudgy-faced visage, Roy Orbison was never exactly heartthrob material. Nevertheless, his poetic lyrics, quavering tenor, and impassioned vocal delivery made him one of the most romantic singers in pop history. The Orbison addition to Columbia's LOVE SONGS series is an excellent cross-section of the enigmatic performer's aesthetic, capturing the dreamy, yearning essence of his music perfectly. From the opener, "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)," the listener is struck by the singer's ability to blend rich melodies, string-sweetened arrangements, and pop hooks in a powerfully effective way. This distinctive style carries through on the building drama of "Running Scared," the misty-eyed fantasy of "Blue Bayou," and the definitive relationship curtain call, "It's Over." Each gem here achieves the dimensions of a mini-epic (particularly the surreal, aching masterpiece "In Dreams") via swelling strings, backing vocals, and escalating dynamics. Through it all is Orbison's superb, reverb-touched voice that virtually drips with love, heartbreak, loneliness, and longing. Orbison's vocals and music are so closely connected to the more tender emotions, if fact, that this well-selected LOVE SONGS--save a couple important omissions (namely "Pretty Woman" and "Crying")--plays like a greatest-hits collection.

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Love Songs [1/11]
 

Love Songs [1/11]

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Love Songs [1/11]
"Love Songs" (01/11/2005) Oldies Sedaka, Neil, RCA/LegacyAdditional personnel: Stan Applebaum. Audio Remixer: Thom Cadley. Liner Note Author: Neil Sedaka. Arranger: Stan Applebaum. Neil Sedaka's entry in RCA/Legacy's Love Songs series is a nice little collection of hits and obscurities from the first stage of Sedaka's career. The 14 tracks date from 1958 to 1964 and include two of his biggest hits: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" and the buoyant "Oh! Carol." The rest of the tunes are a mix of sweet ballads written by Sedaka and his partner Howard Greenfield like "I Must Be Dreaming," "I Found My World in You," and "You Mean Everything to Me" and show tunes like a swinging take on Rodgers & Hammerstein's "We Kiss in a Shadow," a subdued "All the Way," and a soaring skip through "I'll Be Seeing You." Best of all is "One-Way Ticket (To the Blues)," a peppy novelty tune with an imaginative arrangement and a great vocal from Neil. It's not much of a love song; quite a few songs here aren't either. No matter, this still is a nice collection from a truly under-rated artist. ~ Tim Sendra

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Sings Songs of Love by Patsy Cline (CD - 02/21/2006)
 

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Sings Songs of Love by Patsy Cline (CD - 02/21/2006)
"Sings Songs of Love" (02/21/2006) Oldies Cline, Patsy, Music MillAs the title implies, SINGS SONGS OF LOVE is a compilation of Patsy Cline's romatically inclined material, from throughout her all-too-short career. Producer: Owen Bradley. Compilation producer: Bob Zipkin. As budget compilations go, this one actually has a reason to live; in fact, it's got a concept - Cline singing romantic ballads - that actually makes sense, both musically and thematically. It's also helpful that most of these songs were recorded around the same time (early '60s), which means that the instrumental backing - twangy guitars, the piano banging out triplets, Jordannaires style chorus vocals - has a nice consistency. Several of Cline's biggest hits are here of course ("Crazy," "Sweet Dreams," "I Fall to Pieces"), but there are also excellent, lesser known tracks including nice covers of the Duprees doo-wop classic "You Belong to Me," and Cole Porter's "True Love."

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Love Songs Of The 70's
 

Love Songs Of The 70's

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Love Songs Of The 70's
"Love Songs of the 70's [Sony]" (12/2005) R&B Various Artists, Sony Music Distribution (USA)This 12-track, budget-priced sampler of 1970s pop ballads drawn from the vaults of Sony Music (and originally released on the Columbia, Cleveland International, Epic, Monument, Philadelphia International, and T-Neck labels) contains tracks that seem to turn up over and over on compilations: "The Air That I Breathe," by the Hollies; "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)," by Looking Glass; "Baby, Hold On," by Eddie Money. For the most part, it alternates white and black performers, following the Emotions with Kris Kristofferson, who is succeeded by Billy Paul, then Michael Murphey, and so on. Some of the R&B tracks did better in the R&B charts than in the pop charts (the Manhattans' "There's No Me Without You" missed the pop Top 40, but made the R&B Top Five), but there are also some chart-toppers (the Emotions' "Best of My Love," Paul's "Me and Mrs. Jones," "Brandy [You're a Fine Girl]"). Since the album was released by Sony's Special Products division, you are more likely to run across it in a rack near the cash register at your local drugstore than in a record store. There you will have to decide, on impulse, whether there are enough familiar songs to pick it up at the cheap price. That's up to you, really, but we will note that these are the original recordings, and they sound fine. ~ William Ruhlmann

