Truly: The Love Songs [Import]

Track Listings

1. My Destiny - Lionel Richie

2. Endless Love - Lionel Richie, Diana Ross

3. Three Times a Lady - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

4. Don't Wanna Lose You - Lionel Richie

5. Hello - Lionel Richie

6. Sail On - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

7. Easy - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

8. Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie

9. Do It to Me - Lionel Richie

10. Penny Lover - Lionel Richie

11. Truly - Lionel Richie

12. Still - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

13. Love Will Conquer All - Lionel Richie

14. Sweet Love - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

15. Ballerina Girl - Lionel Richie

16. Still in Love - Lionel Richie

17. Oh No - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

18. Just to Be Close to You - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

19. Stuck on You - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

Truly: The Love Songs,Lionel Richie,Universal Int'l,Adult Contemporary,Pop,R&B,Soft Rock,Soul/R & B,Urban

Tracks:

Hello
Penny Lover
Three Times A Lady
Just To Be Close To You
Still
Sail On
Easy
Endless Love
Truly
Love Will Conquer All
Say You Say Me
Do It To Me
Sweet Love
Stuck On You

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Since it contains six tunes that Richie wrote and performed as lead singer of the Commodores, the title for this collection may be technically a little misleading. That said, those who appreciate Richie's instantly recognizable vocal style are unlikely to complain about the inclusion of such pop standards as "Three Times a Lady," "Still," and "Easy." Maybe it's the passage of time, but Richie's solo work sounds more emotionally satisfying than the hits he had with the group: "Hello" is still eminently soulful and "Penny Lover" has a warm and cozy feel. "Endless Love," Richie's memorable duet with Diana Ross, shows that both singers can truly deliver powerhouse vocal performances, while the oft-overlooked Commodores hit "Sweet Love" is a welcome addition to this collection. Richie may not have been in favor chart-wise for a while, but this package is a reminder of the contribution he's made as a contemporary writer of classic love songs. --David Nathan

Album Description

19 track Motown compilation featuring his best ballads duets, solo smashes & classics with the Commodores! Includes 5 bonus tracks, 'My Destiny', 'Don't Wanna Lose You', 'Ballerina Girl', 'Still In Love' & 'Oh No'. 1997.

Customer Reviews:

Lionel.......2007-08-04

Lionel = LOVE
Best crooner of love songs ever!
Have a memory for each song!

Great Singer.......2007-01-18

Lionel Richie is the greates singer of love songs. I love to hear his voice. He has this way about making a woman feel good about herself in a song. I love the old stuff.

Love this CD.......2007-01-17

Lionel Ritchie is the man! I find myself singing to one song after another. Great listen for when I'm in a mellow mood...

One of the best songwriters of all times.......2005-08-28

No one comes close when it comes to writing love songs like Lionel. He's so gifted. The best song (one of the best - there are so many), is Still. It's so beautiful, you could almost cry. What a talent.

Relationship Music.......2005-08-20

What could you say about Lionel Richie when he started his career with The Commodores and later solo. All fourteen songs were written by him which were all chart toppers of its time. Let alone his music crossed genres over to country from pop / R&B tunes. Only those in relationships that's worth fighting for will find this LP of all love songs pleasurable. This has feelings and depths with the arrangements and vocal range of Lionel.

Offenbach: La Belle Helene; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)

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Champagne Music!

Offenbach: La Belle Helene; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)

Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; The Gypsy Baron (Highlights)
Léhar: The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; The Count of Luxembourg (Highlights)
Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld / Burgess, Watson, etc (Highlights)
Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier / Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Manfred Jungwirth, Benno Kusche, Carlos Kleiber, Munich Opera

ASIN: B00009KHY3
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

Overture
The Happy Bride Never Stumbles
You've Gone Too Far!
May I Make Myself Known?
My Death Appears Divinely Smiling
When Diana Leaves The Mountains
To Arms!
When Jupy Feels The Inclination
Here Comes Orpheus
When I Was King Of The Boeotians
I Thought That I Felt On My Shoulder
What Heavenly Joy Is Mine
Minuet And Galop
Overture
How Sad We've Made The Marchioness
Well Isn't That Just Life All Over?
I'm The Guide For Every Tourist
I Am A Native Of Brazil
In This Enchanting Queen Of Cities
I Am A Dab At Carving Pork
We Have Seen Sights Since Eleven... I'm A Colonel's Widow
Dinner Is Served

Tracks:

Oh, Little Cloud
When She Goes Out... Her Petticoats Go Frou, Frou, Frou
Does He Know He's Splitting Down The Back
Nobody Would Call Me A Rover
I'll Have So Much To Say
It's Most Important You Should Show
Here You See The Place
My Friends, I'm Most Delighted To See You
In Songs And Shouts... Paris Blooms Like A Flower
Introduction
To Bow To Jupiter We Gather At The Shrine
We've Had A Night Out
On Mount Ida Three Great Ladies (The Judgement Of Paris)
March And Entry Of The Kings
Entr'acte
We All Begin By Truly Trying
It Is Her That Has Sent This Sweet Love Dream
Come Here, You Kings Of Greece
When All Of Greece Has Been Ravaged
Do You See?

