Track Listing

1. Ain't That a Kick in the Head
2. That's Amore
3. Memories Are Made of This
4. Just In Time
5. Sway
6. I'd Cry Like A Baby
7. Volare
8. Under The Bridges Of Paris
9. Love Me, Love Me
10. If
11. Mambo Italiano
12. Let Me Go Lover
13. Standing On The Corner
14. You Belong to Me
15. Powder Your Face With Sunshine
16. Innamorata (Sweetheart)
17. I'll Always Love You
18. Kiss
19. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
20. Return to Me (Ritorna-Me)
21. The Door Is Still Open to My Heart
22. Houston
23. Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
24. Everybody Loves Somebody
25. In the Chapel in the Moonlight
26. I Will
27. Little Old Wine Drinker Me
28. Somewhere There's a Someone
29. In The Misty Moonlight
30. Gentle On My Mind

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #509 in Music
• Released on: 2004-06-01
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
The revisionist take on the Rat Pack's razor-witted King of Cool reveals a Dean Martin who was considerably more complex than the Titan of Tipplers legend; a man who would just as soon retire to his room with a tumbler of milk to watch a TV Western than prowl the Strip with his famous cohorts. That sublime, preternatural indifference is both underscored and belied with dizzying regularity on this good 30-track overview of Martin's singing career. The breezy hits "That's Amore" and "Volare" underscored his public staying power when many counted him out in the face of a surging 1950s youth market. He repeated the feat again with trademark effortlessness a decade later to knock no less than the Beatles off the top of the charts with the unlikely, if inviting schmaltz of "Everybody Loves Somebody." Ever informed by his warm, deceptive vocal ease, Martin's rich signature tunes are well-represented here. But the collection also spans enough lovable kitsch ("Mambo Italiano," "Little Old Wine Drinker Me") and unabashed romantic yearning ("Innamorata," "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On") to deepen the compelling mystery of one of pop music's most enduring ciphers. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

That's Amore
What can I say about this album - about the vocal styling, song selection, and whatnot. I mean, it's Dean Martin. Really, what could I say?

What I do have to say is that from the very first note I was immediately transported back to 1979, my Grandparents kitchen in the Bronx. The smell of sauce hanging in the air and gentle warble of Dean's voice wafting out through the radio.

Some days I wish I could go back to that tiny kitchen. Tonight, listening to this album, I did.

Five Stars

How could it not be five stars, given the length and price?
Thirty songs, most of them pop hits, and a price well below what might be expected, along with an interesting booklet and well-mastered tracks is what you get here. If you like Dean, but don't have these songs already, what are you waiting for?

If you love Dino, buy this
This album has all the old favorites - I first heard it in my favorite Italian restaurant and had to have it. My dad had all these songs and I grew up listening to them.