Julie London - The Best of the Liberty Years

Title: The Best of the Liberty Years Artist: Julie London Release Date: 7/24/2001 Label: EMI Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 0077779129850, 077779129829, 738476110328 Genre: Vocal Music Style: Traditional Pop Moods: Delicate, Elegant, Intimate, Laid-Back/Mellow, Relaxed, Warm, Amiable/Good-Natured, Calm/Peaceful, Gentle, Melancholy, Nocturnal, Reserved, Romantic, Sensual, Soothing, Sophisticated, Stylish, Bittersweet, Humorous, Reflective, Wistful, Refined/Mannered Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Cry Me a River
2. Fly Me to the Moon
3. Why Don't You Do Right?
4. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
5. How Did He Look?
6. Hard Hearted Hannah
7. Please Do It Again
8. Take Back Your Mink
9. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
10. The End of a Love Affair
11. Daddy
12. An Occasional Man
13. Desafinado (Slightly out of Tune)
14. Love for Sale
15. Always True to You in My Fashion
16. There'll Be Some Changes Made

Year Type Label Catalog # 2001 CD EMI 791298

No other editions were found for this album.

This is a strange compilation, awfully strange. First, there's the photograph on the front. When the title says The Best of the Liberty years, one would assume that the material it is talking about is from the entire period. But the photo looks pre-1955. It looks like it was taken long before she ever recorded "Cry Me a River." And that's the other strange thing: that track is the only pre-'60s cut on this set. It opens the collection, being recorded in 1955, and then everything skips to her last moment at Liberty, which was "Fly Me to the Moon." The rest of the material dates from 1961 and 1963 -- very odd indeed. The 1964 selection is arranged in a soft bossa nova style with strings, and while melodically it resembles the classic, its arrangement sounds like it was written for either Astrud Gilberto or Wayne Newton. This is not to say there aren't fine tracks here, there are many, including: "Desafinado," "Love for Sale," "Why Don't You Do Right," "Please Do It Again," "The End of a Love Affair," "An Occasional Man," "There'll Be Some Changes Made," and at least eight others. But the sequencing, listing, and selection is so strange it's hard to reconcile that this is a best of Julie London collection, better yet a best of the Liberty years. This is dodgy and suspect work on the part of some compiler at EMI. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan Dell Producer, Compilation, Liner Notes Julie London Main Performer Wendy Furness Series Coordinator