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Love Songs by Dusty Springfield (CD - 01/16/2001)
 

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Love Songs by Dusty Springfield (CD - 01/16/2001)
"Love Songs" (01/16/2001) Oldies Springfield, Dusty, Rhino Records (USA)Personnel includes: Dusty Springfield (vocals); Tom Springfield (background vocals). Producers: John Franz, Bill Landis, Marcel Stellman, Dusty Springfield, Tom Dowd. Compilation producer: Jim Pierson. Recorded between April 1967 and November 1971. Includes liner notes by Jim Pierson. Digitally remastered by Dan Hersh (Digi Prep). Personnel: Dusty Springfield (vocals); Tom Springfield (background vocals). Audio Remasterer: Dan Hersch. Liner Note Author: Jim Pierson. Recording information: 04/1967-04/1970. Directors: Keith Mansfield; Alan Tew; Reg Guest. Photographer: Jim Pierson. Arrangers: Jimmy Horowitz; Peter Knight; Tom Dowd. Rhino's Love Songs series usually features unimaginative anthologies of romantic-minded tunes from a star's catalog. Whether through an act of sneaky subversion or not, Dusty Springfield's entry in the series is quite the worthwhile exception. It focuses almost wholly on rarities that will be an appreciated supplement to the library of even the dedicated Springfield collector. All of the tracks date from 1967-71, and only two of them -- the hits "Son-of-a Preacher Man" and "The Look of Love" -- could be considered familiar and easily obtainable. The rest are an assortment of songs that were not released in the U.S. at that time, whether they appeared only on U.K. albums or singles, or on the now hard-to-find The Legend of Dusty Springfield box set. Over half of the 16 tracks were previously unissued in the U.S., and three songs from her early 1970 sessions with Gamble-Huff appear here for the first time anywhere. Most important of all, the music is worthwhile, and pretty much up to the standard of her better material from the late 1960s and early 1970s, widely available or otherwise. It's pretty diverse as well, taking in quality soul covers (Barbara Acklin's "Am I the Same Girl"), Gamble-Huff originals (from the discarded 1970 sessions), lush orchestrated pop ("The Colour of Your Eyes"), cool jazz (David Frishberg's "Sweet Lover No More"), pop ("Spooky"), and even bossa nova (Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Meditation") and pop-folk ("Morning Please Don't Come," a 1970 single with her brother Tom Springfield). ~ Richie Unterberger

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Love Songs Of The 60's
 

Love Songs Of The 60's

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Love Songs Of The 60's
"Love Songs of the 60's [Sony]" (12/2005) Oldies Various Artists, Sony Music Distribution (USA)

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80's Pop: Soul Songs
 

80's Pop: Soul Songs

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80's Pop: Soul Songs
"80's Pop: The Best of Smooth Love Songs" (09/09/2003) R&B Various Artists, Flashback RecordsAudio Remasterer: Bob Fisher . 80s Pop: The Best of Smooth Love Songs collects ten quiet storm hits released in the '80s including original versions of "Always" (Atlantic Starr), "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" (Peabo Bryson), "Just the Two of Us" (Grover Washington, Jr.), and "Baby, Come to Me" (Patti Austin & James Ingram). A definite bargain bin pick. ~ Al Campbell

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Greatest Love Songs by Pat Boone (CD - 04/06/2004)
 

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Greatest Love Songs by Pat Boone (CD - 04/06/2004)
"Greatest Love Songs" (04/06/2004) Oldies Boone, Pat, CurbPat Boone has been underestimated as a ballad singer, but he usually excelled when he was charting love on the downward slide, as on his cover of Ivory Joe Hunter's "I Almost Lost My Mind." The ten-track Curb collection Greatest Love Songs, a companion to Greatest Rock N' Roll Songs, doesn't include any of these, concentrating instead on his sunniest love songs -- "Love Letters in the Sand," "April Love," "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" -- along with a few lesser performances. ~ John Bush

