Ultimate Petula Clark is a 21-track collection of British songbird Clark's biggest hits and best songs from the early '60s through the early '70s. Her sophisticated and warm voice was the perfect instrument for the songwriting talents of Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent; many of the songs here are written and produced by the underrated Hatch. The collection leads off with her biggest hit, "Downtown," and includes great songs like "I Know a Place," "Call Me," "Sign of the Times," and {...   [ read more ]

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To much of the British public, the 27 songs on this CD are part of Petula Clark's forgotten early years, as a teenager during the years 1950-1952, while for Americans, who never heard her records until the end of the 1950s, they're utterly unknown. The music rises out of the mists of the late '40s, the 17-year-old Clark intoning like an American pop singer at least ten years older than that (even as her breasts were being bound up and her hair deliberately styled downward to prevent photos from showi...   [ read more ]

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Denise James, an extremely talented songwriter, singer, and musician from Detroit, has recorded an album that is a gorgeous mix of jangle and harmony -- think an alternative Petula Clark or Leslie Gore with echoes of Patsy Cline -- with a '60s feel and guitar textures to die for. Where the first LP was built around a sparse, French pop texture with '60s-strength reverberation, "It's Not Enough to Love" combines Byrds-style jangle with existentialist lyrics and Pet Sounds harmonies. This record is a gem, es...   [ read more ]

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