| Product Summary | | Label: Rhin/mesa/bluemoon Records | | UPC: 00081227449421 | | Release Date: 1/14/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60585523 | | Item#: M4J6VY | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2010 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Sherry ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons |  | | 2. Big Girls Don't Cry ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 3. Walk Like A Man ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 4. Candy Girl ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 5. Dawn (Go Away) ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 6. Ronnie ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 7. Rag Doll ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 8. Save It For Me ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 9. Bye Bye Baby (Baby, Goodbye) ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 10. Let's Hang On (To What We've Got) ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 11. Working My Way Back To You ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 12. Opus 17 (Don't Worry 'Bout Me) ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 13. I've Got You Under My Skin ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 14. C'Mon Marianne ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 15. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - (with Frankie Valli) ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 16. My Eyes Adored You - (with Frankie Valli) ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 17. Swearin' To God - (single version, with Frankie Valli) ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 18. Who Loves You ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 19. December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | | | 20. Grease - (with Frankie Valli) ~ Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli (vocals); Tommy DeVito (vocals, guitar); Bob Gaudio (vocals, keyboards); Nick Massi (vocals, bass). | | Additional personnel includes: Joe Long (vocals, guitar, nass); Charlie Calello (bass). | | Producers include: Bob Crewe, Bob Guadio. | | Compilation producer: Gary Stewart. | | Recorded between 1962 & 1978. Includes liner notes by Pat Sierchio. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | Personnel: Frankie Valli (vocals, background vocals); Tommy DeVito (vocals, guitar); Bob Gaudio (vocals, keyboards); Nick Massi, Joe Long (vocals). | | Audio Remasterers: Dave Schultz; Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot. | | Liner Note Author: Pat Sierchio. | | Released in 2002, this excellent 20-track collection, lovingly compiled by the Rhino label, features many of Frankie Valli's finest moments, both as part of the Four Seasons and on his own. While the majority of the disc focuses on the falsetto-voiced singer's string of 1960s hits with his impeccable Jersey boys that made up the Four Seasons, including the energetic, neo-doo-wopper "Sherry" and the optimistic "Let's Hang On (To What We've Got)," it also makes room for solo singles, such as the dreamy "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and the funky theme from "Grease." | | The Four Seasons are often overlooked when lists of important bands of the 1960s are made. That really shouldn't be the case. With Frankie Valli's amazing bray of a voice backed by the solid harmonies of the other Three Seasons singing simple, powerful songs with great hooks and lots of musical surprises, they were really quite special. And Bob Crewe knew how to produce records that sounded great on car radios: the drums snap, the guitars crunch, and the voices jump out of the mix. The Four Seasons had a lot of really big hit songs: "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Dawn (Go Away)," and "Working My Way Back to You." This compilation rounds up all their chart smashes from their original incarnation in the 1960s plus two tracks ("Who Loves You" and the disco-fied "December, 1963 [Oh, What a Night]") from the mid-'70s. One could question the inclusion of solo tracks by Frankie Valli on a Four Seasons compilation. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," "My Eyes Adored You," "Swearin' to God," and "Grease" are all fine songs and hits as well, but sound out of place, as his solo style is nothing like the classic Four Seasons sound. It seems like a disservice to the group. Surely Rhino could have found a few more Four Seasons tunes to round out the disc -- maybe a song from their weird concept album, The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette, or the should-have-been-a-smash "Silence Is Golden." Ignoring all that, this is still the best single-disc Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons compilation on the market (since Rhino has deleted their superior Anthology, which had more tracks and only one Frankie Valli solo number) and could easily be recommended to the casual fan. ~ Tim Sendra |
| | Artist Overview | | In the 1960s, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons churned out hit after hit to become one of the most successful vocal groups in pop history. Their signature was Valli's stratospheric falsetto, but their success also resulted from sharp, melodic songwriting. During their prime, singles like "Sherry" and "Walk Like a Man" emphasized close-harmony singing with an urban swagger, providing the missing link between doo wop and Motown-era pop. The group topped the charts again in the '70s with an updated, disco-influenced sound. There was a resurgence of interest in the Four Seasons in the early 2000s thanks to the hugely successful Broadway musical JERSEY BOYS about the history of the beloved group. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/14/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 74494 | | Label : Rhino Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227449421 |
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