An excellent, properly re-mixed re-release of this album.
Michael R. Hagerty | United States | 10/09/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
""Themes For Young Lovers" first appeared in 1963 and featured selected popular hits from the mid-fifties to those just before its release (e.g. "Can't Get Used to Losing You"). These arrangements were by no means "elevator" versions of the original songs, but tasteful treatments which highlighted the quality of song writing which made them hits.There were three follow-up albums in this genre by Faith: "More Themes For Young Lovers", featuring songs like "Sugar Shack", "Um, Um-Um, Um-Um-Um", followed by "Today's Themes For Young Lovers", featuring a female chorus and songs like "59th Street Bridge Song", "Happy Together", "There's A Kind of Hush" and more. The last in this series was "Latin Themes For Young Lovers"."More Themes For Young Lovers" has been released on CD as COL CS8823 or CK8967."
Who told'ya commercial music cannot get your ears plugged?!
Carlos from Rio | Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil | 04/07/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a master of easy listening. The formula is "get a selection of now sound from the 60s" + "make personal well crafted arrangements". Mr.Faith was a master in violin-based arrangements and he was particularly inspired here on this 60s album. "Go away Little Girl" by Carole King and the title song by Faith himself are particularly pleasant tracks. This was music from my teens and this has been music I have listened to up to now."
BEST EASY LISTENING MUSIC
Dr. Glenn W. Briggs | 08/24/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I USE TO LISTEN TO EASY LISTENING MUSIC ON A CERTAIN FM RADIO STATION IN CHICAGO BACK IN THE 80'S. A GOOD NUMBER OF SONGS THAT I LIKED WERE PERFORMED BY THE PERCY FAITH ORCHESTRA (AND CHORUS).FOUR OF THEM ARE ON THIS ONE CD ("RHYTHM OF THE FALLING RAIN", "ALL ALONE AM I", "UP ON THE ROOF" & "THEMES FOR YOUNG LOVERS"). I DIDN'T REALIZE TILL THEN JUST HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT PERCY FAITH HAD ON EASY LISTENING MUSIC."
The Very Best!
Dr. Glenn W. Briggs | KSC, Florida & Chengdu, China | 05/08/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"When I joined a popular record club in 1963, this was among the first five LPs that I selected. It is most difficult to say anything meaningful considering the overall quality of this CD, because it is surely the very best of Percy Faith. This was the first example I ever encountered of a pop orchestra that actually made popular sixties music "beautiful." What magnificent orchestration, interpretation, and stereo quality! It is simply matchless, and the introductory, rousing "I Will Follow Him" will quickly prepare you for what is to come. It is the epitome of Percy Faith's mastery! What is perhaps the title song of the CD, "Theme for Young Lovers," is simply one of the most beautiful pop instrumentals ever recorded."
The unforgetable sound of Percy Faith
Gustavo D.C. Fuentes | Hgo, Mexico | 11/07/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a 1963 best Seller with the best recordings of Percy Faith.
Songs like "Go Away Little Girl", "Our Day Will Come", "Theme for Young Lovers", and Others will bring to you great memories, I`m sure of this."