Andy Williams - Dear Heart/The Shadow of Your Smile

Title: Dear Heart/The Shadow of Your Smile Artist: Andy Williams Release Date: 3/23/1999 Re-Released On: 2/23/1999 Label: Collectables Records Duration: 66:07 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 090431604823 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Soft Rock, Vocal Pop, Standards, Traditional Pop, AM Pop Moods: Romantic, Smooth, Sophisticated, Carefree, Elegant, Sweet, Amiable/Good-Natured, Cheerful, Earnest, Gentle, Happy, Innocent, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Sentimental, Soothing, Stylish, Bittersweet, Playful, Poignant, Cathartic, Intimate, Plaintive, Reserved, Springlike, Wintry, Calm/Peaceful, Laid-Back/Mellow, Wistful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Red Roses for a Blue Lady
2. It Had to Be You
3. I Can't Stop Loving You
4. Till
5. I'm All Smiles
6. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
7. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
8. Emily
9. Almost There
10. My Carousel
11. Everybody Loves Somebody
12. Dear Heart
13. The Shadow of Your Smile [Love Theme from the Sandpiper]
14. That Old Feeling
15. Meditation
16. Try to Remember
17. Michelle
18. Somewhere
19. The Summer of Our Love
20. Peg O' My Heart
21. How Insensitive
22. Yesterday
23. Bye Bye Blues
24. A Taste of Honey

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD Collectables Records 6048

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Andy Williams' successive annual LP releases Dear Heart (1965) and The Shadow of Your Smile (1966) make for a good two-fer CD reissue. Williams was a leading exponent of movie theme songs in the mid-'60s, and both albums derive their titles from then-current films, 1964's Dear Heart and 1965's The Sandpiper, with several other film songs ("I'm All Smiles" from The Yearling, "Emily" from The Americanization of Emily, "Almost There" from I'd Rather Be Rich) also included. Williams also drew upon theater music for his repertoire, here including "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" (The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd), "Try to Remember" (The Fantasticks), "Somewhere" (West Side Story), and "A Taste of Honey" from stage works. He also liked to update old chestnuts like "It Had to Be You" and "That Old Feeling." The Shadow of Your Smile shows a subtle change in his choices, as the film songs dwindle and he introduces songs by contemporary writer-performers the Beatles ("Michelle," "Yesterday") and Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Meditation," "How Insensitive"). But no matter the source of the material, all the songs get satisfying, melodic treatments from the smooth-voiced balladeer, backed by supportive strings and occasional vocal choruses. This was the definition of easy listening music in the mid-'60s, and it holds up well more than three decades later. (Note that Collectables' packaging is somewhat skimpy and that Mark Marymont's typo-filled liner notes actually concern another reissue in this series, Born Free/Love, Andy, not this one!) ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Mark Marymont Liner Notes