Invisible Tears/Honeycomb/Are You Lonesome Tonight/I Walk The Line/S’posin/Oh Lonesome Me/Everybody Loves Somebody/Singing The Blues/Waitin’ For The Evening Train/Kisses Sweeter Than Wine/Far Away Places/ Marianne
Top arranger and conductor Ray Conniff just missed out on another US album top twenty hit with Invisible Tears. Easy listening orchestral albums such as this, which had been a regular feature in the album charts, were henceforth to register a significant dip in popularity. (US:23)
"Ray Conniff was a remarkable artist who received too little respect for his innovations, and it isn't hyperbole to note that his dreamy, echoey arrangements - which placed the voices alongside rather than in front of the instruments - laid a philosophical foundation for dream pop and other fusions of conventional pop song craft with ethereal sounds. Invisible Tears is a more conventional pop album than some of Conniff's others, but he tried to appeal to different audiences with his various thematic LPs, and this one is aimed at fans of folk and country-pop."
"Enthusiasts of Conniff's 'happy beat' won't be disappointed with this meticulously crafted record and its easygoing sing along quality."
"For me this is the 'Ray Conniff country album', because it captures the energy of the old western spirits, and I think every country fan will be delighted with this; the best songs for me are Everybody Loves Somebody and Singing The Blues, but the rhythm touch of Walk The Line is excellent."
"This LP represents a time in Conniff history where he began to successfully bring in the full voices of the singers, rather than the traditional blending of instruments and voices, Conniff's earliest trademark sound. The recording of the title song, Invisible Tears was also the earliest measurable success of that style change, in that it received a lot of attention on the pop charts and radio."
"You will find that Conniff's treatment of the title song and the 'supporting cast' of selections represent some true listening enjoyment. Faraway Places, Are You Lonesome Tonight and S'posin' are terrific renditions, and the Jimmy Rodgers numbers Honeycomb and Kisses Sweeter Than Wine are as enjoyable as the original versions by that artist."
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