The Way We Were
- 艺人
- Andy Williams
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Columbia Records
- 发行时间
- 1974年05月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by William Ruhlmann
After taking a slight left-hand turn with his fall 1973 album Solitaire, which featured several unknown or lesser-known song titles, Andy Williams returned to his usual formula for LP-making with his spring 1974 album, The Way We Were, picking songs from among the previous year's hit parade. Here, you could hear his takes on country-pop (Charlie Rich's "The Most Beautiful Girl"), folk-pop (John Denver's "Sunshine on My Shoulders," Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun"), and black pop (Gladys Knight & the Pips' "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me," Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song," Diana Ross' "Touch Me in the Morning"), as well as his version of the popular movie theme that was the title track. The album's single, which made the easy listening charts, was a vocal version of the Love Unlimited Orchestra's number-one instrumental "Love's Theme," a foray into disco. (The album was finished off with a ringer, "If I Could Only Go Back Again," a non-hit no doubt included as a favor to the album's producer, Mike Curb, who co-wrote it.) Williams' performances of these songs was quite good, even, in a couple of instances, arguably superior to the hit versions. But by 1974, light pop music had gotten so light that there was really no longer any need for middle-of-the-road singers like Williams to launder it for their audiences; people who liked "The Way We Were" had been satisfied by the definitive Barbra Streisand recording and weren't much interested in Williams' interpretation. As a result, the album became Williams' first since he joined Columbia Records in 1961 to miss the Billboard chart entirely. (It did manage a few weeks at the bottom of the Cash Box chart.)
最新简评（共2条）
- @黑木崖主：大爱
- @杉梓(Normal is bo...)：每张专辑，都会认真听过，才做决定是否收藏。这张专辑，看到的第一眼，就已经知道， 这是我喜欢的调调：深情，婉转，却厚重。再看歌曲，想起，做DJ的时候，曾有人送过我一张ANDY WILLIAMS，而今，那人已不知去向，那些歌，却会伴我一生。生命就是这样，记得的和想记得的常常南辕北辙。