An odd compilation
R. Riis | NY | 03/15/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"A nice compilation at a nice price, but since most of Andy William's hit singles were love songs this CD comes across as an oddly programmed collection of mostly 1970s covers of other peoples' hits mixed with a few older hits of Andy's. This is not the best choice for AW samplers (it's not even the best AW 1970's compilation) and AW fans will already have most of this material elsewhere. A better bet are some of the more hit-oriented AW compilations or, better yet, the original albums available as CD two-fors."
Great selection mostly of covers
Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 01/12/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Although some of Andy's own hits are here (Can't take my eyes off you, Can't get used to losing you, Where do I begin, Solitaire, Can't help falling in love, Butterfly, Music to watch girls by, May each day), this collection is mostly made up of his distinctive covers of other people's hits. Big UK hits conspicuous by their absence include Almost there and Home loving man - however, these and Andy's other hits are easy to find on other compilations, notably the double CD Very best of. Andy's interpretations of some popular music classics will give enormous pleasure to his legions of fans.
So here you get Andy's versions of Something stupid (Nancy and Frank Sinatra), Seasons in the sun (Terry Jacks), Strangers in the night (Frank Sinatra), Fire and rain, You've got a friend (both James Taylor), We've only just begun (Carpenters), The way we were (Barbra Streisand), The look of love (Dusty Springfield), You are the sunshine of my life (Stevie Wonder), Touch me in the morning (Diana Ross), Without you (a number one UK hit for Nilsson in the seventies and Mariah Carey in the nineties), Unchained melody (a huge hit for several artists through the years but especially the Righteous brothers), Hawaiian wedding song (a minor hit for Julie Rogers, whose big hit was The wedding), I won't last a day without you (Carpenters) and Killing me softly (Roberta Flack).,
So relax and enjoy an easy-listening collection of classic songs from the sixties and seventies, delivered as only Andy can."
Track Listings (13) - Disc #1