Bobby Darin, The Hit Singles Collection - 51m 47s

Tracks & Durations

1. Splish Splash	2:14
2. Early In The Morning	2:18
3. Queen Of The Hop	2:08
4. Plain Jane	1:58
5. Dream Lover	2:32
6. Mack The Knife	3:06
7. Beyond The Sea	2:51
8. Clementine	3:15
9. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home	2:08
10. Artificial Flowers	3:18
11. Lazy River	2:34
12. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby	2:15
13. Irresistable You	2:36
14. Multiplication	2:16
15. What'd I Say	4:07
16. Things	2:35
17. You're The Reason I'm Living	2:29
18. 18 Yellow Roses	2:20
19. If I Were A Carpenter	2:23
20. Lovin' You	2:11

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Review

Bobby Darin was one of the most personally complex and unpredictable artists of the rock era. Indeed, it's hard to find another major artist who reinvented himself with the deceptive ease and overwhelming success chronicled on this 20-track highlight disc. After scoring three lively and considerable Top 10 successes in the space of a year in the late 1950s ("Splish Splash," "Queen of the Hop," "Dream Lover"), Darin traded in his teen idol sweater 'n' slacks for a tux and tie (evidence suggests he considered rock a passing fad!) and went gunning for Sinatra and the Rat Pack. The immediate results were the Grammy-winning No. 1 legend "Mack the Knife" (adapted from Kurt Weill's "Moritat" in The Threepenny Opera) and the enduring, French-inspired Top 10 hit "Beyond the Sea." If Darin spent the early '60s alternately goosing standards from the American songbook ("Clementine," "Bill Bailey," "Lazy River," "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," etc.) and mending a few rock-pop fences ("Multiplication," "Things"), he still had another surprise in store. His Top 10 take on Tim Hardin's dolorous "If I Were a Carpenter" cast him all too convincingly as conscientious '60s folkie. Other highlights here include his irresistible, swinging take on the lyrically bleak "Artificial Flowers" and his successful, self-penned nods to the '60s Nashville sound, "You're the Reason I'm Living" and "18 Yellow Roses." Darin was considerably more than the first postmodern lounge Revivalist, and herein lies the evidence. --Jerry McCulleyRhino release featuring 20 swingin' tracks released from 1958-1966 on the Atco, Capitol and Atlantic labels. 2002.

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