To Make Me Who I Am

Track Listings
1. Say What's in My Heart
2. Just to Be With You
3. Sweet Amelia
4. ...To Make Me Who I Am
5. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
6. Yes, I Love You
7. Your Sweet And Smiling Eyes
8. I Can't Change the Way You Don't Feel
9. Please Remember Me
10. What Did I Do (To Deserve You)
11. God Made You for Me
12. Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
A quiet storm brews on the Babyface/Diane Warren-penned single "Say What's in My Heart," though it's the return of Linda Ronstadt on "Please Remember Me" and a cover of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (arranged by Roberta Flack and Tony Rich, no less) that sounds best. Neville's long overdue for the big payday, and this album should have been it. --Jeff Bateman

To Make Me Who I Am,Aaron Neville,A&M,Adult Contemporary,New Orleans R&B,Pop,Pop-Soul,Pop/Rock,Popular Music,R&B

To Make Me Who I Am

To Make Me Who I Am
To Make Me Who I Am
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • To Make Me Who I Am Aaron Neville
  • A Special Voice, A Special Musicality
  • A mature and beautiful album
  • A Soulful, Musical Delight From Beginning to End!
  • Way too commercial! OK not great
 To Make Me Who I Am
Aaron Neville
Manufacturer: A&M
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002GOR
Release Date: 1997-10-14

Tracks:

  1. Say What's In My Heart
  2. Just To Be With You
  3. Sweet Amelia
  4. To Make Me Who I Am
  5. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  6. Yes, I Love You
  7. Your Sweet And Smiling Eyes
  8. I Can't Change The Way You Don't Feel
  9. Please Remember Me
  10. What Did I Do (To Deserve This)
  11. God Made You For Me
  12. Lovely Lady Dressed In Blue

Amazon.com

A quiet storm brews on the Babyface/Diane Warren-penned single "Say What's in My Heart," though it's the return of Linda Ronstadt on "Please Remember Me" and a cover of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (arranged by Roberta Flack and Tony Rich, no less) that sounds best. Neville's long overdue for the big payday, and this album should have been it. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars To Make Me Who I Am Aaron Neville.......2007-01-15

My favorite song is To Make Me Who I Am. I listen to it over and over

5 out of 5 stars A Special Voice, A Special Musicality.......2004-06-04

This is one of my favorite cds. A huge fan of Aaron, I have followed his musical path for a long time. He excels in many different styles of music, but the songs written for this cd really showcase his voice beautifully.

Not only are the songs well-written, but his interpretation and passionate input raise the effort to a higher level.

A must-listen; a must-own.

4 out of 5 stars A mature and beautiful album.......2002-12-05

This is a beautiful album. Not all of the songs are perfect, sure, and some are notably deficient in comparison with the others, but as for those others - boy!

The title track is an achingly honest song, beautiful and painful at once and more moving with each listen. The ballads with Linda Ronstandt are not of the same standard as those they shared on her excellent '89 album "Cry Like a Rainstorm...", but they are still head and shoulders above most pop ballads you will hear.

Although some of the songs are not stand-outs for me personally, it must be said that the entire album does have a lovely, almost dreamlike sound to it which is actually very effective in its flow from track to track, and that is something that, I think, is becoming ever rarer these days in pop albums.

Buy this album, give it several listens, and I challenge you not to become seduced by it.

5 out of 5 stars A Soulful, Musical Delight From Beginning to End!.......2001-06-02

I just read one review that said this collection of Aaron's music was too commercial.... I feel opposite of that opinion!!!

This CD has an over abundance of soft, rhythmic, emotion-filled songs that stay in your head for days.

First off, Aaron's high pitched, smooth voice sends a calm to the listener that is marked and only improved by the background vocals. The music itself is seducing. Just tremendous music!

My favorite song is "To Make Me Who I Am", the title song, which describes Aaron's struggles with a hard life of drug addiction, incarceration and his eventual recovery. It reminds me of my uncle and makes me feel strongly of what both of them have been through, and what they have overcome.

Sweet Amelia, Sweet and Smiling Eyes and God Made You For Me are some of the sweetest and most beautiful songs I've ever heard!

2 out of 5 stars Way too commercial! OK not great.......2000-08-11

You may like this CD at first but like most commercial sounding CDs, you'll get tired of it easily. Most of the songs sound like one another. The majority of them do not have much depth to speak of. The arrangement in "First time I ever saw your face" is just terrible. It totally ruined the song. Neville is obviously trying to make some quick $$ with this CD.
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers

    Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    Lil Abner/Broadway Bouquet
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • It's not stereo
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    		 Lil Abner/Broadway Bouquet

    Manufacturer: Collectables
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000996GC
    Release Date: 2003-09-16

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    Album Description

    The jaunty Gene DePaul score for the musical play "Lil' Abner" based on the comic strip by Al Capp is heard instrumentally - and it's quite a show! "Broadway Bouquet" from 1965 is an important part of the famed Faith "string" album series - perhaps the pinnacle of his rich string sound that spanned gorgeous melodies and counterlines across sections of the large orchestra. (Bill Halvorsen)

    Album Description

    Pianist Percy Faith, a pioneer of the Easy Listening genre, had a successful and lengthy career as the in-house conductor and arranger for Columbia Records. Faith was renowned for his musical interpretations of Broadway and motion picture music. These two reissues from Collectables on 1 CD were originally released in 1965. 24 tracks. 2003.

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars It's not stereo.......2005-01-10

    I bought this solely for "Once Upon a Time", and was dismayed that the CD is mono, not stereo. The quality of the recordings leaves much to be desired, as many of them lack the pristine quality I'm used to on a CD.

    5 out of 5 stars classic arrangements by the classic gentlemen ~ Percy Faith.......2004-02-16

    Two albums from the Columbia Records people blending different decades "Li'l Abner" (originally released CL 955 in 1956) and "Broadway Bouquet" (originally released LS 9156 in 1965), sharing the unmistakable style of the "Percy Faith Touch" ~ you know in an instant you're in for the best of the best ~ Duke Ellington was so taken with Faith's arrangements, that he would give anything to be able to arrange in that fashion.

    Let's begin with "IT'S A TYPICAL DAY" along with "LOVE IN A HOME", both from "Li'l Abner", wonderful opening counterparts and the stirring arrangements by Maestro Percy Faith ~ "JUBILATON T. CORNPONE", uplifting cue that will keep bouncing in your head for hours, maybe even days ~ "IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS", one of the forgettable tunes from the show ~ "NAMELY YOU", has to be the best and favorite song of the Johnny Mercer and Gene De Paul score ~ by the way, these two composers penned the lively screen musical "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", both scores were sure winners from two talented songwriters, Percy Faith steps up to the podium and takes it to another level.

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    Highly recommend to ALL fans of Percy Faith ~ thanks to Collectables for releasing this collection from the vaults of Columbia Records ~ so listeners sit back, relax and enjoy a small part of Maestro Percy Faith's fabulous career!

    Total Time: 70:49 on 24 Tracks ~ Collectables 7564 ~ (9/16/2003)
    Wagner: Lohengrin
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • A Pretty Darn Good Lohengrin
    		 Wagner: Lohengrin

    Manufacturer: Sony
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    ASIN: B0000025UN
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    5 out of 5 stars A Pretty Darn Good Lohengrin.......2005-04-14

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