The Love Album: Classics

RELEASE
March 05, 2002
LABEL
EMI Music Distribution
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary R&B, Soft Rock, Soul, Dance-Pop, Urban, Rock & Roll, Early Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Pop-Soul, Smooth Soul

Album Review

The British double-disc collection The Love Album: Classics devotes a disc apiece to contemporary and time-tested love songs. Each disc is surprisingly eclectic -- the first one kicks off with Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman's charming mega-hit "Somethin' Stupid" and Kate Winslet's treacly "What If." It also includes predictable choices like Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart" and the Corrs' "Breathless," but tracks like Coldplay's "Trouble," Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U," and George Michael and Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" offer a refreshing change of pace. However, disc two is almost worth the price of admission alone for its mix of '50s, '60s, and '70s love songs. Ranging from weepy classics like Nilsson's "Without You," Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," and Samantha Sang's "Emotions" to smoldering declarations of passion like Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" and Al Green's "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?," the second disc includes enough classics to nearly make up for disc one's uneven quality. Overall, The Love Album: Classics is entertaining and romantic enough for the casual pop fan, even if it is a somewhat unbalanced collection.
Heather Phares, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Somethin' Stupid
  2. What If
  3. Whole Again
  4. If You Come Back
  5. I Try
  6. Angels
  7. Trouble
  8. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me [Live]
  9. Eternal Flame
  10. Nothing Compares 2 U
  11. One More Night
  12. Fields of Gold
  13. Un-Break My Heart
  14. True
  15. Perfect Moment
  16. All Around the World
  17. Can't Fight the Moonlight
  18. What Took You So Long?
  19. Breathless
  20. Woman
  21. Without You
  22. Stand by Me
  23. Ain't No Sunshine
  24. When a Man Loves a Woman
  25. If You Don't Know Me by Now
  26. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
  27. Loving You
  28. Move Closer
  29. One Day I'll Fly Away
  30. Let's Stay Together
  31. It Started With a Kiss
  32. Sexual Healing
  33. Emotions
  34. All the Love in the World
  35. On the Street Where You Live
  36. Cry Me a River
  37. Crying
  38. I Will Always Love You
  39. Alison
  40. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
  41. Gentle on My Mind
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