The Many Moods Of Tony – TONY BENNETT***

The Little Boy/When Joanna Loved Me/A Taste Of Honey/Soon Its Gonna Rain/The Kid’s A Dreamer/So Long Big Time/Don’t Wait Too Long/Caravan/Spring In Manhattan/I’ll Be Around/You’ve Changed/Limehouse Blues

Singers of the time were often tied to contracts requiring more albums than there were recent quality songs to fill them. Tony Bennett’s motley collection The Many Moods Of Tony suffers in this respect. (US:20)

"Columbia Records contract in the 1960s called for three albums a year, and the result was occasional releases like this one, whose title gives away the truth - it's a hodgepodge of previously released singles (Spring In Manhattan, Don't Wait Too Long, The Little Boy) and sessions held at various times with various arrangers and musicians, all stitched together to meet the release schedule."

"What rescues this album is a remarkable new ballad, When Joanna Loved Me, that immediately went onto the Bennett concert short list. But on the whole, this album does not meet the standard Bennett had set with recent releases."

"I don't believe there is a more romantic singer than Tony Bennett. He never fails to give a class performance."

"Oh what a beautiful song is When Joanna Loved Me. Just like my beautiful daughter Joanna."

"On When Joanna Loved Me Tony's singing is like a 'fine spice' you cannot live without it in your cooking. This is an amazing song, so well written too. One of the great all time recordings. Few singers ever have such a song."