We Made It Happen

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共13首歌曲

艺人: Engelbert Humperdinck
语种: 英语
厂牌: London
发行时间: 1970年01月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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His fifth album in four years, and the beginning of a six-year dry spell on the Top 40 until &After the Lovin'& would appear, Engelbert Humperdinck sings Paul Anka's &We Made It Happen& as the title and opening track to this project, which proves an interesting and strong bid for chart action under the musical direction of Ian Green. Covering the Bee Gees' &Words,& a decent rendition of the Beatles' &Something,& and even Fred Neil's &Everybody's Talkin',& Humperdinck here is moving into the post-Top 40 Johnny Mathis direction of performing other people's well-known melodies rather than breaking his own hits. There were always some copy tunes injected into Humperdinck's previous work, but not so blatantly and pervasively as on this 11-song collection. Longtime producer Peter Sullivan is still doing the supervision, though Charles Blackwell's arrangement of &Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head& feels a bit labored. Ditto for the rendition of the Ray Charles Singers' sublime &Love Me With All Your Heart (Quando Caliente El Soli),& also directed and arranged by Blackwell. Humperdinck overcomes the pedestrian orchestral walk-through with a soulful vocal, but it is clear that this formula was not matching previous successes. Mike Vickers' take on &Leavin' on a Jet Plane& makes this clear, though Charles Blackwell does give the Bee Gees' &Words& a very nice setting; it is, perhaps, the best of the &covers& on this satisfactory but less than stellar outing by the popular vocalist. Side two is more traditional Engelbert, sandwiched in between Harry Nilsson and Peter, Paul & Mary chart adventures. These moments -- Les Reed's innovative take on &Love for Love (Ciao, My Love)& and Mike Vickers work on &Just Say I Love Her& and &My Wife the Dancer,& are the ones that deliver what audiences craved from the singer. Any one of those three titles should have broken through for E.H..

We Made It Happen

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