Jivin' Pat
Artist: Pat Boone

All of Boone's rockers -- cover versions of Fats Domino, Little Richard, et al. -- are included with a revealing set of liner notes. You won't find these elsewhere unless you have an enormous singles collection. ~ Hank Davis, All Music Guide Read More

Greatest Hits - CASTLE
Artist: Tom Jones
The Best of Tom Jones - DECCA
Artist: Tom Jones
Touching You, Touching Me
Artist: Neil Diamond
Community Score: 10.00

Diamond's first regular album release to sell in substantial numbers, Touching You, Touching Me contains the gold Top Ten single "Holly Holy," and a Diamond composition, but is mostly notable for its covers of standards by other songwriters: "Everybody's Talkin'," "Mr. Bojangles," "Both Sides Now," and the chart entry "Until It's Time for You to... Read More

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Artist: Burt Bacharach
Community Score: 6.00

In spite of its short length (26 minutes), Bacharach's Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid soundtrack is still a fine release. Many fans will be pleased to see one of his biggest hits here, the B.J. Thomas vehicle "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (augmented by an instrumental and additional vocal version that add little). What's really... Read More

Hot August Night
Artist: Neil Diamond
Community Score: 10.00

This is the ultimate Neil Diamond record. Not necessarily the best -- he's at his most appealing crafting in the studio -- but certainly the ultimate, capturing all the kitsch and glitz of Neil Diamond, the showman. And that also means that it's not just loaded with flair, but with filler, songs like "Porcupine Pie," "Soggy Pretzels," and "And... Read More

All I Really Want to Do
Artist: Cher
Community Score: 10.00

After Sonny & Cher hit big with "I Got You Babe," Sonny Bono decided that he would strike while they were hot and got Cher a solo deal with Liberty Records. The angle they took for the 1965 album All I Really Want to Do was folk-rock with a tiny bit of girl group pop thrown in. Choosing from the songbooks of writers like Dylan (the title track,... Read More

Bread
Artist: Bread
Community Score: 10.00

Bread is seen as nothing but a wimp-pop band -- an impression which is justified, but it wipes out the fact that the group was quite good and rather slyly diverse in its early days, particularly on its debut, Bread. This is effectively the birth of Californian soft rock, as David Gates and compatriots blend the folk-rock of the Byrds and Buffalo... Read More

Italian Collection, Vol. 2
Artist: Connie Francis

Connie Francis' Italian-language recordings from the late '50s and '60s are among her most acclaimed records, both by critics and her fans. The two-volume The Italian Collection is the first comprehensive American CD compilation of these records, featuring selections from her five Italian albums -- Sings Italian Favorites, More Italian... Read More