“Rodgers And Hammerstein’s South Pacific” by Rodgers and Hammerstein - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1958 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1950s |
The stylish “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair” is superior to anything else on this cheese-fest, and “Happy Talk” is, admittedly, a bit of a smiler. I’m also willing to admit there is nothing like the frame of a dame. But I don’t feel the need for a choral singing session with the lads to shout about it. This is a horrible, hideous record full of psuedo-operatic cabaret-garbage. I have now filed it away never to be visited again, of that I’m 99% certain and 100% hopeful.
The Jukebox Rebel
26–Feb–2010
Tracklist |
A1 | [02:46] Rodgers and Hammerstein - South Pacific Overture (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Film Score / Incidental |
A2 | [01:16] Rodgers and Hammerstein - Dites-Moi (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
A3 | [01:41] Rodgers and Hammerstein - A Cock-Eyed Optimist (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
A4 | [05:46] Rodgers and Hammerstein - Twin Soliloquies : Some Enchanted Evening (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Operatic / Choral |
A5 | [01:53] Rodgers and Hammerstein - Bloody Mary (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
A6 | [01:39] Rodgers and Hammerstein - My Girl Back Home (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
A7 | [03:48] Rodgers and Hammerstein - There’s Nothing Like A Dame (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
A8 | [03:41] Rodgers and Hammerstein - Bali Ha’l (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
B1 | [02:55] Rodgers and Hammerstein - I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
B2 | [03:23] Rodgers and Hammerstein - A Wonderful Guy (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
B3 | [04:57] Rodgers and Hammerstein - Younger Than Springtime (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
B4 | [03:44] Rodgers and Hammerstein - Happy Talk (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
B5 | [01:47] Rodgers and Hammerstein - Honey Bun (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
B6 | [01:16] Rodgers and Hammerstein - Carefully Taught (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
B7 | [02:07] Rodgers and Hammerstein - This Nearly Was Mine (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Operatic / Choral |
B8 | [02:58] Rodgers and Hammerstein - Finale (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) TBA |