Mel Tormé - That's All

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:28
Size: 158,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:52) 1. I've Got You Under My Skin
(3:49) 2. That's All
(3:11) 3. What Is There To Say?
(2:49) 4. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?
(3:34) 5. The Folks Who Live On the Hill
(3:07) 6. Isn't It A Pity?
(2:54) 7. Ho-Ba-La-La
(2:46) 8. P.S. I Love You
(2:50) 9. The Nearness Of You
(2:46) 10. My Romance
(2:51) 11. The Second Time Around
(2:23) 12. Haven't We Met?
(2:32) 13. I Know Your Heart
(2:20) 14. You'd Better Love Me
(2:55) 15. I See It Now
(2:21) 16. Once In A Lifetime
(2:54) 17. Hang On To Me
(2:48) 18. Seventeen
(2:49) 19. I Remember Suzanne
(2:27) 20. Only The Very Young
(2:50) 21. Paris Smiles
(2:41) 22. Ev'ry Day's A Holiday
(2:35) 23. One Little Snowflake
(3:10) 24. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)

Mel Tormé's 1965 album That's All features beautiful vocals throughout the set, but there are a few problems. The arrangements (mostly by Robert Mersey) are essentially unimaginative middle-of-the-road pop with an orchestra and occasional strings and background singers greatly weighing down the proceedings. The album's selections (all ballads) are mostly taken at slow tempos and are clearly geared for radio airplay, clocking in around the three-minute mark, which means that Tormé's improvising is held to a minimum. So if the melody wasn't strong, the singer was not given a chance to improve it, and if the tune was excellent, Tormé's straight forward version added nothing to the song's legacy. At best, this recording makes for a mildly pleasant listen.~Scott Yanowhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/thats-all-mw0000311828

That's All

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