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Peace and Love Songs [1995] by Donovan (CD - 03/14/2006)
 

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Peace and Love Songs [1995] by Donovan (CD - 03/14/2006)
"Peace and Love Songs [1995]" (03/14/2006) Oldies Donovan, Collectables RecordsThis budget-priced greatest hits features the more psychedelic-sounding of the 1960s troubadour's songs, such as "Sunshine Superman" and "The Trip," in addition to his rocking version of Terry Reid's "Superlungs My Supergirl" and the pretty, woodwind-accompanied "Jennifer Juniper." This budget-priced greatest hits features the more psychedelic-sounding of the1960s troubadour's songs, such as "Sunshine Superman" and "The Trip," in addition to his rocking version of Terry Reid's "Superlungs My Supergirl" and the pretty, woodwind-accompanied "Jennifer Juniper."

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Rock 'n' Roll Love Songs [Solid Gold] by Various Artists (CD - 10/25/2005)
 

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Rock 'n' Roll Love Songs [Solid Gold] by Various Artists (CD - 10/25/2005)
"Rock 'n' Roll Love Songs [Solid Gold]" (10/25/2005) Oldies Various Artists, Solid Gold RecordsThis eccentric two-disc set of rock & roll love songs is perhaps most notable for its odd choices, given the thousands of songs that could have been included. Not that anything here is really out of place, but tracks like Roy Orbison's "Devil Doll," Jerry Lee Lewis' version of "Save the Last Dance for Me," Carl Perkins' "Put Your Cat Clothes On," and Johnny Cash's "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" seem a good deal less obvious for this kind of compilation than "Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups, the Spaniels' "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight," the Casinos' "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," and Jerry Butler's "For Your Precious Love." Still, every song included here is a love song of sorts, however unexpected, and the odd mix of selections makes it kind of fascinating, at least the first time through. ~ Steve Leggett

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Devoted to You: Love Songs by The Everly Brothers (CD) [IMPORT - Germany]
 

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Devoted to You: Love Songs by The Everly Brothers (CD) [IMPORT - Germany]
"Devoted to You: Love Songs" (02/08/2000) Oldies Everly Brothers (The), Varese (Japan)Personnel includes: Phil & Don Everly (vocals); Chet Atkins (guitar). Producer: Archie Bleyer. Compilation producer: Cary E. Mansfield. Recorded between 1958 and 1960. Includes liner notes by Andrew Sandoval and John Hosum. Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch (DigiPrep, Hollywood, California). Personnel: Don Everly, Phil Everly (guitar). Liner Note Author: Andrew Sandoval. DEVOTED TO YOU is a very interesting collection of early Everly Brothers ballads recorded between 1957 and 1960, during the Everlys' tenure at Cadence Records. This material arguably represents their peak creative period. DEVOTED mixes familiar hits ("Devoted to You," "All I Have to Do is Dream," "When Will I Be Loved") with B-sides and with outtakes and demos previously unreleased in America-including the exquisite "Life Ain't Worth Living." Interestingly, the less familiar material tends to skew more toward the Everlys' country roots. "I Wonder if I Care as Much," for example, is one of the very few Everly Brothers songs graced with pedal-steel guitar.

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Rock & Roll Classic Love Songs by Various Artists (CD) [IMPORT - Germany]
 

