Charade/Mona Lisa/Call Me Irresponsible/I’ll Never Stop Loving You/Madrigal/Be My Love/More/Laura/Anniversary Song/Gigi/Song From Moulin Rouge/Love Letters
Subtitled Hit Songs From the Movies, Call Me Irresponsible stayed on the US album chart for over a year. Note the emphasis many reviewers place on the qualities of Andy's voice. (US:5)
"Call Me Irresponsible, features songs from various movies. He had already recorded another album of movie songs, Moon River & Other Great Movie Themes, but there was no shortage of songs to choose from and this album proves it. Perhaps the most famous songs here are Love Letters and I'll Never Stop Loving You, but there are many great songs, all superbly sung by Andy."
"The songs tended to be evocative of a mood rather than specific, and Williams' warm, yet homogenized approach, backed by sympathetic orchestral arrangements with occasional vocal choruses, brought out their haunting, romantic qualities. The whole album suggested that Williams and movie songs remained perfect partners."
"What a wonderful masterpiece is Call Me Irresponsible and a very lovely song it is. Very entertaining, I wish Andy Williams would live forever." "No one sings Mancini better than Andy Williams - ballad, uptempo, whatever, he's just the best, delivering the emotion as well as the fun in Mancini's songs. They have a great chemistry on and off the stage."
"Andy Williams is an icon. No matter what song he selects, it is always so right for him. Love all of his music, always have, always will." "More is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. I still to this day can't believe it lost to Call Me Irresponsible for the 1963 Academy Award for Best Song."
"A much different type of voice to Sinatra, but Andy ranks with the best singers ever. In his prime, his vocal range was incomparable."
"I feel he is the best singer of movie theme songs, period. His soft falsetto voice and his way of singing songs sounds so effortless it blows me away. He is just awesome."
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