Greatest Love Songs

Producers: Dick Rowe, Peter Sullivan. Compilation producers: Bill Levenson. Recorded between 1967 & 1970. Despite this 2004 compilation's relatively general title, GREATEST LOVE SONGS is surprisingly sharply focused, zooming in simultaneously on both Engelbert Humperdinck's most romance-obsessed tunes and his 1967-'70 heyday. While the set features a number of the British-raised pop singer's hits, including the pleading "Release Me (And Let Me Love Again), " it also presents other lush, swooning, and lesser-known tunes by the beloved crooner ("The Shadow of Your Smile" is a particular stand-out). Although it doesn't top the more comprehensive ULTIMATE COLLECTION, GREATEST LOVE SONGS remains one of the finer Humperdinck anthologies available.

Track Listing

• 1 release me
• 2 my world (il mondo)
• 3 take my heart
• 4 the last waltz
• 5 a man without love (quando m'innamoro)
• 6 the shadow of your smile
• 7 the way it used to be
• 8 winter world of love
• 9 i wish you love
• 10 a time for us
• 11 just say i love her
• 12 love me with all your heart (quando cali