Long Ago & Far Away/I Didn’t Know What Time It Was/How About You/The More I See You/It Had To Be You/No Greater Love/In Love In Vain/Just Friends/Something To Remember You By/Skylark/Spring Is Here/I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan
Love Swings was a concept album in which Bobby Darin explores a relationship through songs, beginning with the joys and ending in the disillusionment. (US:92)
“The current vogue of taking songs from the American Songbook is nothing new; Bobby Darin was doing it back in 1961. Love Swings tells the story of a relationship via twelve classic tracks, with the first six concerning the joys of being in a relationship and the second six detailing the downside. It is has been described as the most sophisticated album of Bobby Darin's career and it is hard to disagree.”
“Offers music that was a challenge to Sinatra and what a challenge it is. Oh so smooth, late night romantic listening.”
“It's amazing how many of our present young vocalists are trying to copy Bobby but it is impossible. He had a unique talent and one can only marvel at how he could cross every spectrum. If you love Bobby's work definitely get this one."
“Side one contains songs that reflect the happier, giddier side of love. On it Bobby Darin's natural buoyancy as a performer shines through in six uptempo, truly swinging tunes. Side two contains the more poignant, mature songs, including the heartbreaking In Love In Vain.”
“Love Swings is Bobby Darin's most interesting conceptual approach LP and plays like two separate albums. The sequence of songs takes the listener on an emotional journey from love's first stirrings and its delirious heights to the first disillusionments and melancholy lows. While both sides are cohesive thematically, it is hard to listen to the sweet swinging sounds of side one and then eagerly flip to the more haunting and moody songs on side two.”
“This is one of Bobby Darin's most sophisticated albums. If you like a brassy, swinging sound and are not afraid of crying in your martini, then this LP may be your favourite Bobby Darin album.”
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