- Category: Music » Pop Vocal » Show Vocals
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- Release Date: June 22, 1999
- Label: Koch Records (USA)
- UPC: 099923800323
- WAPI (Tower ID): 106100864
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #65877 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #1535 in Pop Vocal (See Top 100 Pop Vocal Bestsellers)
- #115 in Show Vocals (See Top 100 Show Vocals Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "As Of Today" by Barbara Cook to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "As Of Today"Browse more products related to "Barbara Cook"Title NoteOn her third studio album (which followed her second by 18 years), 49-year-old Broadway and nightclub veteran Barbara Cook turned to what annotator Rex Reed called "the new music," contemporary songs by young songwriters like Marsha Malamet, Jim Ricketts, and the team of Gayle Barnhill and Jo Anne Thain, in some cases combining these often plaintive songs in medleys with Irving Berlin standards like "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" and "What'll I Do," a practice that did the second-rate new material no favors. The only current songwriter who really held up to the test was Janis Ian, as Cook made a mini-play out of the marathon song "Stars" and closed As of Today with "Candlelight." Cook was in typically wonderful voice, making the most of the emotional qualities of the songs, and, when the album was released, her decision to sing new songs seemed brave and forward-looking. In retrospect, one might have wished for more of Irving Berlin and less of the also-rans.~ William Ruhlmann If You Enjoy "As Of Today (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "As Of Today (CD)" by Barbara Cook (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Pop Vocal Bestselling CDs
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