Customer Reviews:

Champagne Music!.......2006-07-09

Thank goodness that these well filled CDs of selections from three of Offenbach's most entertaining and tuneful operettas are available. Exactly the thing to provide some hearty nourishment for Winter nights. Ideal also for a Summer barbecue. In both cases, a glass of champagne, or at least some other bubbly beverage, would be good to have at hand - everything here no doubt will call for a toast or several.

It is so nice to be able to hear in these translations the witty words, sung with welcome clarity and meaning by these admirable artists. As I recall, there were no microphones in sight, and perhaps not even used, when this production of Orpheus In The Underworld was brought to Australia, with a few cast changes but the same sparkle as shown here. Crisp diction and lively, often lovely, singing - a great recipe for enjoyable listening indeed.

The recording sounds a bit shrill here and there, but what a churlish quibble; to Hades with such curmudgeonly qualifications! This is music to raise the spirits, and not just those from Hades.

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Here Comes the Bride: Wedding Music

Manufacturer: Mca Special Products
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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25 Wedding Favorites

ASIN: B000002QMV
Release Date: 1995-04-25

Tracks:

Theme From Smphony No. 6
Trumpet Voluntary In D
Praise My Soul
I Love You Truly
Theme From 'Romeo & Juliet'
Bridal March
A Dream
Wedding March
Be Thou With Me
Ode To Joy

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The Great Voices of the Century, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Rajon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

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Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0007KUIU0
Release Date: 2005-02-14

Tracks:

Stars Were Brightly Shining (From "Tosca")
Come In The Gondola (From "Night In Venice")
Because
Open Road (From "The Gypsy Baron")
Merry Widow Waltz
Count Your Blessings
All Through The Night
Maidens Of Cadiz
Tristesse
If You Were The Only Girl In The World
Silver Threads Among The Gold
Deep In My Heart, Dear (From "The Student Prince")
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Torna A Surriento
Over The Rainbow (From "The Wizard Of Oz")
Parted
Bachelor Gay (From "Maid Of The Mountains")
Trottin To The Fair
White Wings
Lost Chord
Creed
Drinking Song (From "Merry Wives Of Windsor"
De Glory Road
Ol Man River (From "Showboat")
Changing Of The Guard
Blue Danube
Huguette (From "Vagabond King")
If I Were A Blackbird
ILl Sing A Song Of Love To You
Intermezzo
Panis Angelicus
Berceuse De "Jocelyn"
WeLl Gather Lilacs (From "Perchance To Dream")
Holy City
O For The Wings Of A Dove
Goodnight (From "Cousin From Nowhere")
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
ChElla Mi Creda Libero ( From "Girl Of The Golden West")
Loves Old Sweet Song
Last Rose Of Summer
River Stay Way From My Door
OSilver Moon (From "Russalka")
La Marseillaise
Nessun Dorma (From "Turandot")
Who Tied The Knot (From "Gypsy Baron")
They Call Me Mimi (From "La Boheme")
Rosary
Song Of India (From "Sadko")
Serenade
My Heart & I (From "Old Chelsea")
Smilin Through
Sanctuary Of The Heart
Vilia (From "Merry Widow")
ILl Take You Home Again, Kathleen
I Love You Truly
Road To The Isles
Eriskay Love Lilt
Vivere
Old Father Thames
Tales From The Vienna Woods
Oriental Prayer (From "Lakme")
My Song Goes Round The World
I Love Thee
On The Road To Mandalay
Wiegenlied (Cradle Song)

Album Description

3 CD set from the Rajon 'Great Series'. 66 tracks. 2005.

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American Song Potpourri
Kalish plays like a pig.
a beautiful rendition of 20th Century American Song

Songs of America

Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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Tracks:

