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The Capitol Years (CD)

By: Dean Martin (Artist)
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DISC 1 for The Capitol Years (CD) Album By Dean Martin (Artist)
1   Memories Are Made Of This
2   Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)
3   You Was - (with Peggy Lee)
4   Dreamy Old New England Moon - (with Paul Weston)
5   I'm Gonna Paper All My Walls With Your Love Letters
6   I'll Always Love You (Day After Day)
7   Solitaire
8   Night Train To Memphis
9   Pretty As A Picture
10   Oh Marie
11   You Belong To Me
12   Susan - (previously unreleased)
13   Peanut Vendor, The - (previously unreleased)
14   I'm Yours
15   That's Amore
16   I'd Cry Like A Baby - (previously unreleased)
17   Hey Brother, Pour The Wine
18   Every Street's A Boulevard (In Old New York) - (previously unreleased)
19   I'll Gladly Make The Same Mistake
20   Open Up The Dog House (Two Cats Are Coming In) - (with Nat "King" Cole)
 
DISC 2 for The Capitol Years (CD) Album By Dean Martin (Artist)
1   Carolina In The Morning
2   In Napoli
3   Innamorata :: Sweetheart
4   I'm Gonna Steal You Away - (with The Nuggets)
5   Only Trust Your Heart
6   Beau James
7   Good Mornin' Life
8   Return To Me :: Ritorna
9   It's 1200 Miles From Palm Springs To Texas - (previously unreleased)
10   Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)
11   On An Evening In Roma - (stereo version)
12   All I Do Is Dream Of You
13   Meldey: You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It) / It Had To Be You / I'm In Love With You / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)
14   My Guiding Star - (previously unreleased)
15   Until The Real Thing Comes Along
16   Ain't That A Kick In The Head
17   Just In Time
18   Be An Angel - (previously unreleased, stereo)
19   Non Dimenticar
20   Somebody Loves You - (stereo)
 
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Review

Entertainment Weekly (6/28-7/5/96, p.102) - "...Dean Martin oozed a cocksure nonchalance that's the basic chemical formula of pre-rock cool. He sang, often in a mutter or a slur, as if no one were listening, balancing the sentiment of '50s material such as `Only Trust Your Heart' with dozy cynicism..." - Rating: A-
Q (11/96, p.162) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...the 1950s stuff he did for Capitol pre-dates his Man Who Drank America routine. All the lazy charm and Latin smooth do not disguise a singer who took his job seriously..."
NME (Magazine) (8/10/96, p.51) - 6 (out of 10) - "...[Dean] came across as a ruffled, devil-may-care deviant; a playboy who, it seemed, really knew how to play. Hence this bourbon-soaked and impressively cool double-CD collection of Martin's best shots from between 1950 and 1952..."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Dean Martin, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Paul Weston (vocals).

Recorded between 1948 & 1961.

Before leaving to join Frank Sinatra's label Reprise, Dean Martin had a successful run at Capitol Records from 1953 to 1963. As the title implies, CAPITOL YEARS covers that tenure, and is the definitive portrait of Martin's music from the period. With 40 songs spread out over two discs, this lovingly assembled set includes all of Martin's best-known hits, with some album tracks and rarities thrown in for good measure.

Though not a technically impressive singer on par with Sinatra, Martin's vocals have their own relaxed, easygoing charm, and enabled him to make any song in any style his own. Martin is at his best, though, as a romantic balladeer--and there is plenty of that fare here ("Only Trust Your Heart," "All I Do Is Dream Of You"). In addition to his croon, Dino could also swing with the best of them, as displayed on the collection's up-tempo numbers ("Ain't That A Kick In The Head"), and in particular the material he recorded with band leader Nelson Riddle. CAPITOL YEARS is an excellent overview of Martin's first decade as a recording artist, and a fine introduction to the singer in general.

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