I’m Sitting On Top Of The World/Fool No. 1/White Silver Sands/Just Out Of Reach/Sweethearts On Parade/It’s A Lonesome Old Town/Organ Grinder’s Swing/Gonna Find Me A Bluebird/Why Me/Valley Of Tears/Someday You’ll Want Me To Want You/You Can Depend On Me
Brenda Lee’s versatility is demonstrated on Brenda That’s All which was rather over reliant on MOR standards for her largely teenage pop obsessed audience. Includes two US top ten hit singles, Fool No. 1 and You Can Depend On Me. (US:20 UK:13)
“Brenda That's All was a mix of material that seemed designed to highlight her versatility. Pop music was at the centre, but there were various shades of country, R & B and the adult contemporary market. It's not a scintillating record, but it's pretty good, in part because it avoids the overemphasis on adult pop standards that hurt some of her LPs from the period."
"Fool #1 and You Can Depend On Me are the hits, but there are some good tracks here, whether the buoyant I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, the bluesily arranged White Silver Sands, the orchestrated country-pop of Just Out Of Reach, or the mildly swinging Why Me?. Someday You'll Want Me To Want You is the kind of classy, impeccably produced pop ballad in which she specialized in the early 1960s, and sounds like it could have been a hit single under its own steam. The whole album is impressively sung and immaculately produced."
“As on all of Brenda's LP's there is a strong foundation of 'standards'. Brenda delivers some great ballads here, such as Just Out Of Reach, I'm Gonna Find Me A Bluebird and the classic Someday You'll Want Me To Want You. The album in livened up with some uptempo rockers like Organ Grinder's Swing. This is another great album of quality music.”
“This girl for her age was a superstar, perfect timing, big clear voice with feeling.” “By a singer from a time when the person had to be able to actually sing, and you could clearly understand the artist.”
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