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Mack The Knife - The Best Of Bobby Darin Volume Two

Bobby Darin Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Mack The Knife
2 Lazy River
3 That's The Way Love Is
4 Beyond The Sea
5 Was There A Call For Me
6 I Guess I'm Good For Nothing Blues
7 Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me
8 Guys And Dolls
9 Down With Love
10 Black Coffee
11 Pete Kelly's Blues
12 Clementine
13 Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
14 Artificial Flowers
15 I Didn't Know What Time It Was
16 What A Difference A Day Made
17 Skylark
18 Just Friends
19 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
20 I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
21 Christmas Auld Lang Syne

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What a tragedy that Bobby Darin died so young at 37. He is under-appreciated today and dwarfed by the huge shadow cast by Frank Sinatra. Though Darin didn't have the poignant and unmatched ability of Sinatra to phrase a lyric, his uptempo songs are nearly as good as the Chairman of the Board. He is cool, hip, has fine range and has an innate jazzy feel that infuses all of his swingier songs. The musical arrangements and musicianship displayed here is also exemplary. The orchestra that backs up Darrin is fantastic. My personal favorite is "Beyond the Sea," one of the great swing pseudo-ballads of the 50's, recently resurrected as the backdrop of a TV commercial. Darrin proves he was the natural successor to Sinatra with his masterful vocal here. "Guys and Dolls" and "Down with Love" are nearly as good and showcases Darrin's talent. The best ballad is probably "Was There a Call for Me?" which reproduces the boozy hangover feeling of being dumped about as well as any song. Darrin's later work was never as hip and contemporary-sounding as the music on this disc. This is an exceptional collection with many catchy, memorable tunes, and proves beyond a doubt that Darrin was an amazing talent.

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Best known for his early rock hits such as "Splish Splash," by the early '60s Bobby Darrin had pretty much abandoned rock and recast himself as something of a finger poppin', tuxedo wearing, youth-camp version of Sinatra. Surprisingly, it worked. While he lacks Frank's chops, the swinging "By the Sea" and "Mack The Knife" are two of the best latter-day Sinatra imitations, and there's no denying his light touch on "Lazy River." He even had the guts to take on "Guys and Dolls," a song identified with the Chairman. As good as this album is, it only gives a fraction of Darrin's talents. For a broader picture (including his late 60's transformation into a jeans wearing folkie), check out Rhino's Darrin box, As Long As I'm Singing. --Steven Mirkin

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Atco
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Atco
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000002JOT
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 47 ratings

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Dan Berger
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2005
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This has become one of my alltime favorite albums, and the best of the five Darin albums I've got.

"Mack the Knife" is one of the greatest songs ever. Lots of people have done this, including Sinatra and Louis Armstrong, but no one touches Bobby Darin's version here. This song will live as long as bars have jukeboxes. "Lazy River" is strangely evocative; it somehow combines the hazy, lazy sense with his ferocious delivery. "Beyond the Sea" is right up there with "Mack the Knife." I believe it has undertones of being with the one you love, after death. It's one of the most romantic songs ever.

His "Guys and Dolls" just assassinates this song. It swings like crazy. All the blues numbers in here - "Was There A Call for Me" "I Guess I'm Good For Nothing But the Blues" "Black Coffee" and "Pete Kelly's Blues" - are fine. They draw vivid pictures in the imagination; Darin sells them completely.

"Clementine" is politically incorrect but true to the original and still wonderful; you wouldn't think a corny traditional song like that could be delivered with 10 tons of dynamite like he does. Ditto "Bill Bailey." (This was something he apparently excelled at, resuscitating traditional songs most vocalists wouldn't bother with and making them work.)

Darin wrote "Artificial Flowers" and shows that social consciousness wasn't the sole property of folk-singing pukes with acoustic guitars. At least two people I know cried when I first played this song for them.

"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "Just Friends" make a pair on this album that has private meaning for me: My first foray into jazz in college involved Charlie Parker; the first Bird album I ever had also had versions of these two songs on it. This is the only other album I know that does both - I'd never heard the words before - and this says something about the versatility of both the standards songbook and Bobby Darin. Bebopper on the one hand, rock `n roller cum Vegas singer on the other hand.

"Skylark" - you can just see the bluest of skies when he sings this. "Christmas Auld Lang Syne" almost makes me want to celebrate Christmas. (I'm Jewish.) I think it speaks to Christmas as people imagine they'd like to have it.
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Peter Durward Harris
5.0 out of 5 stars Second hits volume has few hits but high quality
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2003
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This collection and the companion Splish splash contain forty of Bobby Darin's finest songs from his peak years. Purely in terms of hits, this is weak, containing only seven American hits, but anybody who judges the quality of the music by the size of the hits alone misses out on a lot of great music. And so it is with this collection.
Mack the knife, an American chart-topper, is the biggest hit here, while Beyond the sea, a translation of the French song La mer, also reached the top ten. The other American hits here are Lazy river, Clementine, Bill Bailey won't you please come home, Artificial flowers and Christmas Auld lang syne.
Among the unsuccessful singles here are covers of Black coffee (Peggy Lee), What a difference a day makes (Dinah Washington), Skylark (Dinah Shore) and Don't get around much anymore (Duke Ellington), all done in Bobby's unique style.
This volume, with a few up-tempo songs and a lot of ballads, is generally mellower than Splish splash, which contains a lot of up-tempo songs and a few ballads. Taken together, the two volumes present a comprehensive collection of Bobby's A-sides from 1958 to 1961, plus (on Splish splash) three later songs.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Has the songs i wanted.
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2022
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Had all songs i wanted to hear. Bobby is classic
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Rayford W. Marett, Jr.
3.0 out of 5 stars CD is great.
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2014
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Would have paid more for the original CD package. CD is great.
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hazel
5.0 out of 5 stars The best of Bobby Darin
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2015
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I well remember the thrill of the first Bobby Darin song I heard on radio "Mack the Knive". It's been many decades but I still appreciate his voice and his way with a song.

I listened to this CD for the first time this morning, on vacation. It's far more than I expected. Good quality sound, an amazing number of songs, I agree that it's the best of Bobby Darin though there may be some great songs missing. I'm glad to have the ones on this disk.
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Christy
4.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Bobby Darin
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2011
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I've listened to Bobby Darin from when I was a little kid in the late 50's to now.
I wanted something that had several of his hits in it and it had to have "Mack The Knife". This CD has it and much more. A very good sample of Darin's range and style. Some of the tracks I have never heard before and I gained a few "new"
favorites. This has it all from Big Band, Pop, to Jazz. Can't go wrong with this CD.
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Jorge Reyes
5.0 out of 5 stars Forget Sinatra!
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2001
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This must be the best CD I've ever bought. The music is simply captivating, and it makes a perfect listen anytime. It goes from very relaxed songs (though not lazy as the Lazy River song might suggest) to charming lyrics like "Don't dream of anybody but me" and quite amusing ouvres like Mack the Knife or Artificial Flowers. Maybe I exaggerate with the Sinatra comment above, but if you ever want to get romantic about a girl, this is the music for it. I just can't get tired of listening this CD once and again; its music suits every possible mood (Try "Black Coffee" or "What a difference a day makes...")
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AGentlRose
5.0 out of 5 stars What can I say I love Bobby Darin
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2014
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It was nice to be able to find a cassette with Bobby Darin's music. I still like my Walkman, so cassettes are hard to come by. Thankful for this one and it sounded great, even though it was listed as used.
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