Beautiful Child Of Song
The Three Poems By Robert Frost: Dust Of Snow
The Three Poems By Robert Frost: The Rose Family
Four American Indian Songs, Op. 45, No. 4: The Moon Drops Low
Home Thoughts
White Moon
Joy
The Widow's Lament In Springtime
Three Solitary Songs: American Primitive
The Sleeper
Mutability: My Father
Nothin' But Love
I Love You Truly
Her Greatest Charm
The Junk Man
Lost
Five Songs For Contralto: Little Four Paws
Time To The Old: Dozing On The Lawn
Song (She Is Not Fair)
The All-Enduring
Lethe
Poems Of Love And The Rain: Interlude
Time, You Old Gypsy Man
Suite, Three Ladies: Grandma (Millie)
Stein Times Seven: Stein Times Seven: No. 6
Cabaret Songs: Waitin
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: There Came A Wind Like A Bugle
Sunrise, For Voice, Violin, And Piano

Customer Reviews:

American Song Potpourri.......2000-08-01

The 28 songs on this CD provide a broad spectrum of American art songs. JanDeGaetani possesses a beautiful mezzo-soprano voice and ideally expresses the proper emotions these songs require. Gilbert Kalish's piano supplies the necessary support without getting in the way of the singer. All in all, this is a good collaboration.

Kalish plays like a pig........1999-12-02

While I enjoyed De Gaetani's singing, Kalish's piano playing reminded me of a player piano.

a beautiful rendition of 20th Century American Song.......1999-06-06

This is a great album. It spans the spectrum of 20th Century American music from the tonality and romanticism of Stephen Foster to the experimentality of John Cage.

Jan DeGaetani and Gilbert Kalish, with their understanding and sensitivity to the music of their time, combine to form a duo that sets the standard for interpretation of this music.

Students, professionals, and general classical music lovers will cherish this CD in their library.

Tracks:

The Last Rose Of Summer - Landon Ronald
For You Alone - Enrico Caruso
By The Waters Of Minnetonka (An Indian Love Song) - Landon Ronald
The Green Hills O' Somerset - Peter Dawson
She Wandered Down The Mountainside - Rosina Buckman
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise - Charles Hackett
By The Bend Of The River - Grace Moore
I Know Of Two Bright Eyes (Myrrha) - Walter Widdop
A Fairy Went A-Marketing - Clara Butt
Myself When Young (In A Persian Garden) - Norman Allin
Love's Old Sweet Song - Amelita Galli-Curci
Bird Songs At Eventide - John McCormack
Ciribiribin - Lucrezia Bori
The Song Of Songs - Richard Crooks
Homing - Percy B. Kahn
The Blind Ploughman - Fyodor Chaliapin
The Fairytales Of Ireland - Florence Austral/Hils Nelson
Ich Liebe Dich, My Dear - Armand Crabbe
I Love You Truly - Dusolina Giannini
Love Sends A Little Gift Of Roses - Gerald Moore
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) - Dora Labette
Kashmiri Song (Pale Hands I Loved) - Richard Tauber
Deep River - Marian Anderson
Leanin' - Harold Williams
A Perfect Day - Rosa Ponselle

Customer Reviews:

Remember-Mckinley was president when these tunes were new.......2007-03-10

In the 1890s and the early years of the 20th century sound recordings were very new and very fascinating to the population at large..Being able to hear a recording of a popular song,or listen to a piano roll transcription was,at the time,considered something of a miracle...Alas,since the technology was new the recording process was primitive...VERY primitive...often entire orchestras played into a recording horn,and the resulting sound reminds one of listening to something in a tunnel...very little could be done to make the sound pristine,and because of it the recordings from that period all have an antique and primitive atmosphere to them...recordings that old,and not saved upon tape,or disc,often poorly kept and poorly maintained,tend to deteriorate ,and,in many cases with regard to the items presented upon this album,the original"master"recording is lost,and only a copy remains,often a badly deteriorated,commercial copy..scratches,recording anaolomies,as well as warpage and general age have taken thier toll..Some would think,rather foolishly as it turns out,that such modern restorative processes such as"Cedar" might erase the imperfections,the scratches,the warpage,the cracks and hisses,but this is just not so...
For those of you old enough to have had long-playing records,45s,or 78s,just imagine that the ONLY copy of a particular album or song title is your old,scratched,worn disc...not some master tape or disc held in a vault somewhere,but your old beat up copy...Imagine further that you submit this old beat up copy for restoration...Sure,it may sound better afterwards than it did before,but,all in all,it still sounds pretty bad,at least by modern standards...
This is the sort of sound reproduction one gets on this album...Efforts were made to restore these sides(contrary to the opinion of another review found here about this album)but when one is dealing with recordings 100 or so years old,made when recording tecniques were primitive,and ,in some cases,having to attempt restoration on a used COPY sold to and played by someone like you and I way back when,restoration to a"perfect" sense is just not possible..Indeed,even if "perfection"could be achieved,the original sound of some of these old sides never was too good to begin with..
Be this as it may,the sides presented here are historic,to say the very least,and representative of what the public of the 1890s liked to hear...Listening to these sides,imperfections and all,gives one a sense of that time,a sense of the enormous technological gulf between these recordings and the ones available today,and,perhaps most importantly,gives us an overview of the sort of entertainment that drove our great great grandparents wild...
If you can get over the primitive sound of these recordings,or get yourself used to it,then give this album a try...

