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The Bobby Darin Collection - As Long as I'm Singing (1995) [Vocal Jazz / Rock'N'Roll]; FLAC (image+.cue)

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The Bobby Darin Collection - As Long as I'm Singing (1995) [Vocal Jazz / Rock'N'Roll]; FLAC (image+.cue)

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Artist: The Bobby Darin Collection
Album: As Long as I'm Singing
Genre: Vocal Jazz / Rock'N'Roll
Label: Rhino Records Inc.
Released: 1995
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue)
Tracklist:
    CD 1 - The Rock'N' Roll Years:
  1. Early In The Morning - The Rinky Dinks
  2. Splish Splash
  3. Queen Of The Hop
  4. Don't Call My Name
  5. All The Way Home
  6. Lost Love
  7. Plain Jane
  8. Dream Lover (Demo Version)
  9. Dream Lover
  10. Bullmoose
  11. Somebody To Love
  12. I Got A Woman (Live)
  13. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
  14. Irresistible You
  15. Multiplication
  16. What'd I Say
  17. The Right Time
  18. If A Man Answers
  19. Treat My Baby Good
  20. When I Get Home
  21. We Didn't Ask To Be Brought Here
  22. Funny What Love Can Do
  23. She Knows
  24. Easy Rider
  25. Everywhere I Go
  26. Sail Away

    CD 2 - The Pop Years - Part One:
  1. Mack The Knife
  2. Beyond The Sea
  3. That's The Way Love Is
  4. That's All
  5. Clementine
  6. The Gal That Got Away
  7. Black Coffee
  8. Guys And Dolls
  9. Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey
  10. Minnie The Moocher
  11. Easy Living
  12. I Found A New Baby
  13. It's You Or No One
  14. Milord
  15. Two Of A Kind (with Johnny Mercer)
  16. Artificial Flowers
  17. Lazy River
  18. It Had To Be You
  19. How About You
  20. Nature Boy
  21. Baby Face

    CD 3 - The Pop Years - Part Two:
  1. As Long As I'm Singing
  2. Oh! Look At Me Now
  3. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
  4. The Party's Over
  5. This Isn't Heaven
  6. My Funny Valentine (Live)
  7. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (Live)
  8. Hello, Dolly!
  9. Once In A Lifetime (Only Once)
  10. Look At Me
  11. Charade
  12. Sunday In New York
  13. Somewhere
  14. There Ain't No Sweet Gal That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears
  15. Silver Dollar
  16. Lover Come Back To Me
  17. Rainin'
  18. The Shadow Of Your Smile
  19. Mame
  20. Don't Rain On My Parade
  21. Beautiful Things
  22. The Curtain Falls (Live)

    CD 4 - The Folk & Country Years:
  1. Things
  2. You're The Reason I'm Living
  3. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
  4. Sally Was A Good Old Girl
  5. 18 Yellow Roses
  6. Walking In The Shadow Of Love
  7. Work Song
  8. I'm On My Way, Great God (Live)
  9. Blowin' In The Wind
  10. If I Were A Carpenter
  11. The Girl That Stood Beside Me
  12. Reason To Believe
  13. Lovin' You
  14. The Lady Came From Baltimore
  15. I Am
  16. Darling Be Home Soon
  17. Back Street Girl
  18. I'm Going To Love You
  19. Long Time Movin'
  20. Long Line Rider
  21. In Memoriam
  22. Me & Mr. Hohner
  23. Song For A Dollar
  24. Sweet Reasons
  25. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Live)
  26. Simple Song Of Freedom (Demo)
  27. Simple Song Of Freedom (Live)

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A four-CD box set spanning several styles, labels, and eras, this will stand as the most thorough retrospective of Darin's eclectic career, though not necessarily the best. There's a lot of material here -- 96 songs, including not only the hits, but obscure flops, B-sides, album cuts, and 11 previously unreleased tracks. Because Darin covered a lot of different genres, it's not programmed chronologically, but by style -- one disc for "The Rock'n'Roll Years" (which, truth be told, were often closer to pop than rock), two to his pop sides, and one to his folk and country outings. In hindsight (and in the enclosed 64-page book), much has been made of Darin's versatility. But while it's true he could handle a range of genres competently, versatility does not automatically equate with quality. Just as a baseball player who can play all the positions is not necessarily a great player, Darin's unusual eclecticism did not mean that he was as great a singer as some legends who concentrated only on rock, or only on pop, or only on folk. There are some neat surprises here -- the mid-'60s protest folk-rock of "We Didn't Ask to Be Brought Here," the full-bodied pop of "When I Get Home," the fine rendition of "Nature Boy," and the reasonably cogent and sincere late-'60s folk-rock. But a lot of it is not more than competent, and some of it (especially the slighter rock efforts) are less than that. And the almost diametrically opposed range of sounds (it's a long way from "Splish Splash" to "Mame" and "If I Were a Carpenter," after all) means that not many listeners except Darin fanatics will be able to get through the whole set without skipping over a lot of the tracks.
Review by Richie Unterberger

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