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Rock & Roll Classic Love Songs by Various Artists (CD) [IMPORT - Germany]
"Rock & Roll Classic Love Songs" (01/28/2003) Oldies Various Artists, Varese (Japan)Compilation producers: Cary E. Mansfield, Steve Massie. Recorded between 1959 & 1967. Includes liner notes by Steve Massie. Liner Note Author: Steve Massie. Director: Bert Berns. Arrangers: Joe Craig Jones; Fred Weismantel; Mike Stoller; Carole King. Rock & Roll's Classic Love Songs is an 18-song disc with a misleading title. These love songs are definite classics of the early '60s, but they are a lot more pop than they are rock & roll. There's no Eddie Cochran or Chuck Berry or Little Richard; instead, there are plenty of sweet melodies from the likes of Ketty Lester ("Love Letters"), Johnny Tillotson ("Poetry in Motion"), the Crests ("Angels Listened In"), the Casinos ("Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"), Frankie Avalon ("Just Ask Your Heart"), and the Dixie Cups ("Chapel of Love"). It's not without reason that this was released a couple weeks before Valentine's Day; it's not a bad compilation of songs from the period that fit the mood. ~ Andy Kellman This collection from the always-reliable Varese Sarabande label compiles 18 chart hits that appeared roughly between 1959 and 1967. Each song appears in its original charting version; the liners include label, arrangement, songwriting, and production credits, as well as the songs' highest charting position. The set isn't chock-full of smash hits, but that's exactly what makes it entertaining. Rock & Roll Classic Love Songs is kind of a misleading title, since these songs recall the last gasp of 1950s vocal pop, before rock & roll really took over with the British Invasion. It possesses a time-capsule quality that's a bit nostalgic, sure, but also emblematic of the strong production and songwriting behind these numbers. While the biggest hits chart-wise here are "Chapel of Love" (Dixie Cups, Pop Number One, 1964), and "Hey Paula" (Paul & Paula, Pop Number One, 1962), the real standout -- and standard-bearer for the collection -- is the fabulous Phil Spector production "I Love How You Love Me," which the Paris Sisters took to Number Five in 1961 behind Priscilla Paris' alluring vocal. The song's dreamlike quality pervades much of Rock & Roll Classic Love Songs, making it a solid purchase not only for collectors, but anyone with a soft spot for one of pop music's bygone eras. ~ Johnny Loftus Rock & Roll's Classic Love Songs is an 18-song disc with a misleading title. These love songs are definite classics of the early '60s, but they are a lot more pop than they are rock & roll. There's no Eddie Cochran or Chuck Berry or Little Richard; instead, there are plenty of sweet melodies from the likes of Ketty Lester ("Love Letters"), Johnny Tillotson ("Poetry in Motion"), the Crests ("Angels Listened In"), the Casinos ("Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"), Frankie Avalon ("Just Ask Your Heart"), and the Dixie Cups ("Chapel of Love"). It's not without reason that this was released a couple weeks before Valentine's Day; it's not a bad compilation of songs from the period that fit the mood. ~ Andy Kellman

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Superstars Best Love Songs, Vol. 1-2 by Various Artists (CD - 02/02/1994)
 

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Superstars Best Love Songs, Vol. 1-2 by Various Artists (CD - 02/02/1994)
"Superstars Best Love Songs, Vol. 1-2" (02/02/1994) Oldies Various Artists, Original Sound EntertainmentDigitally remastered by Tony Vescio and Wayne Pauley at Royal Sound Studios, Hollywood, California. BEST LOVE SONGS, VOLS. 1 & 2 is a 2-disc set containing the albums 13 OF THE BEST DOO WOP LOVE SONGS and BEST LOVE SONGS, VOL. 2. Superstars Best Love Songs, Vol. 1 - 2 combines 26 tracks from R&B and doo wop artists of the '50s including Little Caesar & the Romans, the Skyliners and the Penguins alongside adult contemporary stars of the '70s like Frankie Valli, Morris Albert and Climax. The sequencing doesn't make any sense and appears to be thrown together, so skip this. ~ Al Campbell

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Ultimate Love Songs
 

Ultimate Love Songs

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Ultimate Love Songs
"Ultimate Love Songs" (02/22/2001) Rock & Pop Detonators, Solana Records

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Love Songs by Buddy Holly (CD - 02/19/2001)
 

