Bette Midler - Jackpot: The Best Bette

Time: 67:40
Size: 154.9 MB
Label: WEA/Rhino
Styles: Adult Contemporary, Soft rock
Year: 2008
Bitrate: 320K/s
Art: Front

[2:41] 1. In The Mood
[3:06] 2. This Ole House
[3:48] 3. Beast of Burden
[3:55] 4. Just My Imagination [Running Away With Me]
[3:35] 5. The Rose
[4:59] 6. When A Man Loves A Woman
[1:31] 7. I've Still Got My Health
[5:31] 8. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
[4:18] 9. Hello In There
[3:17] 10. The Glory Of Love
[3:12] 11. Tenderly
[4:55] 12. Wind Beneath My Wings
[2:44] 13. Do You Want To Dance
[2:27] 14. Baby Mine
[4:39] 15. From A Distance
[2:18] 16. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
[2:55] 17. Friends
[5:11] 18. Something Your Heart Has Been Telling Me [Demo Version]
[2:29] 19. Cool Yule

This 20-track collection is the second "Best of Bette" collection & is a good overview of Bette's career. Early hits like "Do You Want to Dance?," "In the Mood," & her signature song "Friends" are balanced with newer recordings like "Cool Yule," which went to #1 on my personal top ten last Christmas. Always, fans will have favorites songs like "In These Shoes," "Shining Star" or "Mambo Italiano" that were not included. However, this volume is well-engineered. The booklet is informative. Several tracks from films are included like the Carole King-David Foster-Carole Bayer Sager tune "My One True Friend" & "Baby Mine" from "Beaches." The previously unreleased demo from 1984, "Something Your Heart Has Been Telling Me," is a delightful track co-penned by Bette, "Last night I heard you calling, I heard you calling out a name I did not know." Two tracks shine here in replay, the Rolling Stones' "Beast of Burden" pops out of the speakers with some burning electric lead guitar; and the Temptations' #1 hit "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" shimmers delightfully. "Jackpot!" is an excellent overview from this consummate actress-singer. Bravo! ~Lee Armstrong

Jackpot: The Best Bette

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