Search - Steve Lawrence :: Sings of Love and Sad Young Men / Portrait

The Master!

S. P. McCauley | 11/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"We're so lucky to find this amazing reissue! The first album in the set is the ultimate in male vocal studio albums.



Arranged brilliantly by Patrick Williams, this is an absolute must-have for anyone interested in the art of the popular male vocal. Steve Lawrence rises to the very top here with the most beautiful, deeply-felt, rich, tender, powerful, aching, authoritative, passionate pop vocals I've ever heard by anyone, bar none. The collection is a brilliantly focused suite of frequently profound and very wise ballads concerning love: yearning for love, love lost, love savored, and love truly known and declared.



The range of power and vulnerability in Lawrence's voice will astonish you; he is a master in full control of his talent and his instrument--giving full free rein to his heart.



I wasn't familiar with every song here, so several of them were like buried treasures suddenly shining bright, each in its own way an instant masterpiece. WOW! Be prepared to be surprised! And delighted! And genuinely moved.



A wonderful second album arranged by Nelson Riddle is included, but the first one sets the standard and is not to be missed--truly a master class."