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The Very Best of Ed Ames might seem like a skimpy anthology with only 14 tracks, but it is an excellent distillation of this classic pop singer's solo recordings. Ames, having come from the barbershop-style Ames Brothers quartet, offered pop standards, continental pop, show tunes, and adult contemporary music on his solo albums, but his hits were mostly in a contemporary vein. The Very Best of Ed Ames covers most of Ames' big hits and concentrates on broadly appealing material like "My Cup Runneth Over" and the antiwar song "Who Will Answer?" Ames' foray into country music yielded a winner with his version of Jerry Reed's "A Thing Called Love," and a few of the cuts here are in a similar country-pop style. After the success of "Who Will Answer?," Ames attempted other message-oriented songs, like Wally Whyton's "Leave Them a Flower," to which he was not well suited; it would have been better if that track had been omitted in favor of one of his other big easy listening hits like "Timeless Love." Aside from that minor quibble, The Very Best of Ed Ames offers a fine retrospective of the mightiest baritone in pop music. [RCA released this collection only a year after the Taragon label licensed many of the same recordings for a 20-track Ed Ames anthology with the exact same title.]
© Greg Adams /TiVo
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Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Harvey Schmidt, Composer - Harvey Schmidt, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Tom Jones, Composer - Tom Jones, Lyricist
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Claus Ogerman, Conductor - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Harvey Schmidt, Composer - Harvey Schmidt, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Tom Jones, Composer - Tom Jones, Lyricist
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Webb, Composer - Webb, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Shuman, Composer - Shuman, Lyricist - Canfora, Composer - Canfora, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Baselli, Composer - Baselli, Lyricist - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ed Ames, Performer - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Frederick Loewe, Composer - Frederick Loewe, Lyricist - Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Alan Jay Lerner, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist
Originally released 1965. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Jerry Hubbard, Composer - Jerry Hubbard, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Al Capps, Arranger - Al Capps, Conductor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Luis Eduardo Aute, Composer - Luis Eduardo Aute, Lyricist - Davis, Composer - Davis, Lyricist - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Griffin, Composer - Griffin, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Gordon, Composer - Gordon, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Luisini, Composer - Luisini, Lyricist - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Artie Butler, Arranger - Artie Butler, Conductor - R.I. Allen, Composer - R.I. Allen, Lyricist - Ed Ames, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - HERMAN, Composer - HERMAN, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Reed, Composer - Reed, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Stephens, Composer - Stephens, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Davis, Composer - Davis, Lyricist - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Wally Whyton, Composer - Wally Whyton, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, Performer - Jimmie Haskell, Arranger - Jimmie Haskell, Conductor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Snyder, Composer - Snyder, Lyricist - Perry Botkin Jr., Arranger - Perry Botkin Jr., Conductor - Last, Composer - Last, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Bader, Composer - Bader, Lyricist - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Kusik, Composer - Kusik, Lyricist - Ed Ames, Performer - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Album review
The Very Best of Ed Ames might seem like a skimpy anthology with only 14 tracks, but it is an excellent distillation of this classic pop singer's solo recordings. Ames, having come from the barbershop-style Ames Brothers quartet, offered pop standards, continental pop, show tunes, and adult contemporary music on his solo albums, but his hits were mostly in a contemporary vein. The Very Best of Ed Ames covers most of Ames' big hits and concentrates on broadly appealing material like "My Cup Runneth Over" and the antiwar song "Who Will Answer?" Ames' foray into country music yielded a winner with his version of Jerry Reed's "A Thing Called Love," and a few of the cuts here are in a similar country-pop style. After the success of "Who Will Answer?," Ames attempted other message-oriented songs, like Wally Whyton's "Leave Them a Flower," to which he was not well suited; it would have been better if that track had been omitted in favor of one of his other big easy listening hits like "Timeless Love." Aside from that minor quibble, The Very Best of Ed Ames offers a fine retrospective of the mightiest baritone in pop music. [RCA released this collection only a year after the Taragon label licensed many of the same recordings for a 20-track Ed Ames anthology with the exact same title.]
© Greg Adams /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:03
- Main artists: Ed Ames
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Pop/Rock International Pop
(P) 2001 BMG Entertainment
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