| The Essential Tony Bennett (Rm) (2CD) | 
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Sales Rank: 10244
Category: Music
Artist: Tony Bennett
Publisher: Sony
Studio: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Label: Sony
Format: Limited Edition, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 696998663428
EAN: 0696998663428
ASIN: B000069JIL
Release Date: July 23, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Because Of You | | • | Cold, Cold Heart | | • | Blue Velvet | | • | Rags To Riches | | • | Stranger In Paradise | | • | Sing You Sinners | | • | The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Gigolo And Gigolette) | | • | Just In Time | | • | It Amazes Me | | • | Love Look Away | | • | Firefly | | • | Put On A Happy Face | | • | The Best Is Yet To Come | | • | Tender Is The Night | | • | Once Upon A Time | | • | I Left My Heart In San Francisco | | • | I Wanna Be Around | | • | The Good Life | | • | This Is All I Ask | | • | When Joanna Loved Me | | • | The Rules Of The Road |
Disc 2
| • | Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) | | • | If I Ruled The World | | • | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) | | • | The Shadow Of Your Smile | | • | Smile | | • | The Very Thought Of You | | • | For Once In My Life | | • | Yesterday I Heard The Rain (Esta Tarde Vi Llover) | | • | My Favorite Things | | • | I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You | | • | How Do You Keep The Music Playing | | • | When Do The Bells Ring For Me? | | • | Night And Day | | • | Last Night When We Were Young | | • | Steppin' Out With My Baby | | • | It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Live) | | • | Mood Indigo | | • | Keep the Faith, Baby (w/ K.D. Lang) |
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Amazon.com
Tony Bennett has a typical lack of effusiveness about the kudos of his seven-decade career, but he does reportedly display an inscribed picture from a longtime colleague and fellow saloon singer in his Manhattan apartment. It reads: "To the best goddamned pop singer I've ever heard." It's signed "Frank Sinatra." But don't take the Chairman's word for it. Just listen as these two discs bound from one masterly performance to the next, documenting a career whose ups and downs--Bennett actually went long years without a record contract--belie a robust evolution of vocal strength and subtlety of phrasing. The arc of Bennett's art in the decade from "Cold Cold Heart" and "Rags to Riches" to "The Best Is Yet To Come" and his signature "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is remarkable enough, but it just keeps getting better. When the singer's management shrewdly orchestrated his MTV-powered "comeback" in the late 1980s and '90s, Bennett delivered considerably more than mere hype. Indeed, the highlights of those efforts (a warm, semi-autobiographical collection of ballads; tributes to Sinatra, Astaire, Ellington, and the blues; the obligatory MTV Unplugged set) included here barely skim the surface and arguably warrant a double-disc collection all their own. Still, the 39 tracks here represent the best kind of anthology: one that leaves you craving more. --Jerry McCulley
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 He's GREAT!! July 2, 2008
This is a great cross-section of his body of work!!
It includes some of his best recordings....
The CD is in EXCELLENT condition.....
The Essential Tony Bennett (RM) March 11, 2008
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The Essential Tony Bennett (Rm) (2CD) An outstnding performance by Mr. Bennett even though made long ago - a perfect selection of music lore.
God, I do love that man. January 7, 2008
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2nd CD is the best of the two. "Smile" and "The Very Thought of You" bring tears. What a guy.
The Most Comprehenisve Tony Bennett Collection One Could Ever Hope To Have. A Truly Essential Purchase. January 2, 2008
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He didn't have Frank Sinatra's technical skills nor Bobby Darin's finger snappin' swagger, yet Tony Bennett deservedly carved himself a niche in American popular music as one of its most legendary performers, and his career is still going strong today.
"The Essential Tony Bennett" is an excellent career spanning compilation from Bennett's early 1950s' glory days to his hugely successful 1990s' renaissance, where he managed to defy the generation gap and appeal to even the MTV crowd.
Classic songs such as "Because Of You," (a perennial wedding favorite and one that was played at the weddings of many of my older relatives) "Rags To Riches," the timeless "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," "I Wanna Be Around," "The Good Life," "The Shadow Of Your Smile," and "Steppin' Out With My Baby" all show off Tony's marvelous voice as well as the indominatable spirit and vitality that he puts into his music. His heart may be in San Francisco, but his soul is in every song he sings.
The sound quality is excellent, very clear and sharp. The liner notes are lacking, but contain some nice photos. Overall, this is a truly essential collection of one of America's most beloved entertainers.
a classic compilation November 9, 2007
Sure, if you have a large collection of Tony Bennett recordings, you may not need another one, but if you're in the market for a compilation, this is the best 2 disc collection around. It is one of the few that contains what Tony has referred as his favorite song - "I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You".
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