"This amazing album absolutely knocked everyone over the head when it first appeared and quickly earned a Grammy. It was recorded very quickly but you'd think Pet and Tony Hatch had worked on it a year. What's most incredible is that every track is a hit, with all sorts of artists covering songs from this album to get their own smash records. The material is incredibly diverse; the orchestrations as rich and intriguing as you'll ever hear; and Petula Clark is strictly magnificent. It's amazing that 35 years after its release this album is still a propulsive, engaging, hypnotic musical voyage, smart from start to finish. Wait till you hear "Everything In The Garden," for just one example. One problem: If you haven't been a Pet fan or are not familiar with her work, pity your poor pocketbook. You won't be able to stop buying her dozens and dozens of albums, each a gem. Let's not even GET into her French catalog!"
Possibly the best Petula LP ever recorded
Richard W. Tanguy | Huntington beach, CA USA | 05/02/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A powerful package of songs. Not a bad one in the bunch. The extras songs on the CD are also terrific. Buy it. You won't regret it."
Absolutely the best Pet Clark LP ever made.
Richard W. Tanguy | Huntington beach, CA USA | 02/09/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"An extremely infectious album. Every song a gem, even the bonus material. Petula makes every song her own. Has always been my favorite album! It's too great to pass up!!! Grammy award winner from 1965."
Another one of many unique, magical 60's Petula Clark CD's
masterbill | Long Island, New York | 12/09/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Pet sound was unique. It had a pure, very light, airy quality combined with an elegant and rich sound which no other female singer has ever surpassed. She had perhaps better control of her voice than any female pop singer. She was also in my opinion, the most sensual female pop singer whose soft, sensual look was a perfect match for her recordings.Petula's versions of two American hits on this album which she co-authored, You're The One (Vogues) and Call Me (Chris Montez) are outstanding. Every other song on this album is outstanding, and even the quality of her covers such as, In Crowd, Goin' Out Of My Head, and in particular, Dancing In The Street is astounding. Her hits, I Know A Place, Round Every Corner, and You'd Better Come Home are perhaps as good, but not better than the other songs on the CD. In his a 2, 2000 review of this CD, A Music Fan From Chicago in tongue and cheek stated that if you are not familiar with Petula Clark's work, you won't be able to resist buying dozens of her albums without even getting into her French catalog. You should take this warning seriously.IF YOU LIKE SOME OF PETULA CLARK'S RECORDINGS, BE SURE TO SET ASIDE SOME MONEY BEFORE YOU EVEN CHECK OUT HER OTHER CD'S, ESPECIALLY HER BRILLIANT INTERNATIONAL RECORDINGS.After I purchased a budget CD of some of her French songs, I had to get her entire nine volume French Anthologie series and the Bear Family International Collection of her German, Italian and Spanish recordings."
A year after her biggest hit comes Petula Clark's best album
Lawrance M. Bernabo | The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota | 11/15/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"In 1963 Petula Clark suddenly had the #1 song on both sides of the ocean with "Downtown," which meant that an album had to be produced p.d.q.. Of course the album was entitled "Downtown" as well, just so everyone was on the same page. That album was okay, but the following year Clark and Tony Hatch, her main producer and songwriter, put out "I Know a Place," and this time they took the time to make the album they presumably would have made if they had not been in such a rush the first time around. Hatch wrote several decent tunes on the album, with the title song being the best of the bunch, but "Call Me" is pretty good, as are a couple of songs co-written with Clark, "Heart" and "You're the One." That last one was later a gold record for the Vogues, but there is something to be said for this original version, which does not exactly square with Clark's good girl image. However, her covers of "The 'In' Crowd," "Going Out of My Head," and "Dancing in the Street" probably come off a little bit better and are certainly more in the style that made "Downtown" a mega-hit. Clark even trots out the old Gershwin tune "A Foggy Day" and tries a little bit of soul with "Every Little Bit Hurts." There obviously is not a song as good as "Downtown" on this album, good as the title track happens to be, but the album "I Know a Place" is a the stronger one of the pair and probably the best of her career."
Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
