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His fifth album in four years, and the beginning of a six-year dry spell on the Top 40 until "After the Lovin'" would appear, Engelbert Humperdinck sings Paul Anka's "We Made It Happen" as the title and opening track to this project, which proves an interesting and strong bid for chart action under the musical direction of Ian Green. Covering the Bee Gees' "Words," a decent rendition of the Beatles' "Something," and even Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'," Humperdinck here is moving into the post-Top 40 Johnny Mathis direction of performing other people's well-known melodies rather than breaking his own hits. There were always some copy tunes injected into Humperdinck's previous work, but not so blatantly and pervasively as on this 11-song collection. Longtime producer Peter Sullivan is still doing the supervision, though Charles Blackwell's arrangement of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" feels a bit labored. Ditto for the rendition of the Ray Charles Singers' sublime "Love Me With All Your Heart (Quando Caliente El Soli)," also directed and arranged by Blackwell. Humperdinck overcomes the pedestrian orchestral walk-through with a soulful vocal, but it is clear that this formula was not matching previous successes. Mike Vickers' take on "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" makes this clear, though Charles Blackwell does give the Bee Gees' "Words" a very nice setting; it is, perhaps, the best of the "covers" on this satisfactory but less than stellar outing by the popular vocalist. Side two is more traditional Engelbert, sandwiched in between Harry Nilsson and Peter, Paul & Mary chart adventures. These moments -- Les Reed's innovative take on "Love for Love (Ciao, My Love)" and Mike Vickers work on "Just Say I Love Her" and "My Wife the Dancer," are the ones that deliver what audiences craved from the singer. Any one of those three titles should have broken through for E.H..
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
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Ian Green, Musical Director - Paul Anka, ComposerLyricist - Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Charles Blackwell, Musical Director
℗ 1971 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Charles Blackwell, Musical Director
℗ 1971 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Sunny Skylar, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Alberto Martinoli, ComposerLyricist - Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Charles Blackwell, Musical Director - Carlos Rigual Rodríguez, ComposerLyricist - Mario Rigual Rodriguez, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Barry Gibb, ComposerLyricist - Robin Gibb, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Gibb, ComposerLyricist - Charles Blackwell, Musical Director
℗ 1971 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
GEORGE HARRISON, ComposerLyricist - Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Charles Blackwell, Musical Director
℗ 1970 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Fred Neil, ComposerLyricist - Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Laurie Holloway, Musical Director
℗ 1970 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Les Reed, Musical Director - NATILI, ComposerLyricist - Ignaz Carbonelli Polizzy, ComposerLyricist - Renato Martini, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Mike Vickers, Musical Director - Les Reed, Musical Director - Rodolfo Falvo, ComposerLyricist - Sam Ward, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Dale, ComposerLyricist - Martin Kalmanoff, ComposerLyricist - Jack Val, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Frederick Loewe, ComposerLyricist - Alan Jay Lerner, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Clayton, Musical Director
℗ 1970 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Mike Vickers, Musical Director - Mascari, ComposerLyricist - Wenlaff, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Engelbert Humperdinck, MainArtist - Mike Vickers, Musical Director - John Denver, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
Albumbeschreibung
His fifth album in four years, and the beginning of a six-year dry spell on the Top 40 until "After the Lovin'" would appear, Engelbert Humperdinck sings Paul Anka's "We Made It Happen" as the title and opening track to this project, which proves an interesting and strong bid for chart action under the musical direction of Ian Green. Covering the Bee Gees' "Words," a decent rendition of the Beatles' "Something," and even Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'," Humperdinck here is moving into the post-Top 40 Johnny Mathis direction of performing other people's well-known melodies rather than breaking his own hits. There were always some copy tunes injected into Humperdinck's previous work, but not so blatantly and pervasively as on this 11-song collection. Longtime producer Peter Sullivan is still doing the supervision, though Charles Blackwell's arrangement of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" feels a bit labored. Ditto for the rendition of the Ray Charles Singers' sublime "Love Me With All Your Heart (Quando Caliente El Soli)," also directed and arranged by Blackwell. Humperdinck overcomes the pedestrian orchestral walk-through with a soulful vocal, but it is clear that this formula was not matching previous successes. Mike Vickers' take on "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" makes this clear, though Charles Blackwell does give the Bee Gees' "Words" a very nice setting; it is, perhaps, the best of the "covers" on this satisfactory but less than stellar outing by the popular vocalist. Side two is more traditional Engelbert, sandwiched in between Harry Nilsson and Peter, Paul & Mary chart adventures. These moments -- Les Reed's innovative take on "Love for Love (Ciao, My Love)" and Mike Vickers work on "Just Say I Love Her" and "My Wife the Dancer," are the ones that deliver what audiences craved from the singer. Any one of those three titles should have broken through for E.H..
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:24
- Main artists: Engelbert Humperdinck
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1970 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2017 Chrysalis Copyrights Limited, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Decca Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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