Lady – JACK JONES****

Lady/A Beautiful Friendship/Free Again/If You Never Come To Me/Nice ‘N’ Easy/Brother Where Are You/Once Upon A Time/If You Go Away/Theme From The Sand Pebbles/Girl Talk/Afraid To Love/Its Easy To Remember

Easy listening crooner Jack Jones achieved his final commercially successful LP in the States with Lady. He would enjoy a revival of popularity in the UK during the early 1970s. (US:23)

"This Jack Jones album contains a memorable hit single Lady, yet every one of its songs has grown in popularity with fans over the decades. It's no surprise, considering how this LP encompasses everything Jones was and became as an interpretive singer, and every genre and trend that he would master in his early recording career."

"I remember listening to Jack Jones sing Lady for the fist time when my parents played this on the stereo and I really liked the sweet sound of this man's voice. Every song that came out from this great singer always sounded good. So clear and crisp, and it was all natural, without strain. He could sing with the best of singers."

"Lady is such a beautiful song and Jack has such a wonderful smooth voice. Pure gold."

"On this album Jones would introduce a newer and richer style of introspection, with sparse accompaniment, as he expresses the desperation in If You Go Away, and the exhilaration of Free Again. Jones could easily have made the latter a one note anthem, but instead leads listeners through a subtly elevating emotional journey, from hesitation to reminiscing to sombre relief and, ultimately, the breathless declaration of freedom from a relationship."

"Here, at the mere age of 29, he was forging his own, unique path, with a deeper, more haunting intimacy with lyrics that no other pop singer could match."

"The past is instantly recalled in the title song, with Jack's incredible vocal range bringing vivid life to this gorgeous, but difficult, Bert Kaempfert melody. His singing voice glides easily from baritone to tenor and back, expressing the pure, swooning romance of an earlier, happier era, as only Jack Jones could still convincingly do in this far from idealistic year of 1967. This single was indeed 'quintessential Jack', yet Jones chose to continue maturing."