[TR24][OF] Dean Martin - Italian Love Songs - 1962/2015 (Vocal Jazz)

Dean Martin typified both the romance and seeming effortlessness of the early-1960s swinger. This collection of lushly orchestrated songs features Italian pop classics like 'There's No Tomorrow,' 'Arrivederci Roma,' 'Return to Me,' and the Latin-flavored 'Belle From Barcelona,' all performed with Martin's familiar relaxed intimacy and devil-may-care swagger. The sessions producing this album's songs were recorded between September 6 and September 8 of 1961. The backing orchestra was conducted and arranged by Gus Levene.
„The only surprising thing about an album of Italian songs by Dean Martin, the most overtly Italian of the Italian-American pop singers, was that it wasn't recorded until near the end of Martin's recording contract with Capitol Records. Maybe it was the success of similar albums by Connie Francis that convinced the label or the artist that such a collection could have commercial appeal, but given that some of Martin's biggest hits, including 'That's Amore' and 'Volare,' had been Italian-flavored, it's hard to see why they would have needed convincing. In any case, Martin was typically convincing on this album in both English and Italian, whether re-cutting his hit 'Return to Me' or trying an alternate English lyric for 'O Sole Mio' ('There's No Tomorrow'). Listeners should be forewarned that this is not a collection of Martin's Italian hits, but rather a newly recorded album (circa 1961). Nevertheless, it is a good match of singer to songs, and it became Martin's first charting album on Capitol.“ (William Ruhlmann, AMG)

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Analyzed: Dean Martin / Italian Love Songs
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR8       -1.37 dB   -12.33 dB      2:46 01-Just Say I Love Her (Dicitencello Vuie)
DR8       -1.44 dB   -11.66 dB      2:41 02-Arrivederci Roma
DR8       -1.24 dB   -11.89 dB      2:38 03-My Heart Reminds Me
DR7       -1.36 dB   -11.12 dB      2:45 04-You're Breaking My Heart (Mattinata)
DR9       -1.30 dB   -12.76 dB      3:05 05-Non Dimenticar
DR8       -1.43 dB   -12.09 dB      2:43 06-Return To Me
DR9       -1.40 dB   -12.92 dB      2:25 07-Vieni Su (Say You Love Me, Too)
DR8       -1.44 dB   -11.88 dB      2:27 08-On An Evening In Roma (Sott'er Celo De Roma)
DR8       -1.16 dB   -12.05 dB      2:59 09-Pardon (Perdoname)
DR8       -1.22 dB   -11.51 dB      2:37 10-Take Me In Your Arms (Torna A Surriento)
DR8       -1.24 dB   -12.00 dB      3:02 11-I Have But One Heart ('O Marenariello)
DR8       -1.15 dB   -11.66 dB      2:48 12-There's No Tomorrow
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate:        96000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           3175 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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