Beautiful
05/06/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is Dinah's best RCA album, though like all her RCA albums the concept is vague or invisible and a few of the song selections don't seem to fit. At least it sounds like an album rather than a collection of scattered tracks and the string-honeyed arrangements are beautiful. Dinah is in top form and "I Loved Him" is one of her best recordings. This was RCA's attempt at giving Dinah Capitol Records quality packaging right down to a sketch on the back cover with Capitol-style notes but, next to the six albums Dinah subsequently actually did for Capitol, this is strictly blah city. Thank heavens she WENT to Capitol (encouraged by Mr. Sinatra to do so) as all of her albums there are splendid."