Loves Old Sweet Song Leaves a Bitter Taste.......2003-04-27

While the performances on this CD are great the transfers from the original recordings are about the worst i have ever heard. No care whatever was spent in dubbing these records to Cd. The originals in my collection sound many times better than these. I bought this for convenience but find it too terrible to listen

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Lionel
Great Singer
Love this CD
One of the best songwriters of all times
Relationship Music

Truly: The Love Songs
Lionel Richie
Manufacturer: Universal International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lionel Richie
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21 Number Ones

ASIN: B000024WS0
Release Date: 1997-11-10

Tracks:

My Destiny - Lionel Richie
Endless Love - Lionel Richie, Diana Ross
Three Times a Lady - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Don't Wanna Lose You - Lionel Richie
Hello - Lionel Richie
Sail On - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Easy - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Do It to Me - Lionel Richie
Penny Lover - Lionel Richie
Truly - Lionel Richie
Still - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Love Will Conquer All - Lionel Richie
Sweet Love - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Ballerina Girl - Lionel Richie
Still in Love - Lionel Richie
Oh No - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Just to Be Close to You - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Stuck on You - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

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Customer Reviews:

Lionel.......2007-08-04

Lionel = LOVE
Best crooner of love songs ever!
Have a memory for each song!

Great Singer.......2007-01-18

Lionel Richie is the greates singer of love songs. I love to hear his voice. He has this way about making a woman feel good about herself in a song. I love the old stuff.

Love this CD.......2007-01-17

Lionel Ritchie is the man! I find myself singing to one song after another. Great listen for when I'm in a mellow mood...

One of the best songwriters of all times.......2005-08-28

Relationship Music.......2005-08-20

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Genius Songwriter

Truly: The Love Songs
Lionel Richie
Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

R&B | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00006AWJ0
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

My Destiny - Lionel Richie
Endless Love - Lionel Richie, Diana Ross
Three Times a Lady - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Don't Wanna Lose You - Lionel Richie
Hello - Lionel Richie
Sail On - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Easy - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Do It to Me - Lionel Richie
Penny Lover - Lionel Richie
Truly - Lionel Richie
Still - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Love Will Conquer All - Lionel Richie
Sweet Love - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Ballerina Girl - Lionel Richie
Still in Love - Lionel Richie
Oh No - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Just to Be Close to You - The Commodores, Lionel Richie
Stuck on You - The Commodores, Lionel Richie

Customer Reviews:

Genius Songwriter.......2006-11-04

Lionel Richie has a Great Catelog of Songs period. either in his days with the Commodores, Solo or in a Duet with Diana Ross or composing for others Lionel Richie has had that Magic touch with his Work through the years.so many great songs here.the thing that makes Lionel Richie so great is his versatility as a Stylist&also as a Songwriter who writes on Real Life situations. His songs have lasted the test of time. so many Great Songs. Lionel Richie is a Great All-Around Artist. nothing like Great Love songs. Lionel Richie is a All-Time Great Tunesmith.

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Fantastic

Songs My Grandmother Taught Me

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005ABNR
Release Date: 2001-03-27

Tracks:

A Hundred Years From Now
Good Night
Answer The First Rap
Birds
When Church Is Out
When My Ships Come Home
To Understand
Her Greatest Charm
A Perfect Day
A Present From Yourself
Shadows
A Little Pink Rose
The Pleasure Of Giving
June And December
Your Song
Keep Awake
Just A-Wearyin' For You
God Remembers When The World Forgets
A Good Exercise
Because Of The Light
Have You Seen My Kittie?
First Ask Yourself
Until God's Day
Were I
Still Unexprest
Roses Are In Bloom
When They Say The Unkind Things
I Love You Truly
At Morning, Noon, And Night
A Song Of The Hills
Making The Best Of It
Nothin' But Love

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic.......2007-04-25

Pardon me if I'm a bit biased, but William Hughes and Peggy Balensuela are fantastic people and amazing teachers. Who knew that I would find recordings of my professors on here?