In The Chapel By The Moonlight/Release Me/I Can’t Help Remembering You/Turn To Me/Wallpaper Roses/Little Ole Wine Drinker Me/The Green Green Grass Of Home/A Place In The Shade/Pride/Welcome To My World
Welcome To My World features a slight change of approach for Dino as he provides his own interpretations of many well known country standards in his easy listening style. (US:20 UK:39)
"Martin, his producer Jimmy Bowen, and his arranger Ernie Freeman were still working out variants on the country-pop, soft rock arrangements that had given him a series of hits since 1964, and they had several modest successes from these selections, including In The Chapel In The Moonlight and Little Ole Wine Drinker Me. In addition, Bowen combed the country charts for suitable covers such as Jim Reeves' Welcome To My World. Meanwhile, Engelbert Humperdinck (Release Me) and Tom Jones (The Green Green Grass Of Home) had found success by borrowing the Martin formula of making pop versions of country hits, and Bowen just snatched those songs back for him. The result, is a good collection of country-pop."
"These are probably not Dino's finest Reprise recordings, but there are a few gems. Welcome To My World equals the original rendition by Jim Reeves, though somewhat different in style. Dean's Green Green Grass Of Home is very impressive. Little Ole Wine Drinker is fun, and there are nice cuts of Wallpaper Roses and Chapel In The Moonlight. The rest is filler, but good filler."
"If you are a fan of Dean Martin, you'll love this 1967 LP. We're about halfway through the Reprise years and Dino, fresh from the success of his TV series, almost transforms everything, from the standards to his new songs like Little Ole Wine Drinker Me, into his own unique style. That is the mark of a singer who knows his craft, even if the material is medium. This is easy listening music at it's best, and Dino is almost in the twilight of his career with still a few delights to come."
"Absolutely no one has ever sung Welcome To My World as well as Dean Martin. Not Jim Reeves; no one."
"I have listened to the album Welcome To My World for many years now and it is still one of my favourite albums and tracks of all time. Dean's version of Welcome To My World is the absolute best for me. All of the other tracks are fantastic. The production is terrific."
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