Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.8 / 5.0

The BEST Love Songs Done By The Best Artist!:

I met my now fiance in Sept 2002. The next Month Rod's "Great American Songbook I" came out. I bought us both a copy and it instantly became "Our CD" The music from this CD has taken us though many happy, romantic, and bumpy times.. even the death of my Mom who loved many of these songs from her past. We both Plan to have our first dance as man and wife to "Just the way you look tonight" played from the CD. I also just got us both Volume II. These CD's are worth more than gold! I wish I could tell Rod... more info

Through the years.........:

Times change, people change, and people change with time. There seems to be a new crop of music out their. New artists like Steve Tyrell, Norah Jones and Diana Krall. Just to name a few. Who've brought back a sound from a different part of time. Maybe songs our parents listened to when they were dating or just got out of high school. But Rod Stewart? We all remember the raspy sound of the throat busting rocker from his days of fame when we hear Maggie, Hot Legs, or a hit he released in the last decade like... more info

It is the material that you like:

If you think that you like this CD, I suspect that you are not really familiar with the material. It isn't Rod Stewart that you like. It is the great American songbook. If you love the material, then you need to hear it performed by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams. Stewart is not even close. I dare anyone to compare Stewart's version of "The Way You Look Tonight" to Sinatra's. I dare anyone to compare Stewart's version of "That's All" (an absolute, unmitigated disaster) to Mel... more info

Tracks:

1. You Go To My Head (feat Dave Koz)
2. They Can't Take That Away From Me (feat Arturo Sandoval)
3. The Way You Look Tonight
4. It Had to Be You (feat Michael Brecker)
5. That Old Feeling (feat Arturo Sandoval)
6. These Foolish Things (feat Dave Koz)
7. The Very Thought of You
8. Moonglow (feat Arturo Sandoval)
9. I'll Be Seeing You
10. Everytime We Say Goodbye (feat Dave Koz)
11. The Nearness of You
12. For All We Know
13. We'll Be Together Again
14. That's All

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