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Love Songs by Buddy Holly (CD - 02/19/2001)
"Love Songs" (02/19/2001) Oldies Holly, Buddy, Spectrum Music (UK)This UK compilation spotlights the romantic side of the late 1950s rock icon, featuring the UK-only hits "Valley of Tears" and "You've Got Love" alongside celebrated Buddy Holly classics "Not Fade Away" and "Crying, Waiting, Hoping." This K-Tel affair repackages the same 1984 John and Bill Pickering overdubs as the 1999 Charly release Buddy Holly & the Picks, focusing this time on love songs (but no "Peggy Sue"). So while it really is Buddy Holly singing on standouts like "Raining in My Heart," "True Love Ways," and "Heartbeat," his vintage master recordings have been augmented with the barber shop-style backing vocals of the Picks. Sure, the vocal group sang backup on The Chirping Crickets, among other Holly albums of the '50s; but here their harmonies seem almost to take up too much space. In the end, they unwittingly crowd out Holly, himself, suggesting that exhuming these sessions from the vault and tweaking them -- without the aid of the original producer -- might not, in retrospect, have been the best idea. Some listeners may enjoy the addition of the Picks' talented harmonies. But it's likely that Holly purists will smell something fishy. Besides, it's the spare, almost introspective singing and playing of Holly that made much of his music so powerful and so intimate. Busying it up with cooing backup vocals just complicates matters, and even makes it hard to concentrate on Holly, himself. ~ Johnny Loftus A 20-song compilation of Buddy Holly's more romantic ballads. (Reissued in 1982 by Music For Pleasure under the title 20 Love Songs.) ~ William Ruhlmann

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love song for kyrie snow *
 

love song for kyrie snow *

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"Love Song for Kyrie Snow *" (07/08/2005) Rock & Pop Steffey, William, Aquariphone

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Only the Love Songs by Buddy Holly (CD - 03/19/2002)
 

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Only the Love Songs by Buddy Holly (CD - 03/19/2002)
"Only the Love Songs" (03/19/2002) Oldies Holly, Buddy, K-Tel DistributionThis K-Tel affair repackages the same 1984 John and Bill Pickering overdubs as the 1999 Charly release Buddy Holly & the Picks, focusing this time on love songs (but no "Peggy Sue"). So while it really is Buddy Holly singing on standouts like "Raining in My Heart," "True Love Ways," and "Heartbeat," his vintage master recordings have been augmented with the barber shop-style backing vocals of the Picks. Sure, the vocal group sang backup on The Chirping Crickets, among other Holly albums of the '50s; but here their harmonies seem almost to take up too much space. In the end, they unwittingly crowd out Holly, himself, suggesting that exhuming these sessions from the vault and tweaking them -- without the aid of the original producer -- might not, in retrospect, have been the best idea. Some listeners may enjoy the addition of the Picks' talented harmonies. But it's likely that Holly purists will smell something fishy. Besides, it's the spare, almost introspective singing and playing of Holly that made much of his music so powerful and so intimate. Busying it up with cooing backup vocals just complicates matters, and even makes it hard to concentrate on Holly, himself. ~ Johnny Loftus A 20-song compilation of Buddy Holly's more romantic ballads. (Reissued in 1982 by Music For Pleasure under the title 20 Love Songs.) ~ William Ruhlmann This K-Tel affair repackages the same 1984 John and Bill Pickering overdubs as the 1999 Charly release Buddy Holly & the Picks, focusing this time on love songs (but no "Peggy Sue"). So while it really is Buddy Holly singing on standouts like "Raining in My Heart," "True Love Ways," and "Heartbeat," his vintage master recordings have been augmented with the barber shop-style backing vocals of the Picks. Sure, the vocal group sang backup on The Chirping Crickets, among other Holly albums of the '50s; but here their harmonies seem almost to take up too much space. In the end, they unwittingly crowd out Holly, himself, suggesting that exhuming these sessions from the vault and tweaking them -- without the aid of the original producer -- might not, in retrospect, have been the best idea. Some listeners may enjoy the addition of the Picks' talented harmonies. But it's likely that Holly purists will smell something fishy. Besides, it's the spare, almost introspective singing and playing of Holly that made much of his music so powerful and so intimate. Busying it up with cooing backup vocals just complicates matters, and even makes it hard to concentrate on Holly, himself. ~ Johnny Loftus

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20 Great Love Songs by The Everly Brothers (CD - 1999)
 

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20 Great Love Songs by The Everly Brothers (CD - 1999)
"20 Great Love Songs" (1999) Oldies Everly Brothers (The), Disky (Netherlands)

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Songs You Will Love...After A 6-Pak - Volume 1 *
 

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"Songs You Will Love...After a 6-Pak, Vol. 1 *" (12/28/2003) Rock & Pop Jimmie R. Vestal, Sand and Palms

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