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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0074646357026 Format: Enhanced, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony MPN: 63570 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: October 03, 2000 Studio: Sony Editorial Review: Amazon.com: While Sinatra, Martin, and the Rat Pack were busy sacrificing a good measure of their vocal talents in the sordid business of fame and fortune, Tony Bennett was quietly, stubbornly, burnishing his vocal gifts into High, if seemingly effortless, Art. How good is Bennett? Just ask the Chairman of the Board and Head Rat: "The best goddamned pop singer I've ever heard." While a single disc can't offer much more than a sketchy outline of Bennett's rich, seven-decade career, this one offers the commercial peaks--and some telling hints at the restless artistic instinct that produced them. From the pure, nearly operatic power and perfect vibrato he displays on early hits such as "Rags to Riches," "Stranger in Paradise" and the overly theatrical, borderline kitsch of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" through his signature "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" to his gratifying if unlikely '90s resurgence, you can literally hear Bennett's voice tempering like the wood of a Stradivarius, his phrasing taking on a deceptively loose, jazz-fueled languor that tells you where his musical heart really lies. The singer, not the song; damn straight advice--take it from a master. -Jerry McCulley Average Rating:
 Rating:  - You Can't DO An "Ultimate" Tony Bennett Single CDWith all due respect to the people involved with the production of this 2000 Sony release (Didier C. Deutsch, Darcy M. Proper, Danny Bennett and Steve Berkowitz), not to mention Tony himself, it's really quite impossible to come with a definitive single 20-track CD "ultimate" compilation for a man who racked up some 67 hit singles from his first in 1951 (Because Of You - # 1 for TEN weeks that summer) to his last in 1976 (As Time Goes By - # 28 Adult Contemporary early that spring). Never mind his ... Read More Rating: - Going from Rags to Riches..............Due to the fine contributions of my vast fan club, I was able to afford a 5 star restaurant for some fine cuisine. I took my seeress love Sondra to the world reknown Le Chateau de Penguin (named, I suppose, for the way the waiters look). We were seated immediately in the lush Iceberg Room, with beautiful paintings of lettuce on the walls. Awesome and stunning. And let's not forget the ice sculptures of Dr. Federick A. Cook and Admiral Robert E. Peary, at opposite ends of the center french provincial ... Read More Rating: - fine single CD retrospectiveThe Ultimate Tony Bennett is essentially a single CD retrospective of what Tony Bennett himself considered to be his best work. (Bennett himself picked the songs for the album.) The quality of the sound is excellent and the artwork is nicely done. The selection of songs may lean toward to 1950s and the 1960s but Tony Bennett truly was so great that just about anything he ever sang is priceless. The album starts off with Tony singing the single version of "I Left My Heart In San Francisco." ... Read More Rating: - The best Tony Bennett single disc complilation out there!!!20 Tony Bennett classics on one great sounding re-mastered CD!!! Absolute classic stuff from start to finish!!! Really lives up to the name of "The Ultimate Tony Bennett"!!! Thats all that needs to be said!!! 20 Timeless classics for us to cherish forever!!! Two thumbs up!!! Five stars!!! A+ Rating: - Great CD A Bennet ClassicI purchased this CD for a good friend as a birthday gift. He is a huge Tony Bennet fan and just returned from seeing him in concert in Illinois. The disc is wonderful and made my friend's day. He is a Bennett efficionado and thought the disc was the best he had heard. |
