Here for You

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Sales Rank: 214491 Varese Sarabande Released: 1998-10-20

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1. Here We Are
2. I Concentrate on You
3. Easy
4. Not a Day Goes By
5. Pinball Wizard
6. Stranger in Paradise - Petula Clark, Borodin, Alexander
7. I Never Do Anything Twice
8. Children Will Listen
9. Making Love in the Night
10. Look to the Rainbow
11. Falling in Love Again - Petula Clark, Hollander, Frederic
12. Losing My Mind
13. Seasons of Love
14. Here For You

• Audio CD: 0 pages (1998-10-20)
• Publisher: Varese Sarabande
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• Studio: Varese Sarabande
• Average Customer Review: based on 16 reviews
• Sales Rank in Music: #214491

Most of the songs here are slow or mid-tempo, which suit her better at this stage of her career. I particularly like Children will listen, a Sondheim song from Into the woods, but the standout track is the title track, which was written by Petula herself. Petula has never been given the credit she deserves as a songwriter. One day, maybe, one day.

A special tour edition was made of this CD, including three bonus tracks from Sunset Boulevard. That is the edition that I own, but even without these songs (With one look, The perfect year and As if we never said goodbye) this is still a high quality album. As Petula began her career as an actress, this takes her back to her roots.


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Summary: Not one of Petula's best, but some excellent recordings 2002-09-11
Comment: In my opinion Petula Clark is the most sensual looking and sounding singer/composer in the last fifty years. Her photographs over the years have conveyed a sensitivity, vulnerability, and softness that few entertainers possess.

Petula has lost some of her range and vocal control and of course sounds much older. However, she sounds remarkable for her age, and at 66 years old she still sounded better than most of the best contemporary female vocalists.

I believe that the lyrics she has written over the years are as good as any female vocalist in the rock era and her Here for you is the best song on the album. Children will listen and Seasons of love are excellent recordings. Her version of I never do anything twice is much better than the other Broadway recording. Pet's version of Seasons of love is excellent.

Pinball Wizard could be the title track of a Worst of Petula Clark album. Many of your neighbors could do it as well on Karaoke night.

You should buy this album if Petula Clark is one of your favorite female vocalists.

I added a star for the beautiful photographs included with the CD.


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Summary: CLARK'S LONG-AWAITED RETURN TO RECORDING A SOLID HIT 2000-09-17
Comment: This release is proof-positive of Clark's capabilities as a recording artist when placed in the hands of a producer (Bruce Kimmel) who recognizes her strengths and carefully guides her into previously uncharted waters. Basically a collection of show tunes both old and new, Clark brings her still-rich (after all these years!) tones and personal interpretations to the works of such composers as Sondheim (four tunes in all, including the wickedly delightful "I Never Do Anything Twice"); Porter (a bewitching "I Concentrate On You", complete with a near-falsetto mid-section that will stand your hairs on end); Harbug/Lane ("Look to the Rainbow" from her '68 film "Finian's Rainbow", here given a bright, contemporary orchestration by Clark's long-time arranger and musical director, Kenny Clayton); and her own hand (in collaboration with lyricist Dee Shipman), "Easy" from the 1990 West End musical-drama "Someone Like You", for which Clark wrote the music and in which she starred. 14 tracks in all, concluding with her own composition (and title track) "Here For You", certainly open to wide interpretation but definitely a possible anthem for those - both victims and loved ones - affected by the ravages of AIDS or any other incurable disease. An absolute must for those who appreciate Broadway in general and talent to the nth degree in particular, although it's safe to safe that here Clark goes beyond nth all the way to "z" for zenith.


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Summary: Going to see Sunset Blvd? Buy the CD there instead! 2000-03-01
Comment: Great CD, but if you are going to see Sunset Blvd in a future date, buy the CD there. You will get 3 Sunset Blvd songs as well (As If We Never Said Goodbye, A Perfect Year, and With One Look). If you are going to the play, it's worth waiting to get the CD!