Why These Songs?

Review Score: (4/10)
With loads and loads of songs to choose from over the last 100 years, I find myself scratching my head as to why George would choose this collection?

There's no doubt that George's voice is one of the best there is, but an album of eight long, soupy ballads is not the way to excite people about a new CD.

The only tracks off the album I had heard (or heard of) before were "Roxanne" and "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Neither would have been near the Top 1000 songs from the last century I would have chosen.

The other songs come from even earlier times. Of all of those, "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" has some spark and "Secret Love" is a welcome breath of big band during a long, slow, plod towards the 10th track.

I am a huge George fan, but I am truly disappointed by this album. George can do (and has done) much better. The voice is still great. However, the same can't be said for the choices for this album's material.

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