In the last few years, there has been a Manilow resurgence and Barry is riding the waves of success. He has had 3 Greatest Songs of The 50's, 60's & 70's. He included bonus tracks on the non US Imports in various versions. There is a QTV special edition of the 70's disc. There is another unofficial 3rd Christmas CD relased by Hallmark (which is his best holiday CD, by the way). There has been numourous collections as well. This is yet another. They all sold well! What will make me buy this collection over the others? Not much really. It does cover a greater span of time than the previous collections. Does it include any of the bonus tracks not available here like his awesome rendition of the beautiful ballad Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? Nope, nothing different here that I don't already have. Oh, maybe The Best Of Me? I know it was released on his box set a decade ago, but maybe not every Manilow fan has that?
Though the songs are great, I gave this CD 4 stars, I will not purchase this CD. I guess I will wait a few weeks to see what the next BM project will be.
Stay tuned!
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Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs Barry Manilow (Artist)
